Archive for the ‘Local Area’ Category
Mary Katherine and Marc Receive Sustainability Champions Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Sustainable North Carolina Recognizes Five Individuals as “Sustainability Champions”
Raleigh, NC – October 28, 2008 – Sustainable North Carolina (SNC) has announced that it is honoring five individuals for outstanding achievements in promoting social responsibility and environmental stewardship in business.
While this is the 7th annual Sustainable North Carolina Awards program, this ...Read more.
Solar Hot Water System at Carolina Biodiesel Install Workshop
I am writing to solicit your help to form a technical support team to assist
in installing a solar hot water system at Carolina Biodiesel in Durham,
which will heat the biodiesel during fuel production and will serve as a
demonstration project for yikes! (Youth Involved in Keeping Earth
Sustainable) and Ecolounge educational workshops we’re developing at the
site. We ...Read more.
Campaign to Reduce Exposure from Bus Emissions
The Following is a letter from EPA on resources for beginning a campaign to reduce emissions from and exposure to bus fumes that Durham needs to rally behind. Increasing the use of biodiesel and idle reduction are easy first starts.
Grand Opening Party
Help us celebrate the opening of Bull City Biodiesel’s new card swipe biodiesel tank and
Carolina Biodiesel’s new “Green Oil” Site!
Foundation and friends move into new site in East Durham
The Forest Foundation, Forests of the World, Carolina Biodiesel and Greenway Transit moved to its new location, the old, Exxon-Mobil/Standard Oil terminal on Angier and Alston Aves.(about a mile closer to downtown Durham), in March of 2007 and the transition took nearly 2 months
Nicholas School gains new Dean
Duke University has selected atmospheric chemist William L. Chameides, chief scientist for Environmental Defense and Regents’ Professor Emeritus at Georgia Institute of Technology, as the new dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. (see http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/deansearch/index.html)
Waste Veggie Oil Donations: A Sustainable Community Energy Program
The Forest Foundation (TFF) of Durham is accepting donations of waste vegetable oil (WVO) from local area restaurants as a part of its effort to promote and develop local, alternative, renewable and sustainable energy.
Compact Fluorescent Lights FAQ
Climate Change is a serious problem and Compact Florescent Lights (CFLs) are a great solution to reducing energy demand, mercury in the environment, the need to build more power plants and a host of other values. Not without their own problems, it is currently the least cost, best solution available.
October is C-r-a-z-y- State Fair (10th Year), Green Festival and much, much more!
Whew, October was nuts! Mary Katherine headed to DC for the Green Festival (our third year), and Marc held down the NC State Fair Booth – for TFF’s tenth year!
TFF participates in Multiple Earth Month Events.
The Forest Foundation, a Durham-based non-profit promoting sustainable livelihoods, participated in Earth Day events at Duke, UNC-CH and UNC Greensboro, as well as the annual, Haw River Festival in Bynum and EcoJustice Fair at Pullen Baptist Church.