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“So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains/ And we never even know we have the key.” ̶ The Eagles. We of the United...
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WNC Climate Action Coalition
Confronting our local climate challenges
Across the US, communities are relying on mutual aid as a safegaurd against extreme weather
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- Apr 25, 2022
- 2 min
Earth Day 2022 at Haywood Community College (HCC)
For Earth Day 2022, Dr. Susan Roberts' Biology 140 students researched Haywood County organizations engaging in outdoor tourism; land,...
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MJ
- Nov 3, 2021
- 3 min
Triple-win climate solutions: Test your knowledge of climate change
With so many discoveries about Earth’s climate making the news daily, now is a good time to remind ourselves of the basic facts about...
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MJ
- Sep 3, 2021
- 2 min
Triple-win Climate Solutions: What have we done?
"Nature never did betray the heart that loved her." -- William Wordsworth, 1798 The first Triple-win Climate Solutions article by the WNC...
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MJ
- Aug 11, 2021
- 3 min
Triple-win Climate Solutions
Our Choice: Life or Death By Mary Jane Curry, Triple-win editor and co-founder of WNC CAC; edited by Mary Thomas, Creation Care member at...
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MJ
- Aug 11, 2021
- 3 min
Triple-win Climate Solutions
You're Invited! BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag) By the WNC CAC Writing Team https://smokymountainnews.com/lifestyle/rumble/item/31799-you-re-in...
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mjcinwnc@gmail.com
- Apr 10, 2021
- 3 min
YCC April 9 meeting: more grants, more youth organizational partners!
Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) Team Meeting Friday April 9, 2021 10:00-11:40 a.m. Present: Jim Geenen, chair; Brannen Basham, Steve Wall,...
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- Feb 17, 2021
- 2 min
Eco-Updating Our New (Old) Home
More than a year after (barely) buying a decrepit house in what are to me, the far reaches of WNC, we have moved in. I say the house is...
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- Feb 15, 2021
- 2 min
Raising Cane! YCC Youth Groups at Work
By Jim Geenen, Chair, Youth Conservation Corps Committee The Youth Conservation Corps has focused on a number of areas these past few...
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- Jan 19, 2021
- 1 min
Green New Deal!
It IS time for a Green New Deal--for people, animals and the climate. Make your views known by the "pandemic profiteers" who have...
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- Jan 19, 2021
- 1 min
Yes, In My Backyard!
Today is as good a day as any to find space in your yard or garden or somewhere around your apartment complex to put in a clothesline....
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- Dec 8, 2020
- 1 min
Youth Conservation Corps seeks to involve kids with nature
https://www.themountaineer.com/outdoors/youth-conservation-corps-seeks-to-involve-kids-with-nature/article_ba7aed18-e93a-11ea-b67c-a760aa...
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- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
Triple-win climate solutions: A recipe for saving our food supply
Mary Thomas Aug 26, 2020 In the 21st century numerous man-made dangers stalk our lives. These range from automobile accidents to...
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- Oct 30, 2020
- 3 min
Triple-win Climate Solutions: An easy fix for toxic mask pollution
Neva Duncan Tabb Oct 21, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic swelled and expanded across the globe, the common mantra echoed by governments...
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- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
Triple-win Climate Solutions: Say no to plastic bags
Judy Covin Oct 4, 2020 Asheville Greenworks says the average shopper collects about 500 plastic shopping bags a year — probably a low...
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- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
Triple-win Climate Solutions
Go native this fall: Consider planting native trees, plants Laura Armour Oct 18, 2020 When you plant a native tree or plant, you have...
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- Aug 30, 2020
- 1 min
Help protect the ANWR for our children's quality of life
https://www.audubon.org/conservation/arctic-refuge "This year, the Arctic Refuge is facing a serious threat. Drilling proponents are...
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- Aug 30, 2020
- 1 min
Non-toxic bug and disease control
https://www.themountaineer.com/opinion/columns/triple-win-climate-solutions-a-recipe-for-saving-our-food-supply/article_0ed612e8-decd-11e...
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- Aug 30, 2020
- 1 min
WNC CAC Youth Conservation Corps update
https://www.themountaineer.com/outdoors/youth-conservation-corps-seeks-to-involve-kids-with-nature/article_ba7aed18-e93a-11ea-b67c-a760aa...
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