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Environment: Green Building

Green building has become an important consideration for many women who are contemplating building in Western North Carolina. But is it green building, or green washing? We ask our readers who are doing green building, or thinking about it to contact Va Boyle with your experiences. Our links section can help to to learn about building material options.

Developers Turn Down Opportunity to Build Some 250+ Homes to Keep Black Mountain Green

News or Press Release

Developers on Black Mountain have decided to forego some 300 houses that builders said their 430-acre property could accommodate, by limiting construction to only 29 home lots on a portion of the parcel. more...

Green Building Bibliography

J. Lee Lehman

This is a listing of books about green building. Please feel free to suggest additions or changes to the author more...

Gray Water

Sheville Staff

Many of you residents no doubt received the mailing from the state about conserving water. In the midst of the worst drought in 30 years, it also came out that the use of gray water in North Carolina is mostly illegal. Unbelievable?

Here are two websites of interest on this issue:

Click here for the article text in the News Observer.

Click here for the Carolina Gardening Forum on gray water

"Green Space" in WNC: Think "Eco-Community!"

Michael Blate

With the I-40 and I-85 corridors slated to see some of the fastest growth ever in America's history over the next several decades, the issue of saving family farms and other "green space" in western NC is truly a pressing issue. more...