Asheville GO - Green Opportunities

Have you heard of Asheville GO?

Green Opportunities (GO) is dedicated to building a strong and just green economy in Western NC from the bottom-up through green-collar job training, community education, and green microenterprises.

Our core program, the Asheville GO Training Team, combines service-learning projects, life-skills training, support services, community college coursework and on-the-job experience to provide everything GO members need to launch successful green-collar careers.

http://www.greenopportunities.org/

Alternative Energy Seminars

Alternative Energy: How going Green can Benefit You

June 17 and 19 at the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce.  Sessions will be geared towards contractors and builders, commercial businesses and residential consumers.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Scarlett Goodman at McNutt Service Group at 209-4421.

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009905210356

The best way to have a green home...

With all the talk in the media of green, it's exciting I must admit. I've been a fan of the green movement for a long time. I remember in high school going to the local thrift store and buying my clothes because I was freaked out about the landfill filling up with fashionable clothes. Which brings me to my next point, maybe we are forgetting one simple rule in the green world...reuse. The best place to reuse?? Buying an old home instead of building a new one and green it up. That's right..pimp my house green. Here are a few ideas...

• Low VOC paints
• Energy credits
• Planting native species in the landscape

There are a ton of ways to be green in an old home. As a matter of fact, I think my house could use a little greening.

Organicfest 2008

Celebrating everything organic in and around Asheville.

Organicfest is a FUNtastic celebration of everything organic and green! A festive day of live music, organic food and drink, organic and green goods, informative info on organic cooking, gardening, shopping and fun activities for kids of all ages!

Battery Park Ave, September 6th from 10am - 6pm.

more info: http://www.organicfest.org/

CFL in plain english

The Common Crafts folks are at it again ...



... the guy talking Lee LeFever is from North Carolina.