Dedicated to protecting the natural heritage of Henderson County and the mountain region as an effective voice for the environment.
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- 1987
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- ECO-ART: Artists Respond: Recl...
Hand in Hand Gallery
Friday, May 8 at 5:00pm
Environmental and Conservation Organization of Western North Carolina
Environmental and Conservation Organization of Western North Carolina Make sure you purchase your tickets for the first annual ECO Film Festival this Friday and Saturday, featuring Andie MacDowell! You can buy tickets at www.eco-wnc.org. Tickets are $15 for each day and $25 for both!
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The Environmental Conservation Organization - ECO is a nonprofit, environmental conservation organization dedicated to preserving the natural heritage of Henderson County and the mountain region of Western North Carolina through EDUCATION, RECREATION, SERVICE, and CIVIC ACTION
Environmental and Conservation Organization of Western North Carolina
Green River Adventures is hosting "ECO Whitewater Day" on Sunday the 13th! Purchase tickets on our website: www.eco-wnc.org. Read more about the event here: http://www.eco-wnc.org/whitewaterECOday.
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ECO is teaming up with Green River Adventures to offer Green River trips on September 13, 2009!
http://www.eco-wnc.org/whitewaterECOday.
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ECO Alert: ECO and the WNC Alliance are co-hosting a meeting next Thursday, July 9, at the Henderson County Library, to provide details and a greater level of understanding to our members and the public about the implications of the Brushy Ridge logging project and how it should be improved.
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NASA and the Japanese Trade Industry have teamed up to create the most detailed world map to date: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natur
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The data, comprising 1.3 million images, come from a collaboration between the US space agency Nasa and the Japanese trade ministry.
Environmental and Conservation Organization of Western North Carolina Businesses learn about going green at the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce: http://ow.ly/fiHv.
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Businesses and industries can make a lot of green by going green, representatives with a local heating and cooling company said Thursday.McNutt Service Group hosted a series of free seminars this week aimed at informing
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Check out David's latest column: http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/2009
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Many consider environmental stewardship from protecting land and waterways to limiting consumption and waste to be a new idea inspired by long-haired tree huggers. This could not be further from the truth.
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ECO Recycling Committee member writes letter to the editor about possible new MRF: http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/2009
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To The Editor: I would like to respond to a letter from June 7. As a member of the ECO Recycling Committee, I have been studying the current waste and recycling situation in Henderson County. It is my understanding that
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If you haven't had the chance to go down to the Hand in Hand Gallery in Flat Rock to check out the ECO-ART exhibit, you should go have a look.
http://handinhandgallery.com/ECO-ART.htm
There's an ongoing art raffle, for which tickets are $5, and the drawing will be held on July 4th.
Help us fill up the amazing coin ban...k that David Voorhies made for us, too. :)
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If you have a Linkedin profile, you should totally join our group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid
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LinkedIn strengthens and extends your existing network of trusted contacts. LinkedIn is a networking tool that helps you discover inside connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts and business partners.
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Know someone who lives in a green home in South Buncombe, Transylvania, or Henderson counties? Send them an application to be a part of our Green Home Tour on August 22nd from 10-4!
http://www.eco-wnc.org/GHT09_application
For more info on the Green Home Tour, check out our press release: http://www.eco-wnc.org/GHT09_promo.pdf.
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Environmental and Conservation Organization of Western North Carolina Check out the article on our solid waste tour that happened last Friday: http://ow.ly/alQG.
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County Engineer Marcus Jones wants the county to get into the recycling business, and some county commissioners say they are game. Jones and 15 other people, including members of the countys Solid Waste Advisory
Environmental and Conservation Organization of Western North Carolina Happy Monday, ECO fans! Here's an awesome link about a community garden program for at risk youth that's starting in Hendersonville: http://ow.ly/alMj. They're still searching for volunteers, if anyone would like to help.
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A group of 50 at-risk teens and young adults will dig in the dirt together this summer. Theyre teaming up together in a new project called Growing Healthy Together.The name couldnt be more appropriate.If all
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Congratulations to our Dennis Honnold Environmental Scholarship recipient, Morgan Walker! http://www.eco-wnc.org/Scholarship_PR.pd
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