Asheville Green School

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We’re excited to welcome a special guest for the May 27 BldgSciAVL meeting at 5:30 p.m. at RAD Brewing Company. Join us for an evening of conversation and storytelling with longtime WNC green builder Boone Guyton, a pioneer in sustainable building whose work has helped shape the region’s green building movement for more than four decades.

Boone and his wife, Claudia Cady, have been building sustainable homes together since 1981, with a focus on small, attainable homes built to the Green Built Homes standard. The last home they completed in 2017 achieved an impressive -8 HERS score. Their personal home stands as a living example of reuse, sustainability, and alternative construction techniques.

In 2001, Boone was also a founding member of the Western North Carolina Green Building Council, now known as Green Built Alliance, and has contributed numerous articles to the Green Built Directory over the years. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear reflections on the history of sustainable building in Western North Carolina, where the movement is headed next, and the lessons learned along the way.

Invite your friends, colleagues, and clients; anyone is welcome. Arrive early for the best seating, to get a beverage, and to socialize.

Buncombe County Bioreactor - Home Project XL is coordinated by EPA's Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation. Project XL, which stands for "eXcellence in Leadership," was a national pilot program that allowed state and local governments, businesses and federal facilities to develop with EPA innovative strategies to test better o...

Some say cities aren't for wildlife. Denmark disagrees. They're putting wildflower islands in the harbor and letting nature move in.

Copenhagen has introduced floating wildflower islands in its harbor as part of an effort to bring nature back into urban waterways. The project, known as "Copenhagen Islands" or "Parkipelago," was developed by Australian artist and architect Marshall Blecher and the Danish studio Fokstrot. The platforms are built from recycled materials and planted with wildflowers, grasses, and small trees.

The islands serve as habitats for birds, bees, insects, and marine life in an area that was previously open water surrounded by concrete. They float freely in the harbor and are accessible to kayakers and swimmers. Some are used by locals for picnics, while others are left untouched to serve as wildlife sanctuaries.

The project has drawn international attention as an example of how cities can integrate biodiversity into existing infrastructure without taking up land. Several of the islands have already attracted nesting birds and pollinators, proving that even small interventions can create meaningful change in urban ecosystems.

With dam removal on the table, tensions flare between conservationists and Buncombe wastewater officials • Asheville Watchdog From its headwaters in Transylvania County, the French Broad River flows freely for 75 miles before hitting the 122-year-old Craggy Dam in Woodfin. Environmentalists and outdoorspeople have long dreamed of the benefits of removing the dam, owned by the Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe Coun...