MountainTrue

No Man's Land Film Festival - Shelby
2019-05-18 18:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Earl Scruggs Center, 103 S Layfette Street, Shelby, NC, 28150
We are proud to announce our debut film screening in Shelby, NC benefiting both The Earl Scruggs Center and MountainTrue! We are excited to partner with the Earl Scruggs Center in bringing to Shelby these inspiring films that showcase women in all their tenacity, their spunk and their femininity. Through hosting No Man’s Land, we are celebrating badass women-identified role models and are encouraging everyone to join us in caring for the beautiful places we share.
This event will open its doors at 6:30 p.m. for a 7pm panel discussion featuring local women adventurers. The film program will begin at 8:00. General admission is $15 (includes one beer) or $10 for under 21. We’ll see you soon!

Clean Streams Day 2019
2019-05-18 10:00 - 16:00 | Emma & Hazel Mill Road Public Parking, 162 Craven Street, Asheville, NC, 28806
Join us for the 43nd annual “Clean Streams Day River, Roadside, and Stream Cleanup”, presented by New Belgium Brewing. We’re seeking teams to clean up trashed roads, rivers, and waterways. Groups will schedule times to come by the GreenWorks office to pick up supplies, maps and gear NO LATER than May 17th. You will then organize your cleanup team on Saturday, May 18th and then come to New Belgium afterwards to share photos and stories with other teams.
Sign up for your crew here! If you’re signing up for a river section, we will be in touch after you register.
Meetup time:10am
Meetup location: gravel lot at Emma Rd & Hazel Mill Rd.
10am to 2pm (cleanup)
2pm to 4pm (after party at New Belgium Brewing)
Stream and roadside teams schedule to pick up supplies prior to your cleanup:
Asheville GreenWorks – Shelby Hyatt
318 Riverside Drive, Asheville NC 28801
Ph 828-232-7144
shelby@ashevillegreenworks.org
River cleanup teams will meet up at the main location to be shuttled to your river put ins. French Broad Outfitters will provide transportation to all locations. Meet up at 11am to sign in and get ready for the river cleanup. Boats are limited, please sign up so that we know you’re coming.
**We can provide a limited number of clean up supplies, creek boots, waders, boats, gloves and tools**
Sponsored by New Belgium Brewing and French Broad Outfitters

Wildflower Watch Day Hike
2019-05-18 09:00 - 16:00 | Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC, United States
Thank you for your interest in the Wildflower Watch Day Hike, but the hike is full. Please contact Catie Morris at outings@mountaintrue.org or 828-258-8737 ext 201 if you would like to be put on the waiting list. If spots open up, you’ll be contacted via email.
About the hike:
Join us for a lovely 5.5-mile hike along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail at Rattlesnake Lodge. Our Public Lands Ecologist, Bob Gale will lead this hike and share with us his extensive knowledge of the flora and fauna of the region. This trail boasts more than thirty varieties of flowers, including dwarf larkspur, Jack-in-the-pulpit, and blue cohosh to name a few. This time of year is prime for spotting these wildflowers, as well as seeing, or hearing, a number of warblers, vireos, and other birds that have returned from their winter in Central and South America. This hike will take us past the ruins of Rattlesnake lodge: a summer home built in 1903 for Dr. Chase P. Ambler. The hike is moderate, and we will take frequent stops to investigate any birds, wildflowers or other items of interest that we find along the way!
We will meet at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center at Milepost 384 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Note that this is NOT the same place as the Folk Arts Center. Please plan to arrive no later than 9:00 am. We will talk a little about the hike and the area and then carpool to the MTS trailhead at Bull Gap, 9 miles away. The hike is in and back, so we will carpool back to the Visitor Center at the end of the day from the trailhead.
What to bring:

Lunch/snacks and water

Hiking boots and other appropriate clothing (rain gear if needed)

Sunscreen!

Camera

Please, no pets on the hike

Rhythm & Brews: Screamin' Jay's and The Broadcast
2019-05-16 17:30 - 21:30 | Downtown Hendersonville, 201 South Main Street, Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States

Richmond Hill Invasive Species Workday
2019-05-11 09:00 - 13:00 | Richmond Hill Park, 300 Richmond Hill Dr, Asheville, NC, 28806, United States

Hendersonville Green Drinks: In-Home Funeral Practices & Green Burial
2019-05-09 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
On Thursday, May 9th, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Caroline Yongue, Director and Founder of Carolina Memorial Sanctuary and the Center for End of Life Transitions, and Cassie Barrett, Director of Operations for Carolina Memorial Sanctuary. Carolina Memorial Sanctuary is a green cemetery that offers eco-friendly burials to people looking to explore more natural, conservation-oriented burial options. Caroline founded Carolina Memorial Sanctuary in 2015, and since then, has been working to help residents of Western North Carolina understand their options and legal rights to allow them to make informed decisions about the impact they have after their deaths. She believes that encouraging green burials is one step towards building a better, healthier planet. In their talk, Caroline and Cassie will discuss the green burial process and the ways it can allow people to use their deaths to encourage life and conservation in Western North Carolina.

Building Our City Speaker Series: Debra Campbell
2019-05-08 18:00 - 19:00 | The Collider, Suite 401, 1 Haywood St., Asheville, North Carolina, 28801
Debra Campbell comes to Asheville from the City of Charlotte, where she was employed in many strategic roles including her most recent position as Assistant City Manager. Prior to joining the Charlotte City Manager’s office, Campbell served as the city’s Planning Director from 2004-2014, a time of booming redevelopment for the Queen City.
Campbell’s list of accomplishments and strategic initiatives during her tenure as Charlotte’s Assistant City Manager include supporting the development of the Housing Charlotte Framework, a 10-year strategy for community collaboration to increase the supply of affordable housing. She initiated expansion of a public engagement effort in which city employees of all levels were asked to take 10 minutes to engage a person of a different race in a face-to-face conversation about city issues and concerns.
Campbell also led an interdepartmental group to identify and address issues related to safety, trust and accountability, good paying jobs and affordable housing. And she had a hand in coordination with federal and state officials on the funding and development of a rapid transit system resulting in the construction of 19.3 miles of light rail and millions of square feet of transit oriented development being built at the various transit stations in Charlotte.
Please RSVP here to let us know you’ll be attending.
Building our City is brought to you by the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority, Mosaic Community Lifestyle Realty, the Asheville Downtown Association, the City of Asheville, the Asheville Design Center of MountainTrue, Urban 3, Carleton Collins Architecture, Asheville Grown, Aloft Asheville Downtown and Friction Shift.

Green River Spring Bash
2019-05-04 17:00 - 21:00 | Green River Adventures, 111 E. Main Street, Saluda, NC, 28773, United States
Join us on May 4 for the 13th Annual Green River Spring Bash block party at Green River Adventures in downtown Saluda! Festivities start at 5 p.m. and the event is free and open to the public. We’ll have great beer from Oskar Blues Brewing and live music from The Aaron Burdett Band. There will be a charity raffle where one lucky person will win a LiquidLogic Remix XP 10 kayak valued at $1,000.00. Proceeds from the raffle benefit MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper – the protector and defender of the Green River Watershed. Purchase raffle tickets online at here or at the party. You do not need to be present to win.

The Hemlock Wooly Adelgid: Film Screening and Q&A
2019-05-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Lanier Library, 72 Chestnut St, Tryon, NC, 28782, United States
MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper and the Hemlock Restoration Initiative will host a screening of the documentary The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: A Film About the Loss of an Ecosystem at the Lanier Library in Tryon. The 30-minute long documentary was produced in 2016 by the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network and won the award for Best Appalachian Environment Film at the Boone Film Festival. The groups hope that screening the film will help increase public awareness and build momentum to save more hemlock trees.
After the featured film, the groups will screen a short, locally-produced documentary highlighting the efforts of the Paddlers Hemlock Health Action Taskforce (PHHAT) to save hemlocks locally in the Green River Gorge. For additional information on the project, please visit paddlersforhemlocks.com.
Admission to see the films is free, and the first film will begin at 6:00 p.m. The night will conclude with a Q&A with MountainTrue and Hemlock Restoration Initiative staff to contextualize the films and help the audience understand the next steps for action.

Earth Day Vigil
2019-04-28 17:30 - 19:30 | First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak Street, Asheville, NE, 28801, United States
The Creation Care Alliance of WNC welcomes people of all faiths to an Earth Day Vigil on Sunday, April 28 at 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.(Labyrinth walk at 4:15) at the Sacred Garden/Labyrinth of First Baptist Church, 5 Oak Street in downtown Asheville. This event is a celebration of creation, and a call to spiritually grounded action to care for it during a time when it is in peril. The theme is “Walking the Path” and will include interactive and contemplative practices. This year, instead of hosting the Vigil closer to Earth Day, it will be offered on April 28th to make space for those observing Passover and Easter.
The vigil will be structured as if moving through a Labyrinth in four movements, Remembering, Releasing, Receiving, and Returning with song, poetry, messages of inspiration and invitations to action from local faith and community organizations and leaders.The time will have
Words of reflection and blessings will be delivered by Rev. Carol Hovis from Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Rev. Nancy Walton of Trinity United Methodist Church, Rev. Tommy Bratton and Marian Sadler Arledge of First Baptist Church, Rev. Scott Hardin-Nieri of the Creation Care Alliance of WNC, Dr. Hun Lye, Founder and Spiritual Director of Urban Dharma, and Isa Whitaker a member of the Islamic Center of Asheville and the Community Garden Network Coordinator at Bountiful Cities. Sound and musical leadership will be offered by Jenna Lindbo from Land of the Sky United Church of Christ and Joe Hallock of Solar Powered Sound.
Following the Earth Day Vigil, there will be a reception upstairs with donated food and drink. Also opportunities to walk the Labyrinth in mediation and prayer will be available after the vigil.
Creation Care Alliance reminds those interested in attending to consider biking, carpooling or taking public transportation, First Baptist is close to the Charlotte @ College Bus Stop. In the event of rain or bad weather, the vigil will take place just inside of First Baptist Church in the Sanctuary with a labyrinth available inside in the chapel.

Water Quality Volunteer Training
2019-04-27 09:00 - 12:00 | The Valle Crucis Community Park, 2892 Broadstone Road, Valle Crucis, NC, 28604, United States

No Man's Land Film Festival - Asheville
2019-04-25 19:30 - 21:30 | New Belgium Brewing Company, 21 Craven St, Asheville, NC, 28806, United States
Join us for the premier all-women adventure film festival featuring short films about women adventurers who will inspire you with their tenacity, their spunk and their femininity – all interwoven to showcase the full scope of woman-identified athletes and adventurers, looking to undefine what it means to be a woman in adventure, sport and film.

Practicing Shalom in Our Time of Climate Change
2019-04-24 18:00 - 19:00 | First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak Street, Asheville, NE, 28801, United States
We are happy to present this 4-part series for our church and our community to examine climate change. We will consider its effects on our world, and explore the role of our Christian faith in response. Join us as leaders share their expertise.
April 24 – “Living in this time of Climate Change” Deke Arndt, Chief, Monitoring Branch, National Center for Environmental Information, NOAA From his experience as climate scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Deke will speak to us about the recent report from the National Climate Assessment, helping us understand major points of interest. Additionally, he will speak to conditions we might expect in the Southeastern US with regard to cli- mate change. We are fortunate to have Deke share his scientific expertise with us.
May 1 – “Practicing Shalom in Climate Change” Rev. Nancy Sehested, Co-pastor, Circle of Mercy Congregation Nancy will lead us in an exploration of the relationship between our faith and climate change. What can we glean from our Scriptures that speak to this issue? How are we then called to respond?
May 8 – “Asheville Responds” A Panel of Local Leaders:
Sophie Mullinax, Blue Horizons Project, Coordinator Dawn Chavez, Asheville Greenworks, Director Scott Hardin-Nieri, Mountain True, Director of Creation Care Alliance From these community leaders, we will learn of their efforts in Asheville and Buncombe County to mitigate climate change. Additionally, they will help us know ways we can participate with them or on an individual basis to make a positive difference in combating climate change.
May 15 – “First Baptist Responds” Dr. Mack Dennis, Pastor Mack will give an overview of ways our church has already taken steps to reduce our energy consumption and live more sustainably. Where do we go from here? Mack will share ideas that are being explored and visions for our future of ways we can help as we live in this time of climate change.

Volunteer to be a weekly Water Ranger
2019-04-24 18:00 - 19:00 | NC
Every summer, the French Broad Riverkeeper team needs help collecting weekly, water samples around our beautiful watershed. Thousands of people float, boat, and swim in our streams everyday, so we want to make sure it’s safe for them to enjoy. Sign up here!
As a Water Ranger, you’ll go out each Wednesday morning to collect a water sample, drop it off at a community site nearby and then we’ll tell the world the results on the Swimguide website. We’ll teach you everything you need to know, and give you all the sampling supplies. It’s a fun way to get to know parts of the watershed you may never have seen, and a great educational opportunity for all ages. Below are all the sites we need a volunteer to take over. You’ll sample the same site each week. The process itself does not take long at all, but it is ideal if you live near where you sample.
We currently need folks at the following sites, but if you live near somewhere where people get into the river, don’t hesitate to ask if we can add another site. Here’s a link to a map to see where these sites are located.

French Broad at Champion Park
French Broad at Wilson Rd. (Pisgah Forest Access)
French Broad at Penrose: Crab Creek Rd.
French Broad at Lazy Otter Outfitters (Banner Farm Rd)
Mills River Boat Access
Cane Creek at Fletcher Community Park
French Broad at Westfeldt Park
French Broad at Glen Bridge River Park
Swannanoa at Charles D. Owen (or Warren Wilson College)
Swannanoa at Azalea Park
Hominy Creek at Hominy Creek Greenway
French Broad at Craven St. Bridge
Pigeon River at Canton Recreational Park
Nolichucky at the AT

We’ll have an orientation session to teach you everything you need to know, and give you all your materials on April 24, 2019 at 6PM at the MountainTrue office (29 N. Market St. #610 Asheville NC 28801).
If you have any questions contact Anna@mountaintrue.org or 828-258-8737 ext 212

Living with Bears in North Carolina
2019-04-24 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Paul’s Mountain Vineyard, Flat Rock Square, 2698 C Greenville Hwy, Flat Rock, NC, 28731

Broad River Greenway Cleanup
2019-04-21 15:00 - 18:00 | Broad River Greenway Canoe Access, 126 Broad River Drive, Shelby, NC, 28152, United States

Project Drawdown Workshop
2019-04-16 17:30 - 19:00 | Henderson County Library, 301 N Washington Street, Hendersonville, NC, 28739
On April 16, MountainTrue, the Creation Care Alliance of WNC and the Citizens’ Climate Lobby of Henderson County are proud to co-sponsor the Introduction to Project Drawdown workshop – a workshop sharing what international researchers have identified as the one-hundred most impactful solutions to reverse climate change. The event will be held from 5:30 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. at the Morris Kaplan Auditorium in the Henderson County Library.
“The Project gives the uplifting message that each of us can play a role in bringing these solutions to life, and what those roles might be,” says Gray Jernigan, MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper and Southern Regional Director. “Come hear about living buildings, walkable cities, silvopastures, cows on a beach, green roofs and more.”
This event is designed for individuals and groups who are ready to identify personal and family solutions to global warming that are within reach, and/or have an interest in working with community organizations and local governments to implement climate solutions and policies. Social and eco-justice advocates Pam and Charley Rogers will lead the workshop.
The workshop is based on the book, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reduce Global Warming, edited by environmentalist Paul Hawken. The book features the work of more than 200 researchers and scientists who have mapped, measured and modeled the top 100 solutions to reverse global warming, concluding that we can begin reversal of greenhouse gases by 2050 using existing technologies.
MountainTrue champions resilient forests, clean waters and healthy communities in Western North Carolina. To this end, MountainTrue fosters and empowers advocates throughout the region to be engaged in policy and project advocacy, outreach and education, and on-the-ground projects.
The Creation Care Alliance of WNC is a network of people of faith and congregations who have united around a moral and spiritual call to preserve the integrity, beauty and health of God’s creation. We bring practical and hopeful solutions to our congregations and broader secular communities by engaging hearts and minds through inspiration, education, service, and advocacy.
Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a non-profit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change. Our consistently respectful, nonpartisan approach to climate education is designed to create a broad, sustainable foundation for climate action across all geographic regions and political inclinations. By building upon shared values rather than partisan divides, and empowering our supporters to work in keeping with the concerns of their local communities, we work towards the adoption of fair, effective, and sustainable climate change solutions.

No Man's Land Film Festival - Boone
2019-04-13 17:30 - 21:00 | Center 45, 200 Den Mac Dr, Boone, NC, 28607

Green River Spring Cleaning
2019-04-13 10:00 - 17:00 | Fishtop Access, 2302 Green River Cove, Saluda, North Carolina, 28773

Richmond Hill Invasive Species Removal Workday
2019-04-13 09:00 - 13:00 | Richmond Hill Park, 300 Richmond Hill Dr, Asheville, NC, 28806, United States
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.
We’ll provide all gloves, equipment and necessary instructions. Please bring snacks, water and a rain jacket and wear long pants, long sleeve shirt and closed toe shoes (no open shoes or sandals allowed for safety).

Hendersonville Green Drinks: The Power of Partnerships to Achieve our Energy Future
2019-04-11 17:30 - 19:00 | Black Bear Coffee, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
Hendersonville, NC – On Thursday, April 11th, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Robert Sipes, the Vice President of Duke Energy’s Western Carolinas Modernization Project. The Project encompasses a number of energy reduction and infrastructure development programs, including the conversion of the Asheville Power Plant from coal to natural gas and community programs aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reducing demand. The increasing focus in Western North Carolina and worldwide on the connection between our energy sources and climate change, in addition to the rapid advances in energy technology, have created a need for new partnerships on the local and national scale. In his talk, Robert will focus on the new partnerships being built in Western North Carolina aimed at developing and promoting solutions to our current energy
Robert Sipes serves as the Vice President of Duke Energy’s Western Carolinas Modernization project. The project encompasses the conversion of the Asheville Power Plant from coal to gas, the addition of significant transmission and substation infrastructure, the implementation of several distributed energy resource projects, and engagement with the community to implement existing and new programs to mitigate peak demand growth, increase efficiency, and reduce electric usage. Robert graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. He began his career in the energy industry in 1983 working in electric power line construction for Stackhouse Inc., and since then, has served in a wide variety of roles in the electric utility industry.
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.

Supporting Native Species at Home - Workshop
2019-04-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Burton Street Community Center, 134 Burton Street, Asheville, NC, 28806

No Man's Land Film Festival - Brevard
2019-04-03 18:15 - 21:30 | Oskar Blues Brewery, 342 Mountain Industrial Drive, Brevard, NC, 28712

Climate Interactive Role Play
2019-03-31 17:30 - 19:30 | First Congregational Church, 20 Oak Street, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States

Stream Team Training
2019-03-30 09:00 - 16:00 | Blue Ridge Community College, 180 W Campus Dr, Flat Rock, NC, 28731, United States

Green River Gorge Hike
2019-03-23 09:00 - 16:00 | Green River Cove Trail, 3770 Green River Cove Road, Saluda, 28773, United States

Civics 101 Workshop Series
2019-03-19 18:30 - 19:45 | YWCA, 185 South French Broad Ave, Asheville, NC, 28801
Find out how to best advocate for the issues you care about within our local government.
The League of Women Voters along with a coalition of local nonprofits working to empower our community to advocate effectively, is presenting this series so that you can productively communicate with local representatives, staffers and commission members.
Each session will be a panel discussion with representatives about how to best communicate about the issues you are passionate about and will work through scenarios on advocating for things like city infrastructure, community services and affordable housing.
Panel discussion will be moderated with time for questions from the audience.
Event series:
March 19 – Asheville City Government
April 9 – Buncombe County Government
May 14 – Board of Education
Come to one or all sessions!
Please contact us at info@lwvab.org if you would like Spanish interpretation services or childcare (include the number of children and ages).
Coalition members include: Just Economics of WNC, League of Women Voters, Children First CIS of Buncombe County, MountainTrue, YWCA of Asheville

Ash Inventory Training
2019-03-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Street Gap

High Country Live Staking Workday
2019-03-16 10:00 - 14:00 | The Valle Crucis Community Park, 2892 Broadstone Road, Valle Crucis, NC, 28604, United States

Paddle-n-Plant Workday
2019-03-13 10:00 - 16:00 | NC
