Transylvania Shares opens Thursday!
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 [...]
Families going zero-waste: It takes a village? Please take our short survey
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 [...]
John and I ordered a new solar system.
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 [...]
Interested in joining our bulk buying group?
When folks ask us how we can only have 1 bag of trash a year, many specifically ask about food packaging. It makes up a lot of the bulk of folk’s waste. Buying in bulk has eliminated an immense amount of waste in our household, especially when we can use our own containers. We have used our own jars at the Hendersonville Coop and at Food Matters in Brevard. We usually get a better price on products by buying in bulk. Buying local is another important way to reduce your waste. I decided to try to [...]
Help needed: Need a couch?
We received this request for help and wanted to share: I have a very comfortable but peeling full-size sofa that needs a home if I am to keep it out of the landfill. I bought it used from the Restore in town a couple of years ago, thinking it was real leather, but it is not. I got a newer used couch this fall, and no longer have room for the peeling sofa. I've had it posted for free on craigslist for a few months, and also listed it in the paper for free for a [...]
January’s theme is Sharing: A great way to build community and reduce consumption.
This year, Moving to Conservers is hosting a series of classes on moving to zero-waste. The classes are held the first Thursday of every month. Each month has a theme and this month’s theme is Sharing. We picked this theme for January to coincide with the opening of the new sharing club Transylvania Shares! Transylvania Shares will have a soft-opening on January 16th and we are hosting our potluck at Cedar Mountain Canteen to celebrate. The Shares’ inventory is there and we will be pitching in and helping them with some volunteer labor. We will be [...]
Motown Memories Rise and Shine fundraiser – Here we go again!
April 25, 2020 Motown Memories Rise and Shine fundraiser Zero-waste dinner Here we go again – volunteers needed. We have been asked again to help with Motown Memories fundraiser to become a zero-waste event. If you were a part of the team last year, we would love to get together and brainstorm ways to improve on last year’s operations. It was our first time moving an event of this size to zero-waste and I personally learned a lot as I am sure many who were a part of the team did as well. Please let me [...]
The Power of One Person.
I hear it all the time, “I want to do something to make change, but I don’t know what to do.” I also have heard many times, “I am just one person, how could I really make change?” Many years ago I experienced something that changed my entire outlook on those thoughts and questions. It changed my life. I was on my way to work in rush hour traffic. It was February and freezing. I think the windchill was in the teens. I was sitting at a red light in front of a grade school and [...]
Gift of Time Pop-up Potluck was a loving, wonderful gathering
December 14th we, in partnership with Project Empathy, hosted the 3rd Gift of Time Pop-up potluck in downtown Brevard. Thanks to the kindness of Courtney Mason, we were given amazing space to host the event. She originally made the plaza across from Rocky’s available but as weather forecasts became daunting, she called and asked if we would prefer using the lobby of the Aethelwold, a few doors down from the plaza. Wow and yes please! It was perfect space and it was full of people, amazing food, new friendships and lots and lots of smiles [...]
Announcing our new educational series – the first Thursday of the month
We are excited to announce our new educational series. On the first Thursday of the month, we will be meeting at WolfBrew Bottle Shop for a zero-waste potluck and class on ways to move to zero-waste. Our first class will be an introduction to Transylvania Shares, the new lending library in our community. Meet the board members and learn about this exciting new community resource.