Want some vinyl campaign signs to re-purpose? How about trophies?
For me, one of the most interesting parts of moving to a zero-waste community is looking at the thought of waste differently. I often ask myself: When and why did it become OK to waste something? There are so many businesses we need in our community to support a move to zero-waste it is exciting. The first in my mind is a business that helps us divert food waste from the landfill. We received so many excellent ideas during our essay contest to solve that problem. We have put some in practice and need to continue to do that at [...]
LoveEarth Festival – information shared by a member
One of our members sent this to share. We wanted to pass it along.
Cedar Mountain Canteen will be using glassware from Transylvania Shares
Since purchasing the Cedar Mountain Canteen with Greg and Stephanie Thomas, we have been busy getting ready to open in November. We are making a lot of changes. We are focused on being a zero-waste business and that means we will be serving in real glasses. Instead of purchasing an inventory of glassware, we have decided to borrow glassware from Transylvania Shares! We attended their board meeting last week and made our pitch and it was approved unanimously. How about that! Transylvania Shares helping a new business get off the ground while practicing reuse and sharing! Installing a commercial kitchen [...]
How would you re-purpose campaign signs? We are about to get a bunch. Help us find new uses for them!
Soon the elections will be over and all the campaign materials will go where? A couple of political parties in Transylvania county are interested in keeping their signs out of the landfill and we have offered to help. I ran for office in 2012 and served for 4 years. I decided not to seek another term so my stored campaign signs needed to find a new purpose. They have since helped prop up bean crops, provided backing for a bench a friend made, and been turned around and used for new signs. They are still with us and going strong. [...]
Every Tray Counts (ETC) is seeking a new Executive Director. They work to move schools towards zero-waste
We took this ad from: http://www.everytraycounts.org/jobs/ Thanks to Susan Sunflower for sharing this. ARE YOU AN ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE FUTURE? Every Tray Counts (ETC) is seeking a new Executive Director. The executive director will be responsible for coordinating and collaborating with local environmental advocates and school partners to help guide North Carolina school districts in their progress toward more sustainably managed schools. Every Tray Counts (ETC) is a small North Carolina non-profit that works with children, parents and communities to promote responsible purchasing and waste diversion practices in North Carolina schools. We do this by [...]
Rooster Head Farms wants your pumpkins
It is that time of year again. Fall harvests bring pumpkins and Halloween brings them to many homes to brighten our community. Rooster Head Farms wants your pumpkins. They will have a bin at the farm for folks to "chuck their pumpkins". Pigs love pumpkins and they are looking forward to seeing you bring them by! For more information, contact Rooster Head Farms here: Rooster Head Farm1200 Old Hendersonville Hwy Brevard NC 28712 (828) 702-9929