climate change
climate change
Sep 2024
Throughout Western North Carolina, activists are cultivating a movement to reawaken history through place naming
May 2024
Western North Carolina’s iconic watershed continues its journey of preservation and growth into the future
Sep 2022
Following Hernando de Soto’s historic–and devastating–legacy through the South
Aug 2022
A combination of indigenous land management techniques and innovative approaches to restoration offers partial answers to the challenges of a changing climate in Western North Carolina forests
Mar 2022
Get up close and personal with the season’s most striking feathered friends
Sep 2020
A return to an old-fashioned logging method means a healthy future for our forests
Feb 2020
Near Lake Toxaway, a one-of-a-kind native plant sanctuary preserves and restores
Oct 2019
The most popular of holiday evergreens, the Fraser Fir is also officially endangered
Feb 2018
A new conference spotlights Asheville’s role in addressing climate change
Dec 2017
Weaverville artist Leif Erik Johansen illustrates real-world issues through a fantastic lens
Aug 2016
How Asheville is becoming world headquarters for climate science and ground zero in the quest to confront climate change
Apr 2011
For generations, wildcrafters have relied on the healing properties of our region’s diverse plant life. Today, Bent Creek Institute is using the tools of biotechnology to prove the value of these folk remedies and create a local hub for a new medicinal products industry.
Oct 2010
Winter Green proves you don’t need to say goodbye to local produce at the first frost
Sep 2010
Get those futuristic images of hovercars and robot butlers out of your head. We asked experts to give more accurate predictions for WNC’s future when it comes to environmental health, public land, Population growth, education, jobs, and agriculture
Jul 2010
Josh Dorfman, aka The Lazy Environmentalist, mounts a casual crusade for sustainability