Hendersonville Green Drinks: The Plight of NC's Hemlocks and What You Can Do
2017-12-14 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
Join us on Thursday, Dec. 14, when Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Sara deFosset of the Hemlock Restoration Initiative (HRI). Sara will be speaking in depth about the efforts of the HRI to combat the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid’s effect on our Hemlock forests. She will also teach us how individuals can do their part to protect these wonderful native plants.
Sara deFosset, like the eastern and Carolina hemlock, is a North Carolina native with a background in the social sciences and horticulture. She earned her graduate degree in Sustainable Development at the University of California Santa Barbara. Later, she returned to NC where she serves as the Outreach Associate for the Hemlock Restoration Initiative. Sara expresses her love for plants in her work with the HRI and also as a part time garden designer, florist and farmer.
The HRI is a program of WNC Communities, actuated in 2014 by Commissioner of Agriculture, Steve Troxler. The mission of the HRI is to work with a variety of partners and existing programs to restore Hemlocks to long-term health throughout North Carolina and ensure that Eastern and Carolina Hemlocks can resist Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) and survive to maturity on North Carolina’s public and private lands. Sara will be speaking in depth about the efforts of the HRI to combat the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid’s effect on our Hemlock forests. She will also teach us how individuals can do their part to protect these wonderful native plants.
About Hendersonville Green Drinks
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina and Black Bear Coffee. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks, just come and listen. Black Bear Coffee offers beer, wine, coffee drinks and sodas. A limited food menu will be available.

Give Your Christmas Trees, Lights & Holiday Cards a Second Life!
2018-01-06 09:00 - 14:00 | Jackson Park Ball Field, 801 Glover St, Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
Hendersonville, N.C. – MountainTrue is proud to host its annual Holiday Recycling Event at Jackson Park on Saturday, January 6 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Area residents are invited to bring their Christmas trees, broken string lights and used greeting cards to be mulched and recycled.
When: Saturday, January 6 | 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Jackson Park, Ball Field #6, Hendersonville
Who: MountainTrue, City of Hendersonville, Henderson County, Henderson County Coop Extension Service of the 4-H Project, King Hardware & Rental.
Trees can be dropped off on or before January 6. Lights and greeting cards should be brought on the day of January 6.
The mulcher has been provided by King Hardware & Rental and Hendersonville and Henderson County personnel will be on site to much the trees. Lights will be recycled by the Henderson County Coop Extension Service of the 4-H Project.
MountainTrue volunteers will be on hand to help and serve free cookies and hot apple cider.
Don’t throw your tree away! Recycle it and turn it into nutritious mulch for your garden, plants and veggies.

Hendersonville Green Drinks: Protecting Pollinators
2018-01-11 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
Hendersonville, N.C. — On Thursday, January 11, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Kim Bailey, the coordinator of the Hendersonville Bee City USA program and a member of the national Bee City USA Board of Directors. Her organization aims to raise awareness of the role pollinators play in our communities and Kim will be speaking about what each of us can do to provide them with a healthy habitat.
Who: Kim Bailey, Bee City USA
What: January Green Drinks topic: Protecting Pollinators
When: January 11, 2017 – 5:30 networking, 6:00 presentation
Where: Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St. Hendersonville, NC
Did you know that 90% of all wild plants rely on pollinators for the survival of their species? Or that one in every three bites of food we consume is courtesy of insect pollination? Just as plants and pollinators have collaborated for millions of years, Bee City USA believes that communities have the opportunity to join forces to sustain pollinators through more conscientious landscape management.
Kim Bailey has over twenty years of experience in educational instruction which includes teaching middle school life science, leading wilderness adventure trips, directing outdoor environmental education programs, and training teachers and naturalists. She now grows milkweed, wildflowers, fruits and vegetables, while learning more about the pollinators that also make their home at her family’s farm in Fruitland, NC.

About Hendersonville Green Drinks
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina and Black Bear Coffee. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions, and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks, just come and listen. Black Bear Coffee offers beer, wine, coffee drinks and sodas. A limited food menu will be available.

Hendersonville Green Drinks: Inspiring Ocean Conservation
2018-02-08 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
On Thursday, February 8, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes BJ Ramer, the Founder and Executive Director of Team ECCO Ocean Center and Aquarium. This facility, located right on Main St. in downtown Hendersonville, is North Carolina’s first inland aquarium and a hub for marine education in Western NC. BJ will be discussing how the aquarium has impacted both tourism and education in the Hendersonville area, as well as introducing the facility’s new 2,000 gallon shark study tank.
Who: BJ Ramer, Founder and Executive Director of Team ECCO Aquarium and Shark Lab
What: February Green Drinks topic: Inspiring Ocean Conservation
When: February 8, 2018 – 5:30 networking, 6:00 presentation
Where: Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St. Hendersonville, NC
Team ECCO has been bringing “salt water to the mountains” and raising awareness about ocean conservation in Western NC since 2001. The current Aquarium has been a fixture in Hendersonville since opening in October of 2011, seeing an average of 7,000 visitors through its doors annually. The Center integrates science, history, math, and culture into their immersive exhibits and educational programs, which reach over 3,500 participants every year. This facility acts as a nursery for baby sharks, as well as a haven for several reptiles who were surrendered pets, while offering Western North Carolinians the unique experience of getting in touch with the ocean.

About Hendersonville Green Drinks
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina and Black Bear Coffee Co. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions, and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks, just come and listen. Black Bear Coffee offers beer, wine, coffee drinks and sodas. A limited food menu will be available.

Documentary Screening: RiverWebs
2018-02-20 17:30 - 19:30 | Purple Onion, 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, 28773
Join MountainTrue and the Green Riverkeeper at the Purple Onion in Saluda on February 20th from 5:30 to 7:30 as we screen RiverWebs, Freshwater Illustrated’s award-winning documentary about river ecosystems and the science that explores them. This film follows the life and work of Dr. Shigeru Nakano as he attempted to understand how streams and forests depend on each other, and his team who carried on this work after his tragic death. RiverWebs illustrates how the movements and behaviors of insects, in both the stream and the forest, influence their predators, like fish, bats, birds, and spiders.
Stick around after the screening for a presentation about how we monitor for stream quality in WNC and how you can get involved in our Stream Monitoring Information Exchange (SMIE) program. We will wrap up the evening with a Q&A with the Green Riverkeeper MountainTrue’s Water Quality Administrator and some current SMIE volunteers. This event is free and open to the public.

Hendersonville Green Drinks: The Value of Prescribed Burns
2018-03-08 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
This month Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Adam Warwick, the Fire and Stewardship Manager for the Nature Conservancy’s Southern Blue Ridge Program in Asheville. Fire has shaped Southern Appalachian forests for thousands of years and has a natural role in our forest ecosystem. However, highly effective government wildland fire suppression programs have led to a dramatic decline in fires, and in many cases, have left us with unhealthy ecosystems. We were offered a glimpse of Southern Appalachian fire potential in the Fall 2016, which culminated with the Smokies’ Chimney Tops 2 Fire that claimed 14 lives, and was one the largest natural disasters in Tennessee’s history. Land managers across the Southern Blue Ridge are working together through the Southern Blue Ridge Fire Learning Network to use controlled burning to restore and maintain natural areas that traditionally experienced wildland fire.
Who: Adam Warwick, The Nature Conservancy
What: March Green Drinks topic: The Value of Prescribed Burns
When: March 8, 2018 – 5:30 networking, 6:00 presentation
Where: Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St. Hendersonville, NC
Adam oversees management of a 20-person fire crew and about 12,000 acres in western North Carolina. He is from east Tennessee and holds a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from University of Tennessee and a Master of Science in Fisheries and Wildlife from the University of Missouri. Adam has over 15 years of experience monitoring wildlife and conserving native ecosystems on both public and private lands. He has developed expertise in black bear, red-cockaded woodpecker and bat ecology and specializes in using controlled burning to perpetuate fire-dependent plant and animals of northern Florida and the Southern Appalachians.

About Hendersonville Green Drinks
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina and Black Bear Coffee Co. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions, and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks, just come and listen. Black Bear Coffee offers beer, wine, coffee drinks and sodas. A limited food menu will be available.

Community Forum on Landslide Risks and Prevention
2018-03-12 17:30 - 19:30 | Henderson County Library, 301 N Washington Street, Hendersonville, NC, 28739
MountainTrue and the Center for Cultural Preservation invite the public to a community forum on landslide risk and prevention on Monday, March 12 at 5:30 p.m. at the Henderson County Public Library in Hendersonville.

What: Community Forum on Landslide Risk and Prevention
When: Monday, March 12 – 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Where: Henderson County Public Library, 301 N Washington Street, Hendersonville, NC

The evening will begin with an abbreviated version of “Come Hell or High Water” a film that documents the impacts of The Great Flood of 1916 by David Weintraub, Executive Director of the Center for Cultural Preservation. Then guest speaker Jennifer Bauer, Co-Owner and Principal Geologist with Appalachian Landslide Consultants, will present on landslide risk in our region and the benefits and utility of landslide hazard maps. The evening will conclude with a panel discussion and question-and-answer session featuring Gray Jernigan, Southern Regional Director of MountainTrue, David Weintraub and Jennifer Bauer.

SMIE Spring Training
2018-03-17 09:00 - 16:00 | Blue Ridge Community College, 180 W Campus Dr, Flat Rock, NC, 28731, United States
Are you invested in the health of your local rivers and streams? Do you want to get involved in a meaningful way? Then MountainTrue has an opportunity for you!
We rely on volunteers to monitor stream health throughout Henderson County and participate in bio-monitoring twice per year, once in April and once in October. Through the Stream Monitoring Information Exchange (SMIE) bio-monitoring program, we sample aquatic macro-invertebrates, or aquatic insects, as indicators of water quality. Bugs tell us a lot about the health and vitality of our rivers and streams.
Learn how you can help at our SMIE training on March 17. Learn the protocols of biomonitoring including how to collect and identify bugs, record data, and utilize sampling equipment. The first half of the day will take place at Blue Ridge Community College followed by a field site visit after lunch!
Both new and returning SMIE volunteers are welcome! Please bring a water bottle, a pen or pencil, waders if you have them (some waders will be provided and not all participants will need to enter the stream).

Beer and Vegan Cheese Pairing
2018-03-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave E, Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
Join Sanctuary Brewing Company, Asheville Vegan Outreach, and MountainTrue for our first vegan cheese and beer pairing. Brewmaster Joe Dinan will be pairing his craft brews with cheeses created and described by some of our finest local vegan chefs, including Trey Allen Singleton of Sanctuary Brewing, Jason Sellers of Plant, Stepfanie Romine, co-author of the No Meat Athlete cookbook, and Lauren Eller Vaught of Edible Musings! Suggested $10 donation benefits Sweet Bear Rescue Farm and Brother Wolf Animal Rescue.

Green River Gorge Spring Preview Hike
2018-04-07 09:00 - 16:00 | Green River Cove Trail, 3770 Green River Cove Road, Saluda, 28773, United States
Celebrate the arrival of Spring with this moderate 6.8 mile out-and-back hike into the Green River Gorge and join us in seeking out the season’s first ephemeral wildflowers such as trillium, bloodroot, and toothwort. Led by expert ecologist and MountainTrue Public Lands Director Bob Gale, we will explore the Green River Game Lands and its many forest communities and habitats. Our path will follow the Green River and offer continuous views of its quiet stretches and its most splendid rapids. The Game Lands drop to a lower elevation than other areas in our mountains, meaning milder temperatures and the chance to be among the first to see early spring vegetation and wildflowers. We’ll pass through a healthy eastern hemlock grove and address the conservation issues regarding these trees and the existential threat they face from the hemlock woolly adelgid. Finally, we will hike up to a rock outcrop and enjoy a view of kayakers as they tackle the legendary rapids of the Narrows below.
Bob Gale is celebrating his 20th year as the resident ecologist for MountainTrue. His positive attitude and exuberant joy for all things botanical have fueled his lifelong career as a conservationist. Bob is knowledgeable about public land issues, air and water quality, rural lands protection, and leads MountainTrue’s non-native invasive plant eradication program. Bob is one of our region’s finest and most knowledgeable guides, and has been leading educational hikes along the Green River Gorge for nearly a decade. Never pass up a hike with Bob, as they are always enriching to both the mind and soul. We dare you not to be inspired by this hike!
Click here for ticketing information!

Film Screening: Under Contract
2018-04-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave E, Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
For the first time in a full-length documentary, contract farmers tell their stories, and industry experts reveal how the corporate production model pits farmer against farmer. Under Contract: Farmers and the Fine Print takes audiences across the American South and to Southern India to understand what’s happening to farmers living under contract and what we can do to change our food system for the better. The story of the contract farmer is the story of what’s changing in rural America.
Power in agriculture is changing hands, but few people know what’s happening to the farmers producing our food. Under Contract tells this story through the lens of global poultry farming. In the U.S. alone, 97% of the chicken produced is raised by family farmers under contract with large companies. Around the world and all across agriculture, contract farming is taking hold. But farmers who sign contracts often face unfair challenges and hidden risks under the terms offered by large firms. Under Contract provides a timely glimpse into the little understood fine print of modern agriculture.

Hendersonville Green Drinks: Rain Barrels and Stormwater
2018-04-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
Hendersonville, N.C. — On Thursday, April 12, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Mike Huffman, the Stormwater Quality Specialist for the City of Hendersonville. His talk will focus on different stormwater management techniques and how homeowners can implement these in their own homes. Stormwater runoff is an especially important issue in urban settings and directly affects the health of our streams and rivers. Mike will also answer questions about stormwater management programs in Hendersonville and the environmental benefit of choosing Low Impact Design at home.
Who: Mike Huffman, Stormwater Quality Specialist, City of Hendersonville
What: April Green Drinks topic: A Homeowner’s Guide to Stormwater
When: April 12, 2018 – 5:30 networking, 6:00 presentation
Where: Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St. Hendersonville, NC
Mike holds a Masters Degree in Biology from App State and gained experience working as an analyst in a water quality lab in Asheville before accepting a position with the City of Hendersonville. As the Stormwater Quality Specialist, Mike ensures that the City is fulfilling the requirements of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for stormwater management.
About Hendersonville Green Drinks
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina and Black Bear Coffee Co. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions, and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks, just come and listen. Black Bear Coffee offers beer, wine, coffee drinks and sodas. A limited food menu will be available.

8th Annual Green River Spring Cleaning
2018-04-14 11:30 - 18:00 | Fishtop Access, 2302 Green River Cove, Saluda, North Carolina, 28773
Join MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper, Shane Benedict of Liquidlogic Kayaks, fellow paddlers and enthusiasts for a clean up of the Green River Gorge! Join a group of advanced paddlers on the upper an narrows sections, beginners and intermediate paddlers on the lower section, or support the effort by picking up litter along Green River Cove Road and trails of the Green River Game Lands to help us beautify this special place. Bring your own boat or reserve a seat in one of a limited number of canoes available for paddlers comfortable on Class II whitewater of the lower gorge. If you are on the water you will need to bring all your paddling gear and boat (unless you are confirmed as using one of MountainTrue’s, first come first served). If you are on shore please bring sturdy shoes and clothing to be ready for any type of weather. Please bring your own water and food for the day while we are out on the clean up.
Come to The Gorge (166 Honey Bee Dr, Saluda, NC 28773) afterwards for the culminating after party beginning at 5pm! Register below!

Hendersonville Green Drinks: Landscaping with Native Plants
2018-04-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Wes Burlingame, an active volunteer with the Hendersonville Tree Board, Bullington Gardens, the Hendersonville Food Co-Op, Conserving Carolina (formerly CMLC), Cullowhee Native Plant Conference, and his favorite botanical gardens. Burlingame will address how to identify and utilize native plants in your home garden. He believes in the healing power of our plants to repair the damage of thoughtless development.
Who: Wes Burlingame
What: May Green Drinks topic: Landscaping with Native Plants
When: May 10, 2018 – 5:30 networking, 6:00 presentation
Where: Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St. Hendersonville, NC
Burlingame propagated and grew native plants for 30 years at Laurel Springs Nursery in Hendersonville, NC until his retirement in 2012. The meadows and forests of the Southern Appalachians provide inspiration for his native landscape designs, with “Nature as the Teacher.” Wes was a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand, where he continues to explore. More recently, he has been designing and planting native landscapes in support of people, wildlife, and conservation. Burlingame enjoys training others to both use and appreciate native plants.

About Hendersonville Green Drinks
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina and Black Bear Coffee Co. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions, and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks, just come and listen. Black Bear Coffee offers beer, wine, coffee drinks and sodas. A limited food menu will be available.

Riverkeeper Beer Series Pickup, Paddle, Party- Sanctuary Brewery
2018-04-21 13:00 - 17:00 | Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave E, Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
Join MountainTrue, 98.1 The River, and Lazy Otter Outfitters at Sanctuary Brewery for the next great installment of the Riverkeeper Beer Series! Come ready to float, clean up our river, and taste the release of the Riverkeeper Beer at the afterparty.
Participants will meet at Lazy Otter Outfitters (10 Banner Farm Rd, Mills River) and float downstream on a lazy float and trash hunt. After the float, Sanctuary will host an afterparty for the cleanup crew with Riverkeeper Beer on tap. Boats and paddling gear are provided, but folks are welcome to bring their own. This section of the river is flatwater and suitable for all paddlers.
The first ten folks to register will receive the 2018 Recover Brands Riverkeeper Beer Series shirt. Everyone will have a chance to win some great prizes from the Asheville Gear Builders for finding the weirdest trash, most tires, creepiest trash, and best overall trash haul.
Get your tickets here!

12th Annual Spring Green Bash
2018-05-05 | Green River Adventures, 111 E. Main Street, Saluda, NC, 28773, United States
It’s time for Saluda’s best block party of the year! This year’s Bash will benefit Mountain True’s Green Riverkeeper program and will feature live music by Time Sawyer and local legend Aaron Burdett, beer by Oskar Blues, Subaru demos by Prestige Subaru, a kayak raffle by Liquid Logic Kayaks, and footwear demos by Astral Designs. For more information or to make reservations for any of the amazing adventures prior to the party (see schedule below), please call Green River Adventures at 828-749-2800. We look forward to seeing everyone on May 5th!
Upper Green Inflatable Kayak Trip: 8:30am-12:30pm
Big Bradley Waterfall Rappel: 9:00am-1:00pm
Waterfall Trek: 1:00pm-5:00pm
Lower Green Inflatable Kayak Trip: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Lower Green Inflatable Kayak Trip: 2:00pm-5:00pm
Time Sawyer opens for the Aaron Burdett Band: 5:00pm
Aaron Burdett Band: 6:00pm

Hendersonville Green Drinks: Landscaping With Native Plants
2018-05-10 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
On Thursday, May 10, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Wes Burlingame, an active volunteer with the Hendersonville Tree Board, Bullington Gardens, the Hendersonville Food Co-Op, Conserving Carolina (formerly CMLC), Cullowhee Native Plant Conference, and his favorite botanical gardens. Burlingame will address how to identify and utilize native plants in your home garden. He believes in the healing power of our plants to repair the damage of thoughtless development.
Who: Wes Burlingame
What: May Green Drinks topic: Landscaping with Native Plants
When: May 10, 2018 – 5:30 networking, 6:00 presentation
Where: Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St. Hendersonville, NC
Burlingame propagated and grew native plants for 30 years at Laurel Springs Nursery in Hendersonville, NC until his retirement in 2012. The meadows and forests of the Southern Appalachians provide inspiration for his native landscape designs, with “Nature as the Teacher.” Wes was a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand, where he continues to explore. More recently, he has been designing and planting native landscapes in support of people, wildlife, and conservation. Burlingame enjoys training others to both use and appreciate native plants.

About Hendersonville Green Drinks
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina and Black Bear Coffee Co. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions, and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks, just come and listen. Black Bear Coffee offers beer, wine, coffee drinks and sodas. A limited food menu will be available.

Lewis Creek Preserve Nature Walk
2018-06-19 09:00 - 11:00 | NC
Lewis Creek Preserve is an eight-acre preserve protected and managed by the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy. MountainTrue Ecologist and Public Lands Director, Bob Gale, will lead a slow hike along the trail, interpreting the plant life, wildflowers, and value of pollinators on this property. The visit includes a boardwalk which overlooks an example of the remaining rare Southern Appalachian Bog ecosystems. Bob and MountainTrue have special expertise in managing these bogs and in addressing their threats, including non-native invasive plants.
We will meet at the Edneyville Community Center and carpool to the trailhead. All are welcome on this FREE hike! Sign up below.

Hendersonville Green Drinks: Why Bees?
2018-09-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
On Thursday, September 13, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Jim Poe with the Henderson County Bee Keepers Association. He will talk about why bees are getting so much attention these days – what’s the big deal! The immense value of bees to the production of food is difficult to calculate, but suffice it to say, it’s not just honey that benefits humans. Photographer turned beekeeper, Poe manages 34 of his own hives, plus helps others with theirs.
Who: Jim Poe, Henderson County Bee Keepers Association
What: September’s Green Drinks Topic: Why Bees?
When: September 13, 2018 – 5:30 networking, 6:00 presentation
Where: Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St. Hendersonville, NC
Having lived in Hendersonville as a youngster, Jim Poe moved back to continue his 30-year career as a photographer by opening a studio on Haywood Road, James Poe Photography. Then, after a 6-year stint in Southwest Colorado, he moved back to western NC again. He says, “Although photography has been great to me, it’s honeybees that now have my heart!” In 2014 he attended a Bee School put on by the Henderson County Bee Keepers Association and was hooked! Poe now serves on their board as Director of External Communications; and considers bees almost a full-time job.
About Hendersonville Green Drinks
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina and Black Bear Coffee Co. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions, and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks, just come and listen. Black Bear Coffee offers beer, wine, coffee drinks and sodas. A limited food menu will be available.

Brevard Happy Hour with MountainTrue to Learn About Ecology, Volunteer Opportunities
2018-09-26 17:00 - 19:00 | D.D. Bullwinkles’, 60 E Main St, Brevard, NC, 28712, United States
On September 26, join MountainTrue and the French Broad Riverkeeper at D.D. Bullwinkels’ Outdoors in Brevard for a happy hour to learn about MountainTrue’s work to protect Western North Carolina’s rivers, forests and communities. The happy hour will last from 5 to 7 p.m.
“We’re really looking forward to a fun happy hour for folks to come by after work or school and to learn what MountainTrue and our French Broad Riverkeeper are doing to protect water quality in and around Brevard,” says Gray Jernigan, MountainTrue’s Southern Regional Director. “We’ll have information available for people to get involved in our work, a presentation about some recent water sampling, and snacks and drinks available for all to enjoy.”
The happy hour will feature delicious craft beer at the D.D.’s taproom along with complimentary homemade food. There will also be a raffle with outdoor prizes, including t-shirts, daypacks, gift certificates from local retailers and more.

Flight of the Butterflies Moving Screening
2018-09-27 18:30 | Blue Ridge Community College, Bo Thomas Auditorium, 180 W. Campus Dr. , Flat Rock, NC , United States
Come celebrate the local migration of monarchs at Blue Ridge Community College with a special screening of “Flight of the Butterflies”. This awe-inspiring film tells the story of extraordinary insect endurance and human perseverance. Viewers will learn about the remarkable annual life cycle and migration of the monarch butterfly as well as the determined Canadian scientist, Dr. Fred Urquhart, who spent 40 years trying to determine exactly where the butterflies went after mysteriously disappearing each fall. Described as “a natural history epic and a compelling detective story,” this interconnected scientific adventure spans not only thousands of miles, but generations. The award-winning production team filmed hundreds of millions of monarchs in their remote overwintering sanctuaries in Mexico and along their migratory routes from Canada, across the U.S. and into Mexico.
Following the screening, international monarch butterfly expert and educator, Estela Romero, will make a special presentation with time for questions and answers about her home near the monarch’s overwintering sanctuaries in the mountains of Mexico. Estela will also share her family’s memories of experiences with monarchs prior to their “discovery” and revelation to the rest of the world in 1976.
Learn more about what you can do to help monarchs and other pollinators by visiting the Bee City USA/Bee Campus USA, MountainTrue, and Conserving Carolina exhibit tables. Conserving Carolina will provide a free native milkweed plant (limit of 1 per household, please) to the first 50 attendees to come by! Planting milkweed helps monarchs by providing leaves for their caterpillars to eat as well as nectar to help the fuel the flight of adult butterflies.

Fall Scenic Hike
2018-10-20 09:00 - 16:00 | NC

Oklawaha Greenway Invasive Removal Workday
2018-10-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Patton Park, 1730 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville , NC, 28791, United States

2018 MountainTrue Annual Gathering
2018-10-24 18:00 - 20:00 | New Belgium Brewing Company, 21 Craven St, Asheville, NC, 28806, United States

Hendersonville Green Drinks: Mushrooming 101
2018-11-08 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
On Thursday, November 8th, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Greg Carter, a local mushroom expert, for his talk entitled “Mushrooming 101: The world of Fungi according to the Fun Guy”.

In 1999, Greg Carter learned how to inoculate oak logs with Shiitake spawn in an effort to make Christmas gifts to give family and friends. After several years of education, research and work making several hundred shiitake logs, his hobby “mushroomed” into a business. Greg opened his farm, Deep Woods Mushrooms, in 2006.

His passion is to educate others of the medicinal properties of mushrooms and to encourage them to grow their own edible mushrooms on the hardwood logs of the Southern Appalachia. Greg now cultivates several varieties of edible and medicinal mushrooms, holds educational workshops and hunt classes, schedules farm tours and inoculation clinics, and offers dinners cooked in his wood fired pizza oven! You can find him at www.deepwoodsmushrooms.net or on Facebook.

Drinks and a limited food menu will be available at Black Bear Coffee. Come at 5:30 to network and get your drinks before the talk at 6pm.

Southern Region Volunteer Appreciation Party
2018-12-11 16:30 - 18:30 | Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave E, Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
Join us at Sanctuary Brewing Company next Tuesday, December 11th from 4:30 to 6:30 PM for a social gathering celebrating you! Our work across the region would not be possible without you, so please come have a drink and snacks and let us reflect on all we’ve accomplished together over the years!

Hendersonville Green Drinks: Climate Change Is Here, Now What Do We Do?
2018-12-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
On Thursday, December 13th, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Josh Dorfman, Chief Executive Officer of The Collider. The Collider is a global innovation center that builds data-driven startups to help communities and economies prepare, adapt, and become resilient to climate change. In light of the recent National Climate Assessment released by the White House warning us of the inevitable environmental, social, and economic impacts of climate change, Josh will discuss climate solutions that empower individuals to address these challenges head-on and become more climate resilient.
Josh is an environmental entrepreneur who has built his carer at the intersection of sustainability, technology, and media. Early in his career, Josh created and produced The Lazy Environmentalist, a blog that grew into a book series, TV show, and radio show that helped everyday Americans discover easy ways to live greener lives. He later launched Vine.com, an Amazon e-commerce business specializing in sustainable products and served as the Vice President of Marketing for GoodGuide, a startup that provided shoppers with information to make green, ethical purchases. Josh is a frequent speaker on the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in sustainability at high-profile organizations across the country, such as Google and Yale University. He and his ventures have been profiled by many national media outlets, including the New York Times and Fortune. Josh is also the only guest to have ever ridden a bicycle onto the set of The Martha Stewart Show.
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina and Black Bear Coffee. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions, and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks, just come and listen. Black Bear Coffee offers beer, wine, coffee drinks and sodas. A limited food menu will be available. Networking will begin at 5:30, and there presentation will start at 6:00pm.

New Year, New Greenways?
2019-01-10 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
On Thursday, January 10th, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Chris Burns, founding board member of Friends of the Ecusta Trail, a proposed rail trail near Hendersonville. Chris will discuss the current Henderson County Greenways master plan, explain the process the committee underwent to create it, and highlight the segments and phases planned for future improvement.
Chris Burns has worked with many nonprofits in WNC, but his love for his family and passion for anything outdoors drives his work with the Friends of the Ecusta Trail, a group proposing a rail trail along to inactive 19-mile spur of the Blue Ridge Southern Railroad connecting Hendersonville, Laurel Park and Brevard, NC. Chris is also a partner and head of strategy at Summit Marketing Group in Hendersonville, NC. For over 25 years, he has built a career in corporate and entrepreneurial leadership in the area of strategic brand delivery. His firm specializes in developing and implementing cross-platform communication strategies including traditional, web-based, email and social media platforms.
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina and Black Bear Coffee. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions, and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. Networking begins at 5:30, and the talk starts at 6:00pm. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks, just come and listen. Black Bear Coffee offers beer, wine, coffee drinks and sodas. A limited food menu will be available.

Film Screening & Q&A: The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
2019-01-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Purple Onion, 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, 28773
Come join MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper and the Hemlock Restoration Initiative for a night of entertainment and education at the Purple Onion!
We’ll start the night off with a showing of The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: The Loss of an Ecosystem. This film is an educational and visual resource to engage, raise awareness and create momentum on this destructive forest pest and invasive species in general. It was produced in 2016 by Cayuga Lake Watershed Network and won several awards including Best Appalachian Environment Film at the Boone Film Festival.
We’ll then bring your attention to our own backyard with a short locally-produced film highlighting the efforts of a group of kayakers as they take on the big rapids with a special mission: save the hemlocks of the Green River Gorge! Following the films we will have a Q&A with several of the project’s organizers. Check out the paddlers’ website to learn more!
It’s also the Purple Onion’s Oyster and Pint night, so grab a flight of oysters and a $3 pint during the film! A portion of all proceeds will benefit MountainTrue and the Hemlock Restoration Initiative.

Hendersonville Green Drinks: Plant Based Diets and Sustainability
2019-02-14 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
Hendersonville, NC – On Thursday, February 14th, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Evan Parker, Executive Assistant at Conserving Carolina and food system enthusiast. Evan recently completed his Master’s thesis at Lenoir – Rhyne University on the intersections between veganism and sustainability. His talk will address one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: feeding an ever growing population while reducing the environmental impacts of agriculture. Evan will explore one of the most promising strategies for meeting this challenge: plant-based diets. Join us to learn how adopting a more plant-based diet may be one of the most important steps you can take to create a more sustainable society and reduce your environmental impact.
Evan Parker is currently the Executive Assistant at Conserving Carolina, a land trust in Hendersonville, NC. In addition, Evan recently completed his M.S. in Sustainability Studies from Lenoir-Rhyne University. His master’s thesis explored the intersections between veganism and sustainability. Evan is particularly knowledgeable about the environmental impacts of animal agriculture and the environmental benefits associated with focusing on more plant-based diets. As an environmental professional, Evan views veganism as both a necessary social justice philosophy and as a powerful strategy for sustainability.
About Hendersonville Green Drinks
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina and Black Bear Coffee. Come to Green Drinks to learn more about current environmental issues, have relevant discussions, and meet with like-minded people. This is a monthly event and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to drink at Green Drinks, just come and listen. Black Bear Coffee offers beer, wine, coffee drinks and sodas. A limited food menu will be available.
