July 1st Program - Connecting Trails in Buncombe County
June 7, 2021
Karla Furnari, Buncombe County Planner, presented an update on planned greenways in Buncombe County and when they can be expected.
This program was presented via Zoom.
A recording of this program can be found here:
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June 3rd Program - The Connection Between Pandemics and Environmental Change
May 4, 2021
On Thursday, June 3rd at 7 pm, the Sierra Club presented Rachel Muir, biologist and Scientist Emeritus with the U. S. Geological Survey, who will talk about pandemics and human intervention in the environment.
This program was recorded via Zoom....
Buncombe Landfill Solar Project Wins Approval
April 24, 2021
The certificate of public convenience (see below for link to the docket and order) has been issued for the 5 MW of solar to be installed on the retired landfill in Woodfin on Riverside Dr. This is amazing news and means this project that has faced...
May 6th Program - Solarize Asheville-Buncombe
April 1, 2021
Solarize Asheville-Buncombe is a newly formed local renewable energy coalition presenting a community-based group-purchasing program for solar energy, battery storage, and other clean-energy technologies to residents and businesses in Asheville and...
Join Asheville High School in Project Drawdown This April
April 1, 2021
The Asheville High School Environmental Science program invites Sierra Club WENOCA, to join this April in the Earth Month EcoChallenge, which is rooted in learning about and practicing Project Drawdown's solutions to reverse global warming....
April 1st Program - How Geology Has Shaped Your Favorite Mountains and Waterfalls
March 15, 2021
How Geology Has Shaped Your Favorite Mountains and Waterfalls
Bill Jacobs
Recorded Program Link - April 1, 2021 - How Geology Has Shaped Our Favorite Mountains and Waterfalls
March 4th Program - NC Arboretum: Conservation and Education
February 4, 2021
Sierra Club presents a program on Thursday, March 4 at 7 PM
NC Arboretum: Conservation and Education
with Jonathan Marchal, Director of education, discussing their new Willow Pond as an outdoor classroom, teaching about stormwater &...
February 4th Program - Hikes for Healing and the African American Experience in Great Smoky Mountain NP
January 23, 2021
Hikes for Healing and the African American Experience in Great Smoky Mountain NP
Stephanie Kyriazis and Antoine Fletcher
Thurs., Feb. 4, 7 PM. Zoom program
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.When: Feb 4, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and...
January 7th Program - Green Awards To Environmental Heros
December 17, 2020
Our January Zoom program will be the annual awards ceremony to recognize environmental heroes, along with our year in review. The awards will include categories for Green Business, Equity, Green Legislator, Friends of Our Urban forests, a national...
December 3rd Program - Hiking the John Muir trail, one of the great trails of North America”
November 25, 2020
Hiking the Range of Light - Rachel Muir
Rachel Muir will take us through the heart of this landscape, into the iconic Evolution Valley, up Muir Pass and will explore other landmarks, as well as the ecology of the High Sierras and the history of the...
