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May 21, 20223 min read
History Is Not Destiny
“So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains/ And we never even know we have the key.” ̶ The Eagles. We of the United...
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Apr 25, 20222 min read
Earth Day 2022 at Haywood Community College (HCC)
For Earth Day 2022, Dr. Susan Roberts' Biology 140 students researched Haywood County organizations engaging in outdoor tourism; land,...
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Nov 3, 20213 min read
Triple-win climate solutions: Test your knowledge of climate change
With so many discoveries about Earth’s climate making the news daily, now is a good time to remind ourselves of the basic facts about...
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Sep 3, 20212 min read
Triple-win Climate Solutions: What have we done?
"Nature never did betray the heart that loved her." -- William Wordsworth, 1798 The first Triple-win Climate Solutions article by the WNC...
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Aug 11, 20213 min read
Triple-win Climate Solutions
Our Choice: Life or Death By Mary Jane Curry, Triple-win editor and co-founder of WNC CAC; edited by Mary Thomas, Creation Care member at...
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Aug 11, 20213 min read
Triple-win Climate Solutions
You're Invited! BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag) By the WNC CAC Writing Team https://smokymountainnews.com/lifestyle/rumble/item/31799-you-re-in...
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Apr 10, 20213 min read
YCC April 9 meeting: more grants, more youth organizational partners!
Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) Team Meeting Friday April 9, 2021 10:00-11:40 a.m. Present: Jim Geenen, chair; Brannen Basham, Steve Wall,...
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Feb 17, 20212 min read
Eco-Updating Our New (Old) Home
More than a year after (barely) buying a decrepit house in what are to me, the far reaches of WNC, we have moved in. I say the house is...
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Feb 15, 20212 min read
Raising Cane! YCC Youth Groups at Work
By Jim Geenen, Chair, Youth Conservation Corps Committee The Youth Conservation Corps has focused on a number of areas these past few...
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Jan 19, 20211 min read
Green New Deal!
It IS time for a Green New Deal--for people, animals and the climate. Make your views known by the "pandemic profiteers" who have...
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Jan 19, 20211 min read
Yes, In My Backyard!
Today is as good a day as any to find space in your yard or garden or somewhere around your apartment complex to put in a clothesline....
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Dec 8, 20201 min read
Youth Conservation Corps seeks to involve kids with nature
https://www.themountaineer.com/outdoors/youth-conservation-corps-seeks-to-involve-kids-with-nature/article_ba7aed18-e93a-11ea-b67c-a760aa...
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Oct 30, 20202 min read
Triple-win climate solutions: A recipe for saving our food supply
Mary Thomas Aug 26, 2020 In the 21st century numerous man-made dangers stalk our lives. These range from automobile accidents to...
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Oct 30, 20203 min read
Triple-win Climate Solutions: An easy fix for toxic mask pollution
Neva Duncan Tabb Oct 21, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic swelled and expanded across the globe, the common mantra echoed by governments...
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Oct 30, 20202 min read
Triple-win Climate Solutions: Say no to plastic bags
Judy Covin Oct 4, 2020 Asheville Greenworks says the average shopper collects about 500 plastic shopping bags a year — probably a low...
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Oct 30, 20202 min read
Triple-win Climate Solutions
Go native this fall: Consider planting native trees, plants Laura Armour Oct 18, 2020 When you plant a native tree or plant, you have...
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Aug 30, 20201 min read
Help protect the ANWR for our children's quality of life
https://www.audubon.org/conservation/arctic-refuge "This year, the Arctic Refuge is facing a serious threat. Drilling proponents are...
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Aug 30, 20201 min read
Non-toxic bug and disease control
https://www.themountaineer.com/opinion/columns/triple-win-climate-solutions-a-recipe-for-saving-our-food-supply/article_0ed612e8-decd-11e...
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Aug 30, 20201 min read
WNC CAC Youth Conservation Corps update
https://www.themountaineer.com/outdoors/youth-conservation-corps-seeks-to-involve-kids-with-nature/article_ba7aed18-e93a-11ea-b67c-a760aa...
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