On Tuesday, Oct 20, help beautify and plant trees on the beach near the Hominy Creek Greenway. These trees will become a live-staking cultivation site. We’ll be able to cut branches from them in the future to use as live stakes, which will help stabilize river banks and keep sediment pollution from entering the river.
Come out and get your hands dirty for the river! Sign up here.
Join MountainTrue, the Asheville History Center and NC Botanical Society founder Dan Pittillo on this day hike along the Bartram Trail to discover the natural world as William Bartram might have done: through identification of plants and observation. You’ll learn more about Bartram himself and the impact of early Naturalists on contemporary ecology. The trip departs from Asheville History Center, 283 Victoria Road at 9 a.m. and will return at 5 p.m.
$35 members; $50 non-members – Transportation, snacks and water provided; participants should pack a lunch.
Reservations are required. To save your spot, email smh@wnchistory.org or call 828-253-9231.
*Please note: Moderate walking of one mile or less on uneven surfaces is a requirement of this trip.
The Sierra Club, Green Drinks and MountainTrue will present “Greenways and Bikeways,” a panel moderated by Asheville Vice-Mayor Marc Hunt, on Asheville-Buncombe’s efforts to create a county-wide network of greenways and bikeways.
Wednesday, October 7 at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place (corner of Charlotte and Edwin) For more information, contact Judy Mattox at judymattox@sbcglobal.net.
On September 24, Pope Francis will make an historic address to the United States Congress, and in his message, he is expected to reiterate his vigorous call for swift action to address climate change and care for the natural environment as an integral component of social justice.
You are invited to join an interfaith gathering hosted by the Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina and to embrace Pope Francis’ call for action at a special event on September 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. at St. Eugene’s Catholic Church, 72 Culvern St., Asheville.
Be inspired by the words of Pope Francis’ Encyclical with words, music, and visuals. Enjoy food and fellowship, watch Pope Francis’ address to Congress, and discuss what his message means to the world as well as how we can make a commitment to behavioral change that will better care for God’s Creation.
Sign up here for the evening’s event.
Epic big mountain ski and snowboard descents, jaw dropping bike jumps, stomach turning kayaking drops – and you haven’t even seen the steepest and gnarliest lines yet! Experience more than a half dozen wild adrenaline-pumping action sports films as seen through the eyes of some of today’s top athletes. Proceeds from the Asheville event will go to MountainTrue.
Tickets on sale at REI Asheville and at the event.
Date: Monday, September 14, 7:00 PM
Location: Regal Cinemas in Biltmore Park Town Square.
Tickets: Before September 7: $15.00 / VIP $30.00 After September 7: $17/$30.
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