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 [...]
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! [...]
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!
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.
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 [...]
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!