• Hendersonville Green Drinks: The Battle Against Invasive Plant Species; Reclaiming Our Natural Heritage.

    Black Bear Coffee 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, United States

    Every month, MountainTrue hosts Green Drinks at Black Bear Coffee and Espresso in downtown Hendersonville. Join us this month for a presentation by Bob Gale, MountainTrue's Ecologist and Public Lands Director. Bob will discuss the threat of invasive plant species, how they spread and choke out native species that are important to the ecological balance and health […]

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  • Hendersonville Green Drinks: Prioritization of Transportation Projects in North Carolina and Our Region

    Black Bear Coffee 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, United States

    Hendersonville, N.C. — On Thursday, June 9, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes featured speakers Lyuba Zuyeva, Director of the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization, and Tristan Winkler, Senior Transportation Planner with the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization, who will discuss how transportation projects go from concept to funded project. The State of North Carolina […]

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  • Hendersonville Green Drinks: Green Burials, Bringing Death Back Into The Circle of Life

    Black Bear Coffee 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, United States

    About the image: still life depicts Life, Death and Time in this 17th-century painting by Philippe de Champaigne Hendersonville, N.C. — On Thursday, July 14, Hendersonville Green Drinks will address “green burials” with speaker Michele Skeele, death doula, funeral home aid and member of the WNC chapter of the Funeral Consumers Alliance, a national advocacy organization. […]

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  • Hendersonville Green Drinks with the French Broad Riverkeeper

    Black Bear Coffee 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, United States

    On Thursday, November 10, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes featured speakers Jack Henderson, MountainTrue’s Americorps Water Quality Administrator, who will discuss MountainTrue’s various volunteer-driven water quality monitoring programs and the work the organization does to keep our rivers safe, clean places to paddle and play. About Hendersonville Green Drinks Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue […]

  • December 8: Hendersonville Green Drinks: Green Gifting for the Holidays

    Black Bear Coffee 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, United States

    On Thursday, December 8, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes featured speakers Adrienne Brown with Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and Christine Brown with Asheville GreenWorks. The will be discussing "Green Gifting" — sustainable, environmentally friendly gift ideas for the holidays.

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  • Hendersonville Green Drinks: 2017 Clean Energy Preview

    Black Bear Coffee 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, United States

    On Thursday, January 12, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes featured speaker Ned Ryan Doyle, long time solar and sustainable community advocate, former coordinator of the Southern Energy & Environment Expo and host of 'Our Southern Community' radio, to speak on upcoming trends relating to solar and clean energy for WNC. Ned is currently the co-chair of the Technology Working Group of the WNC Energy Innovation Task Force.

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  • Feb 9: Hendersonville Green Drinks: Green, Sustainable Brewing

    Black Bear Coffee 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, United States

    On Thursday, February 9, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Stan Cooper, Co-Manager at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., who will speak about sustainability initiatives at the Mills River brewery.

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  • Hendersonville Green Drinks: The Ecusta Trail: Connecting Hendersonville to Brevard

    Black Bear Coffee 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, United States

    Join us on Thursday, March 9, as Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Chris Burns with Friends of the Ecusta Trail to give us a project update and let us know how the public can help make this trail connecting Hendersonville and Brevard a reality. Chris is a founding board member of Friends of the Ecusta Trail, a […]

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  • Hendersonville Green Drinks: Community Supported Agriculture

    Black Bear Coffee 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, NC, United States

    Join us on Thursday, April 6, as Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Allison Perrett of Appalachian Sustainable Agricultural Project for a discussion on community supported agricultural.

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