Civics 101 Workshop Series
2019-02-13 00:00 (America/New_York) | NC
Do you have hopes for our city or county? Do you wonder how best to influence our local leaders to turn those hopes into reality? MountainTrue is partnering with the League of Women Voters and other area nonprofits to host a series of programs exploring the most effective ways to advocate. The series will be on Tuesday evenings beginning March 19th and will be free and open to the public. More details will be coming soon, but if you would like to sign up to be emailed directly when details are finalized, you can add your name to the list here.

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.

Paddle-n-Plant Workday
2019-02-19 10:00 - 16:00, 2019-02-25 10:00 - 16:00, 2019-03-02 10:00 - 16:00, 2019-03-06 10:00 - 16:00, 2019-03-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2019-03-13 10:00 - 16:00 | NC

Liquidlogic Exclusive MountainTrue Factory Tour
2019-02-21 12:00 - 14:00 | Liquidlogic Factory, 210 Old Airport Rd., Fletcher, NC, 28732, United States
Join MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper for an exclusive tour of the Liquidlogic Kayaks production factory led by Co-Founder Shane Benedict. We’ll meet at the factory for a full behind the scenes tour during production hours to see how kayaks are made from bow to stern, learning about the local company’s history, sustainability practices, and how they have partnered with the Green Riverkeeper along the way. Then we’ll head down the street to a local brewery, Blue Ghost Brewing, to have lunch and a beer (provided) and learn more about what MountainTrue is doing to protect the places we share and how you can get more involved.
**Space is limited to the first 20 people, so get your ticket before it sells out!

Lobbying 101
2019-03-06 18:00 - 20:00 | YWCA, 185 South French Broad Ave, Asheville, NC, 28801
MountainTrue is proud to co-sponsor this workshop put on by Democracy NC. In our current political climate, the term lobbying is kind of a dirty word, often associated with big money, special interests and backroom deals. But there’s another way to look at it. Lobbying is one way a group of people with shared policy interests or goals can influence, persuade or pressure elected officials to support our ideas. If we want to build power in our communities, lobbying should be one tool in our organizing toolkit. Come engage with us around what lobbying is and how we can use it to win on issues we care about.
This event is co-sponored by MountainTrue, the Asheville-Buncombe NAACP, Children First Communities In Schools, Just Economics, and the YWCA of Asheville. Please RSVP here.

Paddle Camping on the French Broad
2019-03-07 18:00 - 20:00 | The Wedge at Foundation, 5 Foundy St., Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
Have you ever wanted to do a paddle overnighter? Do you want to get a taste of a river expedition? Learn the secrets behind using the FB Paddle Trail.
Here’s a sneak peak:
Secret #1: Your canoe or kayak is doing most of the heavy lifting. So, bring whatever you want! You’re not backpacking, so if you want your dog to have a costume box and it fits in your boat, bring it.
Headwaters Outfitters, the French Broad Riverkeeper, and MountainTrue are hosting another session on how to use the FB Paddle Trail. Whether you’re looking to do one night or 14, we’ll tell you how. Get all your questions answered – from what gear to bring, to how to reserve campsites, and where to stock up on beer. There will even be a raffle to win a free camping weekend.

Richmond Hill Invasive Species Workday
2019-03-09 09:00 - 13:00 | Richmond Hill Park, 300 Richmond Hill Dr, Asheville, NC, 28806, United States

High Country Live Staking Workday
2019-03-09 10:00 - 14:00, 2019-03-16 10:00 - 14:00 | The Valle Crucis Community Park, 2892 Broadstone Road, Valle Crucis, NC, 28604, United States

Bugs 'N Brew
2019-03-12 17:00 - 18:30 | Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave E, Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
Join us for a happy hour to learn more about the tiny insects that live in our streams and ways you can get involved to help protect our waterways. Tiny insects (aquatic macroinvertebrates) are indicators of water quality. The stream teams of MountainTrue’s SMIE program head out to locations in Henderson and Polk county to collect and identify these insects in a process known as bio-monitoring. Our citizen scientists come from all sorts of backgrounds and most have no experience to begin with! If you aren’t able to join us for the happy hour, check out of SMIE training on the 30th!
Check out these cool macroinvertebrates!

Book Study: The Hidden Life of Trees
2019-03-12 18:00 - 2019-04-16 19:15 | Jubilee! Community Church, 46 Wall St, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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).

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

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

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.

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

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
