KimberlyJoCoram

About Kim Coram

Kim Coram is retired from The Bureau of the Public Debt, US Treasury Department where she served as an IT manager in a variety of disciplines ranging from computer security to website management. She is an US Air Force veteran and was an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist. She was elected to Parkersburg, WV's city council where she served a 4-year term. Kim loved WV and decided to move after seeing the impact fracking has had and continues to have on this once paradise. She is now retired and lives in Cedar Mountain, NC where she enjoys clean drinking water, riding bikes with her husband, John, and taking her grandchildren on grand adventures in her "backyard".

Celebrate Earth Day by making a commitment to keep food out of the landfill. Go team!

Happy Earth Day!  I hope everyone is finding a way to celebrate Earth Day.  This is certainly different than the Earth Day we had planned.  Our phone has been ringing a lot and we are excited by the energy in our community to care for each other. We have also heard the dire projections of hunger that may be in the world's future.  What can one person do?  Here is a suggestion.  Use your food scraps to help grow more food locally.  It is a great start and can have a huge impact.  It is estimated 25 - 40 percent of our landfill is food.  Imagine if we diverted that food locally to feed livestock and make soil so that we can grow more food for our community. If you can start a compost bin in your own space, that is great.  Need help?  Let us know by giving us a call at 828-966-5367. Don't have space to create your own?  There are drop off stations in our [...]

By |2020-04-22T17:01:54-04:00April 22nd, 2020|Categories: Compost Drop-off Location, Composting, Growing food, Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste, Use Food Scraps|
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Let’s teach little ones about composting with Althea!

I am receiving so much love and joy from Conservers.  I recently received this wonderful YouTube video on composting from Althea from Pisgah Collective.   It may be a great lesson for those learning at home.  Thanks, Althea for sharing!  I loved the opening song.  What a wonderful joyful gift.  Love you Althea. Here is what she sent. Good morning everyone! The attached video starts with a morning song slideshow and is followed by a compost lesson. I hope the kiddos enjoy! This one is also available on our YouTube channel to share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx3MwjZdAKE&feature=youtu.be

By |2020-04-06T14:42:38-04:00April 6th, 2020|Categories: Composting, Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste|
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Hunger Coalition Food Distribution

Gail Kinard is a member of the Hunger Coalition and sent this information to share.  Please spread the word: We will be distributing food boxes at the Champion Park parking lot in Rosman on Thursday at 2:00pm.  It will be a drive-thru distribution so no one will be getting out of their car.  The box will contain produce and staples. The following week, on Thursday, April 16th, the food distribution will be at Brevard Community Church at 3:00pm.  We have tentatively planned for this location and time to be ongoing, but I will confirm later in the month. Please let everyone know that this is open to the public for anyone in need, and we would appreciate if they would help us spread the word.  The information is also available on the Hunger Coalition's facebook page. At this time we do not need to solicit donations as we have several grants that should carry us through for the next several months.  I will certainly let you know if this changes.

By |2020-04-06T14:43:24-04:00April 6th, 2020|Categories: Help a Neighbor|
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Online classes from NCSU on fermenting and making things you may not be able to find in the store right now.

Susan Sunflower sent this our way to share.  We have learned a few of these tricks thanks to Noel! (shown above).  She has given us many classes on fermenting and I for one have started fermenting as a result.  Thanks Susan for passing this on. Having problems finding yeast at the store to make bread? Have you thought that this might be a good time to learn how to make cheese? Check out this upcoming webinar series all about fementology! Appropriate for the home cook / wildlife explorer / high school student. I am just sharing this information... please visit the web site for more information and to find contact info for questions. Sessions begin April 16. ~~~~~~~ The seminars will be online and will be recorded. The first one also happens to launch our new sourdough project. Take a look. We have bakers, cheesemakers, archaeologists, evolutionary biologists, chemists, paleontologists and more, all talking about the wildlife in your kitchen. https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/news/fermentology-mini-seminars/ [cals.ncsu.edu] These will be intelligible for a [...]

By |2020-06-16T08:12:58-04:00April 6th, 2020|Categories: Eating Consciously, Food preservation, Moving to Zero-waste|
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What if PPE (personal protective gear) was reusable instead of disposable?

What if PPE (personal protective gear) was reusable instead of disposable?  When I was in the Air Force, we were issued personal protective gear that was reusable.  It was assigned to us.  We were responsible for its care and maintenance.  It kept us alive.  What if medical folks had the same set-up?  Would we have the shortages we have today?  Maybe a zero-waste society is the safest?  Something to think about.  I hope everyone is doing well.  Please let us know if you need anything. Love.

By |2020-04-06T13:52:42-04:00April 6th, 2020|Categories: Moving to Zero-waste|
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What does zero-waste mean to you? A member shares.

We asked folks to share what zero-waste means to them so we could share.  Here is the first response we received. Zero waste is a goal for me. I am doing my best in this world of packaging and consumerism to have as little trash going to the landfill as possible and to make good buying choices. Each day I challenge myself. And I am hopeful for the future.   Please share your thoughts too.  You can do that by going here:  https://movingtoconservers.com/what-does-the-term-zero-waste-mean-to-you/ We welcome your thoughts and community engagement. Thank you!

By |2020-03-30T13:11:15-04:00March 30th, 2020|Categories: Moving to Zero-waste|
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Rooster Head Plantation needs help feeding children

Rooster Head Plantation has long been a community partner of our zero-waste efforts.  They house a community compost drop off facility and have hosted our educational gatherings, among many other ways they support the community.  They are a true community partner and we love them.  They have been feeding neighborhood children since schools closed.  I called Jacqui and asked her what she needed and she said to put it bluntly, money.  She has served over 400 meals and the numbers keep growing as the word gets out. We are putting out a call to our community to help.  We were able to send money to Jacqui via the CashApp at her handle $JacquelineEdens.  You can also donate money through PayPal at [email protected].  Their mail address is: Rooster Head Plantation,  184 Evergreen St,  Brevard 28712. We also talked about buying cases of fruit and veggies or any other thing that may help.  If you have items that may help, let them know. What an amazing gift to the community.  [...]

By |2020-04-22T16:29:36-04:00March 30th, 2020|Categories: Compost Drop-off Location, Composting, Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste, Use Food Scraps|
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Family fun and education

With social distancing being our new normal and having our grandchildren for 7 days we have taken this opportunity to teach them a few things in between their online schooling. We worked with them as we planted potatoes, asparagus, onions, and rhubarb.  We have a trail in our yard and they have hiked and biked it and recently we took them rock climbing for the first time on a small ledge in our yard.  We live on the continental divide and it is a wondrous place.  It backs up to Mountain Bridge Wilderness and it is wild. They have learned to make homemade noodles and pizza in our wood-fired pizza oven.  It is a joy to mentor them and spend time with them. We have also spent a lot of time on the phone checking in on neighbors and family.  It is nice to have conversations instead of text and emails, which we get occasionally when we drive to wifi access. I am deeply touched by the amount [...]

By |2020-03-24T15:00:58-04:00March 24th, 2020|Categories: Connecting with nature, Gatherings, Growing food, Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste|
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Growing soil, feeding our community family

Five years ago at this time, John and I were not cutting seed potatoes getting them ready to plant on St. Patrick's Day. We were not adding coffee grounds from the local cafe to our compost facility. We did have a small compost pile but we were not working it. Now it is a part-time job for John. Well, maybe not but my husband makes a darn good soil, something I would not have appreciated five years ago. I didn’t think much about soil. I have gardened for years but didn’t understand the value of good soil. I do now. Almost 3 years ago we started having zero-waste potlucks with 8 or so friends and studied the Post Carbon Institute’s online video course Think Resilience. It focused on life after fossil fuels. It was thought-provoking. As part of the study, the course had the group answer the question, “What do you wish you would have learned to do in school?” Almost all of us said we wanted to [...]

By |2020-03-18T12:55:05-04:00March 18th, 2020|Categories: Compost Drop-off Location, Composting, Food preservation, Growing food, Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste, Use Food Scraps|
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