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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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GO Rallies for Clean Energy and Green Jobs |
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Dan represented GO on Thursday afternoon at a local rally to support President Obama's clean energy plan. A group of Asheville citizens gathered at Rep. Heath Shuler's office to personally deliver statements from over one hundred Asheville area small business owners affirming their support of the plan and encouragine Shuler to do the same. The rally was organized by local members of the nonprofit MoveOn, a grassroots organization that works to encourage and advocate citizens to take part in important national issues. To read the article in the Asheville Citizen... |
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First Semester a Success |
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The eight initial corps members of Asheville Green Opportunities (GO) are nearing completion of their first phase of training. The pilot program began on September 2nd, 2008 with a small group with vested interest in the future: the youth. Each member experienced some individual barrier toward solid employment, such as poor education or training, financial hardship, or being a single parent. Many work other jobs in addition to their involvement with GO, which meets twice each week and pays a small stipend. | | |
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Watch GO members on TV! |
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Dewayne, Delario, and De interview on Take A Village. Follow the link to watch the whole episode. |
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Green Jobs and the Green Economy |
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Watch video footage of "Green Mondays," where Dan speaks out about the Green Economy in Asheville. | | |
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