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Thursday, March 11, 2010 | Sustainable Film Series

Please join us for a free screening of Addicted to Plastic, a film about our use and abuse of a substance that runs our lives and may be ruining our environment.

Time:  6:30-8:00 pm

Location:  Sandhills Community College, Dempsey Student Center, Clement Dining Room, 3365 Airport Blvd., Pinehurst

Active Moore CAT Projects

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | Team Meeting

The first Moore County CAT meeting of 2010 was held at the Dempsey Student Center of Sandhills Community College.  Attendees were reminded of the upcoming Palustris Festival and updated on Sustainable Sandhills’ ongoing Cultural Resources Inventory.

The majority of the meeting involved discussion of the upcoming Urban Farm Tour to be held on April 10th.  This year’s Tour promises to be very successful, with a number of sites already confirmed.  Meeting attendees formed break-out groups to discuss potential fundraisers and sponsors, a pre-event potluck for participants and volunteers, and media and outreach for the event.  Attendees were also given the chance to sign up to volunteer the day of the event. 

If you are interested in volunteering, becoming an event sponsor, or being a site on the Tour, please contact Heather Brown (brownh@ctc.com, 910-484-9098).

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | Team Meeting

Thank you to everyone that joined us for our last CAT meeting of 2009.  A special thank you to Lyle Estill from Piedmont Biofuels for a unique and inspiring presentation.  If you would like to learn more about this Eco Industrial Park, you can make the short drive to Pittsboro to take a tour. 

Thursday, September 24, 2009 | Team Meeting

Thank you to everyone that joined us for our last CAT meeting.  We had a great presentation and discussion about carbon legislation, global warming and green transportation.  Please view our meeting summary for updates on the Local Food Consumer survey, the Green Living and Design Tour, the Sustainable Sandhills Pickin on the Porch Fundraiser, our next sustainable film and an upcoming household hazardous waste collection day.  Thank you to Rich Cregar for a great presentation. 

Click here to view the 9/24/09 meeting summary

Click here to view Rich Cregar's presentation  

Tuesday, July 21, 2009  |  Team Meeting  

Thank you to everyone that joined us forour last CAT meeting.  We had a great discussion about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA's). Please view our meeting summary for additional information.  The team was given updates on the Green Living and Design Tour, the Town of Robbins Recycled Regatta and Recycled Art Show and the next film in our Sustainble Film Series, "The Greening of Southie" on August 20th.  Taylor Williams from the MC CES gave a great presentation on the challenges and benefits of a local CSA.  Sustainable Sandhills along with help from great partners, has developed a local food durvey to gauge interest from consumers in supporting our local food system.  This information will be used by those interested in starting a CSA or Coop.  Please help us by taking the time to participate.   

Click here to take a local food system survey

Click here to view the 7/21/09 meeting summary

Click here to view Taylor's CSA Presentation

Tuesday, May 19, 2009  |  Team Meeting 

The Team was given updates on projects presented at our previous meetings including an Urban Farm Tour summary, the Sustainable Film Series, The Rooster's Wife Concert Series and a presentation to the first Moore County certified Green Business.  Two projects were presented in our "take action" portion of the meeting:  A three part community trails project and our progress to find a solution to the lack of recycling services for unincorporated residents of southern Moore county.  Please take some time to review the meeting presentation and meeting summary to learn more about these projects. 

Click here to review the 5/19/09 meeting presentation

Click here to review the 5/19/09 meeting summary

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | Team Meeting

The Team was given updates on projects presented at our last meeting including the upcoming Urban Farm Tour, the Sandhills Community College Green Summit and The Rooster's Wife Concert Series. There was an inspiring update regarding the greening of Pinecrest High School that included wonderful work by the students and sponsors on their new recycling program. Kerrie Hora gave a presentation that highlighted the advantages of eating locally and seasonally. Please take some time to review the meeting presentation which included interesting information and helpful resources. Paul Hora introduced earth hour to the group, please visit www.earthhour.org to learn more.  We held our first breakout session and encouraged attendees to participate in one of three discussion groups: New Project Ideas, Recycling, or the Urban Farm Tour. There were lots of new ideas and interest in various projects in the community.  Please review our meeting summary for more information.  Thank you to everyone for the wonderful suggestions!!!

Thank you to those that volunteered to help with the Urban Farm Tour on Aprill 11th.  We are still looking for volunteers for the Tour, please contact Heather Brown if you are available.  (brownh@ctc.com)

Click here to review the 3/17/09 meeting presentation

Click here to review the 3/17/09 meeting summary

Thursday, January 29, 2009 | Team Meeting 

Please take some time to review the meeting presentation if you were unable to join us, and contact Heather with any questions you may have. Updates were given on projects presented at our last meeting, including the upcoming Urban Farm Tour and the Sandhills Community College Green Summit.  We also watched and discussed "The Cycle," a video which explains single stream recycling and what happens to recyclables once they’re put by the curb.  This was followed by an introduction to our new Film Series, beginning February 17 with Asparagus!  Stalking the American Life.  Several ideas for CAT projects were discussed, including a community compost program, a packaging material recycling program, and a green building symposium.  Several team members stated they would be contacting us in the near future to see how we can move these ideas forward as a team.   The desire to help reduce waste by sharing unwanted, slightly- used items with someone who needs them or wants them was discussed extensively, which led to the idea of creating a webpage for residents in our community to exchange information about these items.  Team member Heidi Scribner did some research after our CAT meeting and found this website for Freecycle, “a grassroots, nonprofit movement" working in Moore and Lee Counties.  It’s free, so give it a try!   Thank you, Heidi, for finding this great resource.

Thursday, November 13, 2008 | Team Meeting 

Recycling was an issue that was discussed at the September meeting and we were able to develop one document which contains a list of all of the recycling facilities in Moore County along with their address, hours of operation, phone number, holiday schedule and most importantly, what materials they accept. To see this document, click on the “State of Recycling in Moore County.”  We continue to update this document as more information becomes available to us.

Sustainable Sandhills staff members also gave an update on the projects presented at the kickoff meeting and allowed attendees to volunteer for projects they were interested in.  Two new community projects were highlighted – Sandhills Community College Green Committee and Green Flyer Club, and the Spring 2009 Urban Farm Tour.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 | Team Kick-Off Meeting 

Our First Community Action Team Meeting was a great success.  The community was well represented by leaders and stakeholders from all areas of the county.  There was a lot of discussion about the need for improved recycling program in the county and some under-served municipalities.  Other areas of interest included community gardens and water conservation efforts.  

Sustainable Sandhills staff presented information about Green Design, Cultural Resources Inventory, and Pinecrest High School Recycling Program.

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Moore County Success Stories