{"id":8398,"date":"2019-04-14T18:08:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T22:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngfm.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=8398"},"modified":"2019-04-14T18:08:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T22:08:29","slug":"green-drinks-greensboro-forum-think-globally-act-locally","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/ngfm.org\/event\/green-drinks-greensboro-forum-think-globally-act-locally\/","title":{"rendered":"“Green Drinks Greensboro” Forum \/ Think Globally; Act Locally"},"content":{"rendered":"
A forum \u201cGreen Drinks Greensboro\u201d at Scuppernong Books in downtown Greensboro explores Think Globally Act Locally – How can we get local government to take bold action on climate change? Speakers: Ken Brame, Chair of NC Sierra Club Chapter & Chair of the WNC Sierra Club Political Committee Blake Flemming, Lead Organizer, NC Sierra Club Chapter Ken Brame helped form and has been a leader with the Western North Carolina Renewable Energy Coalition in Asheville\/Buncombe County. Asheville has been measuring its energy use since 2009 and has reduced energy usage by 30%, saving the city almost a million dollars a year. Due to an active grassroots campaign that began in 2017, the city of Asheville and Buncombe County have each passed goals to reach 100% Renewable Energy by 2032. They\u2019ve hired professional consultants and currently have a steering committee of volunteers who regularly receive input from community stakeholders including private sector businesses, manufacturing groups, non-profits, and low income citizens. Co-sponsored by Sierra Club RF100, Piedmont Plateau Group, Greensboro Solar Power Now Coalition and Green Drinks Greensboro For more information contact: (gso.rf100@gmail.com<\/a>) or (gsosolarpowernow@gmail.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A forum \u201cGreen Drinks Greensboro\u201d at Scuppernong Books in downtown Greensboro explores Think Globally Act Locally – How can we get local government to take bold action on climate change? Speakers: Ken Brame, Chair of NC Sierra Club Chapter & Chair of the WNC Sierra Club Political Committee Blake Flemming, Lead Organizer, NC Sierra Club Chapter Ken Brame helped form and has been a leader with the Western North Carolina Renewable Energy Coalition in Asheville\/Buncombe…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[24,23,28],"yoast_head":"\n