In the wake of Hurricane Helene, MountainTrue is dedicated to addressing the urgent needs of our community.
MountainTrue has hosted the No Man's Land Film Festival for the past three years, and we want to highlight this new program that they are offering for the rest of the month. From June 11-30th, No Man's Land Film Festival is offering a "Diversify Our Outdoors" Virtual Film Program. This film program features films from […]
Join our French Broad Riverkeeper, Hartwell Carson, for a talk about the history of the French Broad Watershed as well as the major threats facing our river today. He will also discuss the work that he does to hunt down pollution sources and ways you can help keep our river clean.
On Thursday, July 9th, Virtual Hendersonville Green Drinks continues with a presentation from Andy Tait, EcoForestry Director at EcoForesters. EcoForesters is a non-profit professional forestry organization dedicated to conserving and restoring our Appalachian forests. In his talk, Andrew will discuss how forests become degraded whether due to invasive pests, poor timber management, fire exclusion or climate change and how “forest stand improvement work” can make degraded forests healthier.
The Creation Care Alliance is proud to co-sponsor, along with Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, this presentation by Dr. David Orr, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Studies & Politics at Oberlin College. Dr. Orr will be presenting a lecture about the moral imperative to restore our democracy as well as the urgency of environmental stewardship. Dr. Orr writes: "The COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing crisis of race in America are both an indictment and a preview of what's coming in a hotter, more divided world with vast economic inequities. Both are symptoms of the tragic failure of democratic institutions."
Join MountainTrue, the French Broad Riverkeeper and 98.1 The River for the first Riverkeeper Beer Series cleanup of the year. We are going virtual on July 11. Cleanup the French Broad River, your local creek, roadway, or neighborhood. Post your pics with the #catawbacleanup for a chance to win some great prizes from ENO!
This week's MountainTrue University will feature Tanya Marie Cummings, a MountainTrue board member and founder of Pathways to Parks, an organization that works to get more People of Color outside in our national parks and forests. In her talk, Dear White People: To Know Better is to Do Better, Tanya Marie will share stories of how she's experienced racism as a black woman in WNC and in the outdoors. She believes that when white people pull their heads 'out of the sand' and strive to understand the ugly disease of racism, they can become allies to black people to effectuate the 'change' that America so desperately needs during this pivotal time in American history.
Want the skinny on how our legislators are protecting our environment (or not)? Join us for a special live Raleigh Report featuring MountainTrue’s lobbyist Rob Lamme and MountainTrue's legislative advocacy team. We’ll discuss MountainTrue’s legislative priorities and work, and how environmental issues have fared in the General Assembly this year. Rob Lamme has represented MountainTrue […]
Despite the unusual times we find ourselves in, there is still trash collecting in our river. We hope that as many folks as possible can help us clean up the French Broad, but know that we can't all be on the river together. We are offering a limited capacity in person clean up as well as a virtual clean up with the Wedge on August 1st. There are prizes from ENO for the most interesting finds for both virtual and in-person participants!