Yearly Archives: 2019

Transylvania Shares, a community cooperative promoting reuse and sharing. We need your membership.

Carbon taxes are talked about a lot when people are brainstorming ways to reduce their footprint. I was actually in Canada many years ago on the first day they started charging a carbon tax at the gas pump. I didn't completely understand the concept at the time but I did know it was a big deal. It was interesting to be there during that time. Moving to Conservers has been working for the past two years to build community and support each other as we learn new ways to live with less impact. Through study, conversation and local action, many of us have made personal changes and also helped groups we are connected to make similar changes. One of our biggest undertakings was helping Motown Memories, a 200-plate dinner fundraiser for Rise and Shine, move to zero-waste. It was an amazing event and it started a lot of requests from folks to use the dishes we had acquired. Matter of fact, since that event in March, we have [...]

By |2019-11-10T13:56:54-05:00November 10th, 2019|Categories: Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste, Sharing Club|
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A gathering and brainstorming at Davidson River School

On November 7, 2019, a dozen or so of us enjoyed a potluck dinner with Barbara Grimm, principal of Davidson River School, at the school. Barb worked with us on our Use Food Scraps Symposium in March and recently reached out and asked us to visit the school to help them find ways to reduce their waste. What a beautiful school. There were definitely some conversations about how nice it is. As always, we enjoyed a wonderful meal. As always, we brought our own non-disposable place settings and left no clean-up for our host. We enjoyed listening to Barb as she explained the climate change curriculum the school was teaching in December. She asked us for help and ideas for next steps towards waste reduction. Our members were full of great ideas. The school recently received a grant for a greenhouse and we discussed ways they could divert their food scraps to a compost facility, we could help them construct. We have done a few in the community [...]

By |2019-11-10T13:46:21-05:00November 10th, 2019|Categories: Compost Drop-off Location, Composting, Gatherings, Growing food, Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste, Use Food Scraps, Zero-waste tips|
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Sylvan Sport potluck was fantastic. We had a breakthrough…

Thanks to Sylvan Sport for hosting us for a potluck.  We took a great tour and enjoyed learning about this local manufacturer and their commitment to waste reduction.  Thanks to Kenn Webb, the Solid Waste Director and Jan Foster of Waste Reduction Partners and Tom and Patrick of Sylvan Sport, a solution was created and implemented almost immediately for one of Sylvan Sports diversion needs.  That is super-fantastic.  Thanks to everyone who joined us and thanks to all who made it possible to keep more our of our landfill.  Woo hoo!

By |2019-11-03T12:47:18-05:00November 3rd, 2019|Categories: Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste|
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Got Pumpkins? Rooster Head Plantation wants them

Pigs love pumpkins I am told.  Rooster Head Plantation is accepting pumpkin donations because their pigs love them.  They have set up a drop-off bin by their compost bin.  Please drop off your tasty pumpkins!   You can see details of their drop off spot here:  https://movingtoconservers.com/portfolio-items/rooster-head-plantation-food-scrap-drop-off-site/?portfolioCats=106  Thanks so much!

By |2019-11-03T12:39:20-05:00November 3rd, 2019|Categories: Compost Drop-off Location, Composting, Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste, Use Food Scraps|
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Transylvania Shares Coop planning is moving along!

Transylvania Shares is moving along swiftly, thanks to Ed’s guidance. Thank you Ed! There is a lot to plan before opening our Sharing cooperative and we are getting close. We are very excited.  Interested in getting involved?  Let us know.  WE would love your help.

By |2019-11-03T12:33:57-05:00November 3rd, 2019|Categories: Moving to Zero-waste, Sharing Club|
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Gift of Time Pop-up Potluck

It is hard to believe but next month is our Gift of Time Pop-up event. It will be held on December 14th, from 12 – 3 pm in the plaza beside Quixote's and across from Rocky’s. We joined with Project Empathy to plan the event this year and as a result, we have a new location. In the past, we have been at the gazebo on Main Street. We ran out of space last year. We are grateful for the use of this space. It is a wonderful and large space. We will convert it to a comfortable living room and kitchen area as we have in the past. We will need chairs, tables, blankets, pillows, and whatever you would like to bring to create a pop-up lounge. This is a zero-waste event. We will collect compost.

By |2019-11-10T13:38:56-05:00November 3rd, 2019|Categories: Gatherings, Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste, Use Food Scraps|
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Available Soon – Brevard Bottles: locally made, ceramic

Beautiful, functional and made here. Thanks to Will for working with us on developing a locally made water bottle. By creating prototypes for us to use and share we were able to share your comments and come up with the current design. Thanks so much. This is our first production run and supplies are limited. Would you like to reserve one/some? Email us at [email protected] and let us know. We will share a picture of the new design and a price as soon as we get those. How exciting!

By |2019-11-03T12:29:16-05:00November 3rd, 2019|Categories: Moving to Zero-waste|
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My gosh we are rockin’ it!

Woo hoo! Moving to Conservers. We are doing amazing things through study, conversation, and local action! As I made my list of topics to cover in the upcoming newsletter, I was stunned by what we have going on! So many of you are bringing zero-waste suggestions to other groups. Many of you are modeling the behavior and aiding the group as they move to a zero-waste practice. Thank you. I wish I could share the joy I receive in emails and on phone conversations when guiding someone in our community who wants to incorporate zero-waste practices in their lives. I remember the smile on a friend’s face as she told me she had gone to Spice it To a Tea with her own tea jar and eliminated tea boxes, wrappers, and bags from life. She composts the tea leaves and now has a waste-free cup of tea. She said it was a little thing but it felt good. Exactly. But it is not a little thing. It is [...]

By |2019-11-10T13:40:38-05:00November 3rd, 2019|Categories: Composting, Gatherings, Moving to Zero-waste|
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Interested in presenting on our behalf at the Food Waste Solutions Summit?

We received the following email and wanted to share.  If you are interested in submitting a proposal to present about our work, let us know.  The deadline is October 20th to submit a proposal. Hi John, I have been following your zero waste group from afar and would like to connect. I am on the board of the NC composting council and we are hosting a happy hour social at Sierra Nevada Oct 25th with the goal of bringing together the composting and zero waste community of WNC. We would love for you to spread word within your group and to have a presence. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sustainable-spirits-west-oct-25-2019-tickets-66246656533 Also I am sure you may already be aware but there is an upcoming Food Waste Solutions Summit in Asheville in November. http://www.abfoodpolicy.org/food-waste-solutions-summit-2/ I would also encourage you submit a presentation on your work for one of the ignite sessions.... https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSGuU5B6raXUQN4r6APyf2aLQyG8CUF-bIgl0KDK01OSIzOA/viewform Hopefully all this good energy will build towards building a better model of sustainability for our region. Thank you for all the [...]

By |2019-10-07T14:30:35-04:00October 7th, 2019|Categories: Compost Drop-off Location, Composting, Gatherings, Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste, Use Food Scraps|
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