We are super excited to announce our family-friendly moving to zero-waste series with education for children provided by Pisgah Collective. You can see the details here: https://movingtoconservers.com/event/join-us-for-a-family-friendly-potluck-gathering-at-the-cedar-mountain-canteen/
Last year, Motown Memories fundraiser went zero-waste and as a result we now have Transylvania Shares sharing club in our community. They have asked if we will make the event zero-waste again and we said, "You bet!" We need help. The event is April 25th from 6 - 10 pm and we have a few tasks we still need filled. Families are welcome and encouraged. We love teaching folks how to move to zero-waste. Please email Kim at [email protected] or call 828-966-5367 for more information. Thanks!
What a great evening. Noel and Patrick put together information for us to consider regarding a plant-based diet and the effects our food has on us and our community. The place was packed and it was wonderful to see so many new faces. The food was fantastic as always. I personally loved all the vegan food and enjoyed trying different dishes. I especially enjoyed the brownies. Yum! Thanks to all who attended. It was amazing to spend time with such members of our wonderful community!
We are super excited to announce we have joined with Pisgah Collective to offer family-friendly zero-waste education gatherings at the Cedar Mountain Canteen the 3rd Thursday of every month, starting in March! We will start the evenings at 5:30 pm with a social gathering until 6 pm. We will enjoy a zero-waste potluck from 6 - 6:30 pm. We will supply food and place settings for families to ease the burden of preparing a dish. If you are able to bring a covered dish to share, that would be fantastic. The education will take place from 6:30 - 7:30 pm with Pisgah Collective offering programs for children. How wonderful! We will be collecting donations to cover the cost of Pisgah Collective's staff and supplies. Please let us know if you would like help. Working as a community to study together. How fun is that!
Sharing clubs help folks share stuff which reduces consumption and builds community. We have our own sharing club in Transylvania county known as Transylvania Shares. You can find out more by visiting their website at TransylvaniaShares.com.
Interested in joining our local sharing club, Transylvania Shares? You can apply online or you can download the membership form and deliver it. You can download the form here: Membership Agreement and Borrowing Rules You can apply online by going here: https://transylvania-shares.square.site/ You can visit their website here: https://transylvaniashares.myturn.com/library/ We look forward to hearing from you. Questions? Email [email protected] Membership details Who can join the Coop? Any resident of Transylvania County, upon making an application. People who are not in Transylvania County may join upon making application and being approved by a vote of the Board. How do you join? You can submit an application online by going to https://transylvaniashares.myturn.com/library/createUser/create?requestedFormat= You can also print an application form and submit it. https://movingtoconservers.com/want-to-join-transylvania-shares/ What are the membership fees? $30.00 for a year’s membership. However, members are encouraged to contribute a higher amount if possible. However, no matter how much money is contributed, each member will have one vote (one member = one vote; this holds for organizations and families [...]
Join us this Thursday for a zero-waste potluck and to celebrate the soft opening of Transylvania Shares! After months of planning, rolling up our sleeves and cleaning and stocking our new fantastic location, it is time for us to start sharing! How exciting!!! Thanks to everyone who pledged and help us make this a possibility! We are located at 10771 Greenville Highway, Cedar Mountain in the Cedar Mountain Canteen. We will be gathering at 6 pm! If able, please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting and beverage glass. All are welcome to join us and dine with us even if you don’t have a dish to share. We’ve got you covered. We are looking forward to celebrating the creation of a new business in our community that helps reduce consumption and our impact on the environment. What a super fantastic community we live in!
During our January First Thursday Moving to Zero-waste education gathering, the topic of making our education series family-friendly came up. Wes mentioned he knew of some families who wanted to attend but were concerned their children may make it difficult for the attendees to concentrate. We also heard about other obstacles that may inhibit families from joining us in fellowship as we support each other in our accomplishments towards moving our community to a zero-waste. Here is a shortlist of barriers I heard: Lack of child care or activities that would educate young children Preparing a dish to share can be difficult for many Bringing their own place-settings can be a challenge for some Start and end times ( 6 – 8 pm) make it difficult for families with young children to participate. I have also heard from parents that it is difficult to embrace zero-waste with such a busy life of work, school, and children. I have heard that from my own daughter. Being retired gives John [...]
John and I installed a solar panel on our storage house this past year. We charge batteries and other items on the system. We decided to take the jump and order a system that would move our home off the grid. It has arrived. We have been buying from Backwoods Solar and with their technical assistance, we were able to put together a system that should meet our needs. We will be installing it soon and are looking forward to knowing our power is coming from the sun. We will be having a few work party days when we get to the point of installing. Interested in learning and being a part of it? Let us know. We can fire up our wood-fired pizza oven and make a party of it.
