asheville sustainable community: 10 naturally-amazing things to do around Asheville this summer
- 05/22/17 12:43 PM
Summer is on the way to the beautiful mountains and valleys around Asheville , N.C. And with the warm and welcoming day, you will find any number of naturally amazing (and even educational) things to do. Here a list of 10 that intrigue me...and one that I think could be AWESOME. (I'm smiling)...
• Earthaven Experience Week (May 22-28)
• Permaculture Design Certification Course (June 12-30)
• Building Microbe-Rich, Living Compost
• ASAP’s Farm Tour (12-5 pm) – Western North Carolina
• Seed to Loaf: Grain Production for Artisan Baking
• High-Productivity Agro-Forestry and Silvopasture Systems
• Remote Solar Power on the Farm
• Greens You Can Grow and … (1 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Age-Friendly Asheville Home Team
- 12/03/13 11:15 AM
Here in Asheville, our team has been working to develop creative solutions for independent living -- regardless of age or physical ability as you may see in the many pages of this blog.
We love the idea of small homes on shared acreages…a community garden…friendly neighbors, and living -independent universal design elements. We are here to talk with clients about small spaces, universal design, home automation and more.
Are you and/or your family and friends ready to discover how to envision and plan a LIFELONG HOME?
You have probably heard the term.*” aging-in-place”—or the “lifelong home”—But having a conversation … (1 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Asheville Community News :Weather Impact
- 11/11/13 12:26 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Open house to focus on weather impact strategies
Open house to focus on weather impact strategies
On Nov. 20, the public is invited to an open house to learn more about the impacts and responses to this summer’s rainfall, and to discuss what the area can expect from future weather events. The open house, presented by the City of Asheville and UNC Asheville’s National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC), will take place at NEMAC’s 116 Grove Arcade location in downtown Asheville.
The summer of 2013 saw record rainfall in and around … (1 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Homes, Neighborhoods, and Leading Edge Boomers
- 01/20/13 03:39 AM
As an "aging-in-place"- or a "forever home" Referral Specialist, I am always on the lookout for interesting research and/or news. Today I came across a series of videos from "Designing Homes and Neighborhoods for an Aging Population." This was a 2012 symposium that brought together professionals and practitioners from multiple disciplines.
The information in the videos referenced here is about Design Solutions for Aging in Place. This includes: Retrofitting existing homes, affordable housing, suburban retrofits, healthy communities, and universal design strategies. I selected the following VIDEOS to highlight news you can use.
a) Jack Rowe of the MacArthur Foundation … (3 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Asheville Home Buyers Celebrate New Home with Music
- 11/06/12 11:33 PM
Asheville new home buyers are heading out to Black Mountain to celebrate their auspicious find with music. This week, the Acoustic Corner (www.acoustic-corner.com) will present its auspicious teaching staff in a once-a-year concert. Get there early. No reserved seats. See below for details.
About the Strings Master Players in Concert
Laurie Fisher on fiddle. Laurie offers playshops for the aspiring player-a great way for beginners who have wondered about fiddling to start off with a good boost. They are also great for re-invigorating the lapsed fiddlers. Laurie plays music from the contra, old time, Irish, and Scottish repertoire … (0 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Landfill- Trick or Treat?
- 10/31/12 06:08 AM
Trick or Treat?
Recycling is a process familiar to most of us. We send our used stuff (waste)to landfills and/or can opt to prevent waste of potentially useful materials. When we reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) we create possibilities for happier homes and land. This much most of us have figured out, right? There are all kinds of "Stuff"(s) to recycle- from glass, paper, metal, plastic, textiles to electronics.We "know" this. But have we "looked" at the Ten-Thousand++ Year impact we can influence today?
The other day, I came across this chart (see … (1 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Aging-in-Place, Smart Growth -Community Planning- Call for Papers
- 08/27/12 01:20 AM
Aging-in-Place and How it Extends to the Community
The Smart Growth Network has an opportunity for real estate professionals and community members to participate in a national conversation on community planning, design/ development ideas, and perspectives. For those of us with clients who are boomers, this could also be a way to approach buying decisions in terms of positive futures.
What's your vision for the future of your community? We can join the Smart Growth Network (SGN) in this conversation about future planning . . .how neighborhoods could be planned, designed, and developed to meet the needs of current … (4 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Asheville- Business News & Real Estate Impact
- 04/10/12 11:05 PM
Asheville Eye on Business News- Real Estate ImpactWe like to keep an eye on business news here in beautiful Asheville. Business North Carolina has been hopping with news about Western North Carolina recently. . .and it could Good News for Asheville’s economy and have a Positive Impact on the real estate market. ( Time to buy is pronto.)Here’s what I mean. . “ripped from the headlines”…We are blooming in Asheville!New Belgium bringing brewery to Asheville(Asheville Citizen-Times)New Belgium Brewing Co., the maker of Fat Tire beer, will bring its East Coast brewery to Asheville, investing $175 million and creating 154 jobs over … (1 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: IMAGINE Positive Futures–Worldwide Rally "Moving Planet"
- 09/20/11 04:53 AM
IMAGINE your voice joined with others in your community can change the world. Moving Planet is an opportunity to participate in a worldwide rally taking place simultaneously in 168 countries on September 24th.
As founder, Bill McKibben put it: “… People will be skateboarding and kayaking and marching, and most of all, they’ll be biking… millions of people will pound the pavement in every corner of the world, demanding action....It's going to be beautiful."
(photo- "Strolling for Positive Futures" )
If you live in the Greater Asheville area, follow the links below to the Moving Planet Asheville Event to learn about … (8 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Sustainable Development Incentives- Asheville Style
- 09/19/11 03:16 AM
City of Asheville's Sustainable Development Incentives presents sustainable development incentives that promote affordable housing and green building.
Innovative tools allow for enduring excellence and sturdy property values real estate buyers, sellers and investors can appreciate. As reported in an article on Transformational Development in Asheville's Mountain Express,
" The policy implements a points system: 10 points represents an economic incentive equivalent to one year of property taxes as well as a 10 percent reduction in permit and fee charges, for example. LEED Bronze Certification would net a development 10 points, with an additional 10 points awarded for each … (4 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: A Place That Takes Your Hand
- 09/13/11 08:02 AM
A Place That Takes Your Hand
Asheville Real Estate Journal
The retired firefighter was less than precise when telling me the features of the acreage he envisioned as we embarked on the first leg of the journey to find it.... . We were on the hunt for the signature farmland he described as..."nice, fresh air, and with a view" and " in the mountains not too far from Asheville NC." That he told me, and asked, " How will I know it when I see it?"
So I shared a line from John Crowley’s book, Little Big . It speaks of bravery, a trait for which he is known. It paints … (5 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Most Expensive Homes/LAND Asheville STATS and Old-Fashioned GOLFER Report
- 09/02/11 07:00 AM
MOST EXPENSIVE AVAILABLE ASHEVILLE REAL ESTATE – September 2011
(Also Known as Homes Dad Would Love!)
Asheville Area Homes on 5 to 10 Acres (Number: 88 – Most Expensive: $4,500,000)
Asheville Metro Acreages of 20 to 50 Acres (Number: 314- Most Expensive: $2.4M)
Asheville Golf Course Community Homes(Number: 86 – Most Expensive: $4.5M)
SOUTH Asheville Cliffs- Walnut Cove Golf Course Community(Number: 23- Most Expensive: $3.5M)
NORTH Asheville Reems Creek Golf Course Community(Number: 14- Most Expensive: $975,000.)
NEW (2011) CONSTRUCTION Asheville Homes within 10 Minutes of Golf Course (Number: 21- Most Expensive: $479K) … (4 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Warren Wilson College Sustainable Practices Guide
- 06/10/11 08:44 AM
Warren Wilson College Offers Sustainable Practices Guide 2010 - 2011
When relocating to Asheville, be sure to visit Warren Wilson College. Here, sustainability is woven into the fabricof the college which is "grounded in [their] rich history of place and purpose, [and] embedded by generations of community members who have modeled our fundamental commitment to connect values to action....
[Within a] framework for responsible decision making: [ staff and students] "acknowledge that a complex web of economic, social, cultural, spiritual and environmental factors determine the well-being of our community....They strive to make responsible decisions that take into account the multiple dimensions of sustainability in … (1 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: 3 Newsmakers- Universal Design Elements Meet Needs of Families of All Sizes and Ages
- 10/15/10 03:14 AM
Asheville Real Estate Journal. - Universal Design Elements Meet Needs and Can be Affordable
Real estate and allied professions- architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, historic preservation, engineering, sustainable development, finance, psychology and law are excited about healthy-built, energy efficient homes and neighborhoods that emphasize affordability, accessibility and walkability-
Universal Design Elements in Asheville, NC Real Estate News-
3 Newsmakers- Universal Design Elements
1. A team of students representing North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill won the $50,000 top prize in the 2010 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition with a redevelopment plan … (6 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Does Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Concern YOU?
- 09/30/10 02:56 AM
Does Indoor Air Quality Concern YOU? Well hop on over to Asheville mid-October. The Asheville Section of the American Institute of Architects is offering a fascinating Lunch-n-Learn! This Lunch-n-Learn addresses one solution to Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in your home and/or workplace. And I just heard that there is still time to register.
Subject: Photocatalytic Oxidation Coatings through which overall indoor air quality is said to be significantly improved. This program explains the benefits in using photocatalytic oxidizing coatings and details how light and water allow the surface to remain clean and sanitary, the chemistry behind the reaction and the decomposition of … (7 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: You Matter ~ Silicon Nitride Grains and Life in a Sustainable World
- 09/26/10 02:36 AM
Sunday in Asheville. It has been raining for 12 hours. We didn't slide down the ridge, and there is freshness in the air. With that clearing comes a fresh thought or two about looking outside everyday answers to find a new model for doing business in a sustainable world.
A Fresh Thought .A friend sent the link below to me this morning. I normally don't get all excited about silicon nitride grains-but this representation (see graphic*) from the Oak Ridge National Laboratories got me going. It is an " image of the thin glassy film between two silicon nitride grains revealing individual lanthanum atoms … (11 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Resilient Communities (1)
- 09/21/10 03:40 AM
For years this blog has focused on ways we can ground ourselves in practical real estate solutions for sustainable innovation. Much of what has been written here has to do with choices in real estate that include growing community and the everyday challenges of providing a healthy-built home, becoming energy efficient, getting hands-on when it comes to locally grown and harvested food, and fostering relationships of respect and appreciation.
And, over these years I have noticed that more and more people are interested in information about these practical real estate solutions. As Sarah van Gelder Executive Editor, YES! Magazine points out … (2 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Asheville Baseball: Sustainability Lives in the Mountains! (light-hearted)
- 06/03/10 02:40 AM
It's baseball season again! And once again, THE Asheville Tourists are creating energy all around the bases down at McCormick Field.
The park opened in 1924. Since then, keeping a tradition of sustainable practices much admired here in Asheville, it has been renovated twice, once in 1959, and again for the 1992 season. McCormick Field, which seats 4,000 fans, is within walking distance of a friendly (and yes sustainable) Asheville neighborhood. Neighbors are quick to point out that the scoreboard reads "Visitors" in the guest slot and "Tourists" in the home slot.
GOOD NEWS for relocating second or vacation house hunters:: … (8 comments)
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asheville sustainable community: Earth Day Abundance~ A Tribute in Free Verse
- 04/22/10 12:34 AM
EARTH DAY, 2010.
As we look out over the valley here in Asheville this morning, we see a thousand shades of green and pink that dazzle the landscape.
By the light of the moon tonight we will gaze at the heavens, feel blessed, and plant our seeds.
And so our hearts are full. Here's to Life on Earth !
An expression of gratitude is in order --
With this in mind, I began what turned out to be quite a lengthy tribute--a tale of prospering written in free verse and dedicated to Earth Mother, to all mothers on Earth and to the children...
...To harvesting joy-filled possibility ....
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asheville sustainable community: Get the Lead Out- Asheville Style
- 02/28/10 08:44 AM
Dateline- Asheville, NC
In March 2009, Nordstrom Girl's Shoes, made in China, were recalled. Surface paint on the outer sole of these shoes contains excessive levels of lead. That set off a fury of questions among the parents of the girls, and the girls themselves.
NOTE: "Where Lead Hides" click here. and Current recalls /recall notices- www.cpsc.gov
Get the Lead Out!.... and not just on your feet.
Lead is in and around homes.Here are a few questions about lead specific to homes and land.
10 + Excellent Questions to Ask About LEAD...
What and Where is it?? In the house? On the … (5 comments)
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Summer is on the way to the beautiful mountains and valleys around Asheville , N.C. And with the warm and welcoming day, you will find any number of naturally amazing (and even educational) things to do. Here a list of 10 that intrigue me...and one that I think could be AWESOME. (I'm smiling)...
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