In the wake of Hurricane Helene, MountainTrue is dedicated to addressing the urgent needs of our community.
Want to learn how we can save the world from climate change? Katharine Wilkinson just might have the answer. Come hear her talk about her best selling book Drawdown: the Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming edited by Paul Hawken.
Join us on October 3rd to see acclaimed climate change author Dr. Katharine Wilkinson and award-winning CNN climate change columnist John Sutter in conversation at The Collider. Doors open at 5:30pm, talk begins at 6:00pm. Light refreshments will be served. Don’t miss it! RSVP here: https://climatechangeaction.splashthat.com/
Join Wes Burlingame, a retired nurseryman and member of the Hendersonville Tree Board as he teaches us about native plants along the Oklawaha Greeway. The greenway is a three-mile-long paved walkway meandering through meadows, wetlands, and forests, and linking Jackson Park, Patton Park, and Berkley Park. See you there!
Creation Care Alliance is sponsoring a 5-part book discussion of Drawdown meeting from 6 to 7:15 on Tuesdays, 10/10 to 11/7/2017, at Jubilee! Community. If interested in joining this discussion, please sign up here or email Chas Jansen who will send out a schedule of assignments & guide the discussion sessions (chas.jansen@mtsu.edu). This large, paperback book should be available at Malaprops Bookstore (828-254-6734) for $23.54.
Join us and help restore native plant communities by controlling non-native invasive plants at Richmond Hill Park. This is the City of Asheville’s only forested park and is home to many special native plant and animal species! Volunteers help to stop the spread of harmful non-native invasive species and return native species to the unique park.
Take part in a paddle protest on the Broad River and tell Duke Energy to stop polluting our waters!
Middle & high school youth groups are invited to join Asheville Youth Mission and Creation Care Alliance for an afternoon of service and discussion. We’ll work with a variety of local agencies and talk with community leaders about how our beliefs impact the way we care for our neighbors and our planet.
Join MountainTrue’s Ecologist and Public Lands Director Bob Gale for a gorgeous and educational hike through Pisgah National Forest. Bob has been studying and protecting the forests of Western North Carolina with MountainTrue since 1998. He knows these mountains like the back of his hand and will be sharing some of his knowledge on the […]
We who are MountainTrue have much to celebrate this year - we hope you will join us and come out to the 2017 Fall Gathering - see you there!
Join the Hemlock Restoration Initiative, MountainTrue, and Polk County Recreation on Thursday, Nov. 2nd for a hike through the Green River Game Lands and along the scenic Green River. Our hike will pass through eastern hemlock habitat, and while taking in the natural beauty, we learn about hemlock's role in the ecosystem, the threats they face, and what management approaches are taking place in North Carolina, including at the Green River Game Lands.
