Join us for this free Building Our City speaker series event featuring renowned planner and urbanist, Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver who has lead the New York City Parks Department since 2014. Silver will focus on the impact of planning and placemaking on physical and mental wellbeing. He will also share learnings from a variety of projects during his role in New York, such as the Community Parks Equity Initiative, Parks without Borders, and Cool Pools and Creative Courts.

Toward Zero Waste Asheville, NC, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, and Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina is happy to present "Straws", a short documentary narrated by Academy-award winning actor Tim Robbins. "Straws"  charts the history of straws and reveals our culture’s current obsession with single-use conveniences. Throughout the documentary, marine researchers, citizen activists, and business owners […]

Join MountainTrue and the Sierra Club for monthly meetings to discuss local, state and national environmental issues.

Join us for a special workshop on monitoring and protecting water quality in our national forests! Participants will get out into the Pisgah National Forest to learn some of the common sources of erosion that might be observed on a hike or ride through the woods. We will explore "Best Management Practices" and common issues with timber sales, road construction, and storm-water systems and educate participants about how to monitor and report when erosion is occurring. Come learn how you can help keep the waters clean and the forests healthy!