Sustainable Sandhills 2009 Earth Day/Week Events Review
There is no busier week of the year for Sustainable Sandhills than the week of Earth Day. Here is a roundup of a few of the events we are involved in during “Earth Week 2009” in the Sandhills. Activities included the Apple Crate, Sandhills Community College, Fayetteville Technical Community College, the Air Quality Poster Contest Awards and Alma Easom Elementary School.
Cumberland County Local Government Goes Green
In celebration of “National County Government” Week, May 3-9, and with encouragement by James Martin, the County Manager, Cumberland County is going green. As part of the Sustainable Sandhills’ “Greening Local Government” project, 12 Cumberland County departments are now Certified Green Businesses!
New Century International Elementary School Breaks Ground
Cumberland County government and school system officials participated in the ground-breaking ceremony for New Century International Elementary School, the first LEED elementary school in the Sandhills region. In addition to the school, a new branch of the Cumberland County Library System will also be built.
May 3-9: National County Government Week
May 7: Greening Fayetteville’s New UDO Community Meeting, 6:30 - 8:00 pm,PWC Operations Center, 955 Old Wilmington Road, Fayetteville.
May 7 - 8: North Carolina Conservation Network Retreat
May 19: Moore County CAT meeting, 6:30-8pm, Sandhills Community College, Dempsey Student Center, Clement Dining Hall, 3395 Airport Rd, Pinehurst.
May 21: Cumberland County Sustainable Film Series, 6:30-8pm, "The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil." Pate Room, Cumberland County Public Library Headquarters, 300 Maiden Lane, Fayetteville.
May 26: Harnett County CAT KICKOFF, 6:30-8pm, Central Carolina CC, Harnett County Campus, Miriello Administration Building, Room #135, 1075 E. Cornelius Harnett Blvd (Hwy 421), Lillington.
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5/12/2009
4/22/2009
Green Goods Discount Today, Sou. Pines
Happy Earth Day! If you have made the change of reducing your carbon footprint, Good for you! If not, it's never too late to get started.
To celebrate Earth Day, on April 22, Green Goods will give you 15% off your total purchase when you BRING or purchase a reusable shopping bag. As always, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle!
Green Goods, downtown Sou. Pines, Broad St. across from train station
To celebrate Earth Day, on April 22, Green Goods will give you 15% off your total purchase when you BRING or purchase a reusable shopping bag. As always, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle!
Green Goods, downtown Sou. Pines, Broad St. across from train station
4/10/2009
e-Blast from Sustainable Sandhills
Volume Three | April 10, 2009
Alma Easom Primary School Goes Green
Alma Easom, a K-1 primary school in Cumberland County, is going green with the help of the PTA and Sustainable Sandhills. Alma Easom's efforts started in 2006 when Connie Graham, Alma Easom Principal, encouraged staff to conserve by turning off lights in unoccupied rooms. Alma Easom won the Cumberland County Schools Energy Incentive Program and was awarded a voucher for $5,569. Read more!
What Would We Do Without Oil?
The next free film in our Sustainable Film Series is the inspiring and award-winning documentary, The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. The film documents the struggle of the Cuban people after they became the first country to face the peak oil crisis. When you realize how much of our lifestyle relies on oil, you begin to understand the massive changes that took place, almost overnight, in Cuba. In addition to transportation and power outages, the most immediate problem became food scarcity. As hunger spread, people were left with no other choice than to grow food wherever they could, leading to widespread urban farming. Read more!
Operation Inasmuch "Operates" on Fayetteville
Sustainable Sandhills partnered with Operation Inasmuch and more than 1200 volunteers on Saturday, April 4 to transform 30 homes in a daylong home improvement "blitz" in Fayetteville. Over a year's time, the energy and water-saving measures provided on April 4 will conserve thousands of gallons of water and kilowatt-hours, saving these homeowners a significant amount of their hard-earned income. Read more!
Upcoming Calendar of Events
April 11: Sustainable Sandhills Urban Farm Tour - Find out more!
April 14: Moore County Sustainable Film Series, The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, 6:30-8:00 p.m., Sandhills Community College, Dempsey Student Center, Clement Dining Room. 3395 Airport Rd., Pinehurst. Read more!
April 18: Earth Day Celebration at The Apple Crate (Sustainable Sandhills Certified Green Business) 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Fayetteville. Find out more!
April 21 & 22: The Green Summit, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Rd., Pinehurst. Visit sandhills.edu for more information.
April 22: EARTH DAY
April 23: Lee County Community Action Team KICKOFF, 6:30-8:00 p.m., McSwain Cooperative Extension Service Center, 2420 Tramway Road, Sanford.
April 25: "Win With Air Quality - Recycling and Alternative Transportation' Poster Contest Awards at the Partnership for Children's KidStuff Stage at the Dogwood Festival, Fayetteville.
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Alma Easom Primary School Goes Green
Alma Easom, a K-1 primary school in Cumberland County, is going green with the help of the PTA and Sustainable Sandhills. Alma Easom's efforts started in 2006 when Connie Graham, Alma Easom Principal, encouraged staff to conserve by turning off lights in unoccupied rooms. Alma Easom won the Cumberland County Schools Energy Incentive Program and was awarded a voucher for $5,569. Read more!
What Would We Do Without Oil?
The next free film in our Sustainable Film Series is the inspiring and award-winning documentary, The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. The film documents the struggle of the Cuban people after they became the first country to face the peak oil crisis. When you realize how much of our lifestyle relies on oil, you begin to understand the massive changes that took place, almost overnight, in Cuba. In addition to transportation and power outages, the most immediate problem became food scarcity. As hunger spread, people were left with no other choice than to grow food wherever they could, leading to widespread urban farming. Read more!
Operation Inasmuch "Operates" on Fayetteville
Sustainable Sandhills partnered with Operation Inasmuch and more than 1200 volunteers on Saturday, April 4 to transform 30 homes in a daylong home improvement "blitz" in Fayetteville. Over a year's time, the energy and water-saving measures provided on April 4 will conserve thousands of gallons of water and kilowatt-hours, saving these homeowners a significant amount of their hard-earned income. Read more!
Upcoming Calendar of Events
April 11: Sustainable Sandhills Urban Farm Tour - Find out more!
April 14: Moore County Sustainable Film Series, The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, 6:30-8:00 p.m., Sandhills Community College, Dempsey Student Center, Clement Dining Room. 3395 Airport Rd., Pinehurst. Read more!
April 18: Earth Day Celebration at The Apple Crate (Sustainable Sandhills Certified Green Business) 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Fayetteville. Find out more!
April 21 & 22: The Green Summit, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Rd., Pinehurst. Visit sandhills.edu for more information.
April 22: EARTH DAY
April 23: Lee County Community Action Team KICKOFF, 6:30-8:00 p.m., McSwain Cooperative Extension Service Center, 2420 Tramway Road, Sanford.
April 25: "Win With Air Quality - Recycling and Alternative Transportation' Poster Contest Awards at the Partnership for Children's KidStuff Stage at the Dogwood Festival, Fayetteville.
Support Sustainable Sandhills
Our continued growth and success depends in large part on your support.
4/22/2007
Environmental News to Use
Conservation Insider Bulletin
Published weekly for the Conservation Council of North Carolina
Conservation News to Peruse & Use
Editor: Dan Besse, earthvote@ccnccpac.org
April 20, 2007
The Navy's proposed landing field adjacent to Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge continued to lose altitude this week. We present that story and more environmental policy news in this week's CIB:
--Washington Watch: More Congressional Voices Add to No-OLF Chorus; EPA Finally Allowed to Act on Small-engine Pollution
--CoastWatch: Endangered Neuse; Nags Head Skeptics
--Administrative Watch: Duke Won't Appeal Half-a-Cliffside Order
Washington Watch: More Congressional Voices Add to No-OLF Chorus; EPA Finally Allowed to Act on Small-engine Pollution
More Congressional Voices Add to No-OLF Chorus: The big turnout in Charlotte against the OLF, including participation from traditionally conservative groups like the NRA and "property rights" organizations, seems to have knocked Elizabeth Dole off the fence. The day after hundreds of North Carolinians from western and central North Carolina turned out to the Navy's final public hearing on the OLF, Senator Dole publicly voiced her opposition to the Navy's "preferred" site adjacent to the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Also speaking out against the site this week were other N.C. members of Congress, including Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC13), who called for the removal of funding for the OLF from this year's defense appropriations bill, pending a satisfactory resolution of the siting question. Both major Democratic candidates for governor in 2008 (Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and State Treasurer Richard Moore) sent representatives to the hearing to oppose the proposed site as well.
EPA Finally Allowed to Act on Small-engine Pollution: It came after years of dispute, including being tied up by Congress at the behest of U.S. Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) (who was doing the bidding of his home-state small-engine-manufacturer, Briggs & Stratton Corp.). This week, the EPA finally issued proposed rules tightening pollution controls on small engines (less than 50 horsepower), primarily lawnmowers and outboard boat engines. (Studies show that in some areas those engines account for up to 10 percent of urban smog-forming emissions.) Environmental groups praised the rules as being needed and long overdue. Comments will be accepted on the rules through August 3.
CoastWatch: Endangered Neuse; Nags Head Skeptics
Endangered Neuse: The national conservation group American Rivers this week released its annual list of the top ten most endangered rivers in the United States, and once again one of our own has received this dubious honor. The Neuse River was included among these threatened waterways, making the list for the fourth time in the last 12 years. According to the group, the Neuse is threatened by sediment and stormwater runoff, excess nutrients, and massive hog waste operations. For more details, go to the Neuse River Foundation website at www.neuseriver.org or American Rivers' site at www.americanrivers.org.
Nags Head Skeptics: The voters of Nags Head went to the polls this week to say neigh...excuse us, nay...on a proposal to subsidize beach renourishment (i.e., sand pumping) in front of threatened private structures. The town's voters turned down a referendum to increase property taxes for five years to pay a $24 million share of a $32 million sand-pumping project. The measure lost both townwide and (narrowly) even within a special oceanfront/oceanside district which would allegedly benefit most from the project. It looks like even beachfront towns are starting to get tired of pouring their cash into the surf.
Administrative Watch: Duke Won't Appeal Half-a-Cliffside Order
This is a good news—bad news kind of item from an environmental standpoint. Duke Energy announced this week that it won't seek court review of the N.C. Utilities Commission's order which authorized it to move forward with plans to build just one of two proposed new coal-fired units at the Cliffside plant in Cleveland and Rutherford counties.
From a clean air and climate change standpoint, that's considered good news, in that it reduces the chance that two new coal plants will be built at that location. Tactically, it's also bad news to some degree for environmental groups fighting the plants, as an appeal by Duke would have taken months or years. If those groups want the Utilities Commission's approval of one unit reviewed by the courts, now they will have to bring the appeal.
Alternatively, they could wait for the N.C. Division of Air Quality (DAQ) to issue the plant's air emissions permit, and challenge it. Duke says it won't make a decision on whether to actually build the plant until it reviews costs further, after DAQ acts on the permit request.
Plant opponents say that the additional coal-fired plant is unnecessary, and that Duke should instead be required to submit a plan for energy efficiency investments—which will cut both costs to consumers and air pollution.
That's CIB's report for this week. Happy Earth Day!
Published weekly for the Conservation Council of North Carolina
Conservation News to Peruse & Use
Editor: Dan Besse, earthvote@ccnccpac.org
April 20, 2007
The Navy's proposed landing field adjacent to Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge continued to lose altitude this week. We present that story and more environmental policy news in this week's CIB:
--Washington Watch: More Congressional Voices Add to No-OLF Chorus; EPA Finally Allowed to Act on Small-engine Pollution
--CoastWatch: Endangered Neuse; Nags Head Skeptics
--Administrative Watch: Duke Won't Appeal Half-a-Cliffside Order
Washington Watch: More Congressional Voices Add to No-OLF Chorus; EPA Finally Allowed to Act on Small-engine Pollution
More Congressional Voices Add to No-OLF Chorus: The big turnout in Charlotte against the OLF, including participation from traditionally conservative groups like the NRA and "property rights" organizations, seems to have knocked Elizabeth Dole off the fence. The day after hundreds of North Carolinians from western and central North Carolina turned out to the Navy's final public hearing on the OLF, Senator Dole publicly voiced her opposition to the Navy's "preferred" site adjacent to the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Also speaking out against the site this week were other N.C. members of Congress, including Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC13), who called for the removal of funding for the OLF from this year's defense appropriations bill, pending a satisfactory resolution of the siting question. Both major Democratic candidates for governor in 2008 (Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and State Treasurer Richard Moore) sent representatives to the hearing to oppose the proposed site as well.
EPA Finally Allowed to Act on Small-engine Pollution: It came after years of dispute, including being tied up by Congress at the behest of U.S. Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) (who was doing the bidding of his home-state small-engine-manufacturer, Briggs & Stratton Corp.). This week, the EPA finally issued proposed rules tightening pollution controls on small engines (less than 50 horsepower), primarily lawnmowers and outboard boat engines. (Studies show that in some areas those engines account for up to 10 percent of urban smog-forming emissions.) Environmental groups praised the rules as being needed and long overdue. Comments will be accepted on the rules through August 3.
CoastWatch: Endangered Neuse; Nags Head Skeptics
Endangered Neuse: The national conservation group American Rivers this week released its annual list of the top ten most endangered rivers in the United States, and once again one of our own has received this dubious honor. The Neuse River was included among these threatened waterways, making the list for the fourth time in the last 12 years. According to the group, the Neuse is threatened by sediment and stormwater runoff, excess nutrients, and massive hog waste operations. For more details, go to the Neuse River Foundation website at www.neuseriver.org or American Rivers' site at www.americanrivers.org.
Nags Head Skeptics: The voters of Nags Head went to the polls this week to say neigh...excuse us, nay...on a proposal to subsidize beach renourishment (i.e., sand pumping) in front of threatened private structures. The town's voters turned down a referendum to increase property taxes for five years to pay a $24 million share of a $32 million sand-pumping project. The measure lost both townwide and (narrowly) even within a special oceanfront/oceanside district which would allegedly benefit most from the project. It looks like even beachfront towns are starting to get tired of pouring their cash into the surf.
Administrative Watch: Duke Won't Appeal Half-a-Cliffside Order
This is a good news—bad news kind of item from an environmental standpoint. Duke Energy announced this week that it won't seek court review of the N.C. Utilities Commission's order which authorized it to move forward with plans to build just one of two proposed new coal-fired units at the Cliffside plant in Cleveland and Rutherford counties.
From a clean air and climate change standpoint, that's considered good news, in that it reduces the chance that two new coal plants will be built at that location. Tactically, it's also bad news to some degree for environmental groups fighting the plants, as an appeal by Duke would have taken months or years. If those groups want the Utilities Commission's approval of one unit reviewed by the courts, now they will have to bring the appeal.
Alternatively, they could wait for the N.C. Division of Air Quality (DAQ) to issue the plant's air emissions permit, and challenge it. Duke says it won't make a decision on whether to actually build the plant until it reviews costs further, after DAQ acts on the permit request.
Plant opponents say that the additional coal-fired plant is unnecessary, and that Duke should instead be required to submit a plan for energy efficiency investments—which will cut both costs to consumers and air pollution.
That's CIB's report for this week. Happy Earth Day!
4/20/2007
Seagrove Area Potteries Presents
Saturday, April 21, 9 - 5
Sunday, April 22, noon - 5
14th Annual Spring Kiln Opening 2007
Rain or shine, door prizes
44 participating potters within 15 mile radius of Seagrove, NC
in a 200-year-old tradition
See the new spring wares fresh from the kilns
call Julia Morgan 336 873 7304
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