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Saying Goodbye to a Dear Friend |
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Beloved teacher and green being Frank Cook passed away Wednesday morning. Frank was a devoted ally to the plant kindom and spent the last fifteen years sharing his love of plants with everyone he met. He traveled extensively with the goal to meet every plant genera in the world. His master's thesis, "Emerging Planetary Medicine," embodied Frank's vision that a new world culture is forming, a culture he was helping to create. He often said, "we don't need to survive, we can thrive!" Frank, you certainly did that in the... |
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The Beehive Design Collective Comes to Asheville |
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The Beehive Design Collective is a group of community activitists whose mission is "to cross-pollinate the grassroots, by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images that can be used as educational and organizing tools." Based in Maine, this small group works together to create beautiful murals that tell the story of a relevant political or environmental event. Their latest project, "The True Cost of Coal," is well on its way to becoming a fabulous representation of the destructiveness of coal mining, with the hope of making us all... | |  |
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Happy Birthday, Clean Water for NC! |
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In their own words, "Clean Water for NC has been working with communities since 1984 for better cleanups at Superfund sites, environmental justice, safe and affordable drinking water, polluter accountability, clean air and energy, and more." This year they celebrate 25 years of faithfully serving North Carolina to make this state a healthy place to live. Check them out!
Thanks for all your work, Clean Water! |
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Green for All: "A New Sound" |
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"The dirty-energy economy has brought pollution and poverty to too many. But a clean-energy economy can bring opportunity, health, and wealth to struggling communities. Clean-energy jobs such as weatherizing homes, installing solar panels, and manufacturing wind turbines will put people to work in their own communities. A new green economy will provide opportunity to people who have been left out of the old economy. That is the promise of Green For All. Watch the video. Take Action. Share A New Sound with your friends and family." [Read More] | | |
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Community Sustainability Workshops Offered at Eco-Education Center |
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AVI is a non-profit eco-educational organization and collective of permaculture experts and students developing a demonstration site of sustainable living in downtown Asheville. AVI creates sustainable urban solutions through hands-on education, demonstration and action. AVI seeks contributions to the tax deductible Sustainability Education Scholarship Fund to support workshop costs for low-income community members. "In these changing times, as more people think about what it means to be sustainable, we are delighted to bring hands-on... |
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Come Visit Us at the S.E.E. Expo |
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Asheville GO is taking a stand for clean energy by staffing the electronic recycling station at this year's Southern Energy and Environment Expo. Bring in your old electronics and recycle them for FREE with the cost of daily admission, and you'll get to meet some of our GO members while you're at it. When you're done, stop in at a presentation on energy policy, retrofitting your home, local food, and more. Dozens of local businesses and organizations will be present. The event will be held at the WNC Agricultural Center on Friday, August 21 - Sunday, August 23,... | | |
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Greening the Ghetto |
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Activist Majora Carter discusses environmental injustice and the need to green our ghettos. [Read More] |
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Seeking GED Tutor |
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With our next semester of Asheville GO right around the corner, we are currently in search of a volunteer to help prepare our members for their GED exams. For the right person, this is a great way to get involved in our movement. Preferred schedule would be Thursday mornings from mid-September through mid-December. Contact Sara at volunteer@greenopportunities.org for more information. Thanks for your support! | | |
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GO Weatherizes Marshall Senior Center |
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When the folks at the Marshall Senior Center decided they wanted to go solar, the GO Energy Team jumped at the chance to bring green technology to a county-owned building. Our crew played a part in the renovations by weatherizing the building. New crew members caulked around doors and windows, replaced inefficient light bulbs, and added low-flow aerators. With support from FLS Energy and the French Broad Electric Membership Corporation, the Senior Center is now officially solar and as green as can be. When the job was... |
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Watch "Green Anthem" Music Video |
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Tem Blessed, First Be, and Outspoken highlight the importance of Green for All, a national organization hard at work to create an inclusive green economy. See their music video here. | | |
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GO is hiring! |
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Green Opportunities is seeking to hire a part-time case manager to support Asheville GO members in their personal and professional growth. For more information about the position and instructions on how to apply, please download this file. Applications will be accepted until August 15. Thanks! |
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Welcome to the Team, David and Darius! |
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The GO Energy Team has been working hard to make energy efficiency easy for homeowners, students, and job-seekers. We provide Home Energy Audits and Demonstrations to help homeowners make informed, confident decisions about how to live more lightly on the earth and save money while they're at it. We are proud to introduce the two newest members of our team, David and Darius! | |  |
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Philadelphia Activists are Greening the Streets |
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Spearheaded by the Energy Coordinating Agency (ECA), these eco-activists have devised a program to create green-collar jobs weatherizing houses. The four-week program trains workers to increase energy efficiency in the home and then employs them in the low-income neighborhoods where they are needed most... much like our own Asheville GO Energy Team. This ambitious group plans to weatherize 100,000 low-income homes in Philadelphia in the next five years, and it all started with a local non-profit. The Energy Coordinating... |
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Way to "GO"! |
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What a night! The evening was action-packed from start to finish with poets, comedians, food, and friends filling all four floors of the Phil Mechanic building. With so much to do, guests hardly had enough time to choose which prize to shoot for in the raffle and auction. Winners went home smiling with vouchers for free massages, a free home energy audit, and a glass-blown guitar slide, to name a few, not to mention all the folks who have fabulous new paintings hanging in their living room this morning. The breakdancers of Hunab Kru wowed the crowd with... | |  |
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Countdown to our Big Party! |
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Don't forget to come out and join us this Thursday night for our big event "Arts 2 GO" at the Phil Mechanics building, sponsored by Asheville Affiliates. We've all been busy bees at the GO office these past few weeks, and we can't wait to see you all on the big night. We've got a great line-up of performers including musicians, poets, and breakdancers, and with help from One Love, The Green Sage, and Catawba Valley Brewing Co., it will be a night you won't want to miss! Not yet familiar with "Arts 2 GO"? Check out our... |
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Hunab Kru at Arts 2 GO! |
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Local b-boys/b-girls at the Phil Mechanic Building, May 28 | | |
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Asheville GO Installs Solar Panels in Greensboro |
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GO members Darius Edgerton and Delario Cato and Energy Team Coordinator Torin Kexel went to Greensboro, NC this past weekend to participate in a solar panel installation. The panels will be used to heat a workshop on the property of Walt Clark. Clark is a seasoned solar veteran who helped the GO members in September of 2008 with another solar installation at the Longbranch Environmental Education Center in Liecester. |
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Youth and Parent Resource Expo on Monday, April 27 |
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Sponsored by the Buncombe County Gang Violence Prevention Project, this event will provide teens and their parents with resources available to them in their communities, including numerous information sessions and displays from local agencies. The expo will be held at MAHEC from 4-8 pm on Monday. Dan will be speaking about Green Jobs and the GO program at 5:00. For a complete schedule and directions to the event, please click here. This event is free and open to the public, however youth under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. | | |
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"The Recession Blues..." Just Got Green |
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Who knew supporting your favorite charity could be so much fun? Terpsicorps, Asheville's only professional contemporary ballet company, is doing its part to bring movement and light to this difficult economic time. Donate $45 or more to GO by May 29, and Terpsicorps will give you a "buy one get one free" voucher to see their new performance "The Recession Blues and other works." Set to the upbeat sounds of Asheville-based Firecracker Jazz Band, the show transforms the themes of the recession into art and entertainment. The performance... |
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Spend an Evening with us at "Arts 2 GO" |
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Get ready for a night of fun as GO throws its first ever fundraising bash on May 28. Sponsored by Asheville Affiliates, the evening will include live music, great food and drink, and more. The event will be held at the Phil Mechanics Building in Asheville's River Arts District, and all proceeds support Green Opportunities. If you would like to volunteer at this event or sponsor a ticket for someone in the community, contact Sara at volunteer(at)greenopportunities.org. | | |
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