Tag: North Carolina - Page 4
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Raleigh Denim: Sustainably Stitched Jeans
Flipping through the glossies today at Barnes & Noble I happened upon a write-up on sustainable jeans company Raleigh Denim in Nylon Mag's November
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Cars vs Birds: Conservation and Beach Driving in NC
When I wrote about efforts to increase access for Off Road Vehicles to beaches at Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, it stirred up quite a debate. Some locals bemoaned protection of birds that "are not from this area. They show
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Crop Mob One Year On: NC Land 'Raids' Continue
News of a large group of landless young people invading a farm tends to bring images of revolution. And NC-based Crop Mob does indeed have revolution in mind, but the group's methods are more about giving than taking. As I noted
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UNC and Duke Energy to Build Offshore Wind Turbines, Despite State's Plan to Ban Them From Mountaintops (Updated)
The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (UNC) isn't dismayed by reports of other states having a tough go at getting mountaintop wind turbines approved. In fact, they weren't even
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Ode to Women and Nature: Lessons for a New Green Dad
Call me a cynic, but I've never really understood the idea—promoted or at least implied, in my experience, by many a new parent— that having kids somehow magically wakes you up to the urgency of protecting our
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After A 90 Percent Oyster Decline, Can North Carolina's Oyster Population Be The Comeback Kid?
It's pretty hard to stomach such a decline in east coast oysters, mighty sad in fact. But the eastern oyster population in North Carolina has declined an estimated 90 percent since the early 1900s. With your usual
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Walking Fish: Students Pioneer Sustainable Seafood Program
From FishChoice's sustainable seafood finder to FishPhone's mobile seafood checklist, momentum seems to be building around more responsible fisheries management and consumption. (It's about time too!) Now students at Duke
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Urban Farm Tour Broadens Definition of 'Farming'
From Goat Patrol's urban landscaping to the Quite Contrary After-School Farm, my adopted home town of Carrboro, NC is not short of innovative small-scale agricultural initiatives. Now, to augment the annual regional farm tour
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Quite Contrary After School Farm: Car-Free Agricultural Fun
From baseball to ballet to drama, I'm always amazed (and somewhat bewildered!) at the array of after-school activities on offer for the modern child. The carbon cost of trucking kids back-and-forth alone must be
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Off Road Vehicles vs Wildlife: Cape Hatteras Under Threat
I've never really understood the attraction of "off roading" - in fact, until I started brewing biodiesel with some Off Road Vehicle (ORV) enthusiasts, I didn't even really know what it was. I am, for the most part, a believer
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Trend Watch: Statewide Ban On Landfilling Plastic Bottles, Electronics, And More
Somehow I had missed the trend of State government forcing recycling rates up on specific materials by banning landfill disposal. The Daily Southerner reports that a local "tip" in North Carolina, Edgecombe
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Goat Patrol Revisited: The Transportation Question Answered
When I wrote about Carrboro, NC based Goat Patrol landscaping, while being generally positive about the concept, I did ask about the carbon footprint of moving a bunch of goats around. Anonymous told me in no uncertain terms
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Goat Patrol: Cute Landscapers, But How Do They Travel?
When I wrote about learning how to scythe, commenter Dallas asked "whatever happened to using goats?" Actually, the practice is alive and well. Arizona has already hired goats to clear brush , and a
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North Carolina Senate Bans Mountaintop Wind Turbines
When news first broke that North Carolina was considering banning wind turbines from being installed on mountains--on the grounds that they were too ugly--it generated some lively debate. But now, it appears the debate is over and
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Local Redefined: Harris Teeter's 'Local' Tomatoes
Sometimes a picture says it all. Eric Henry, of green t-shirt pioneers TS Designs, posted this on his Facebook page. The focus isn't what it could be, so for those who can't read it - it's a tomato, proudly
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Electric-Assist and Cargo Bikes for the Everyday Commuter: Cycle9
Back in my early days of writing for TreeHugger, there used to be a lot of controversy each time we posted on electric bikes. Jacob's article about Schwinn's line of electric bikes, for example, drew angry
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Cyclist Shot For Riding with Child In Busy Street
The local news station in
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Native American Community Adopts LED Street Lighting
Image credit: Philips Lumec LED and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of western North Carolina Eastern Cherokee Band Chooses LED Street Lighting LED streetlights are gaining momentum - from Dusseldorf's replacement of gas lamps for LEDs, to
