Re: Why knowing your neighbors can be an important climate solution
From: Thomas Chapel (tjchapelgmail.com)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:36:54 -0700 (PDT)
Nice

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025, 12:58 PM Sara Gottlieb <sara.gottlieb [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

> Awesome story airing today on NPR featuring Earthaven Ecovillage outside
> Asheville, NC and how they came together to support one another during and
> in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
>
> Earthaven Ecovillage is a community of around 100 full-time residents
> tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. In late
> September, this idyllic place with its modest homes, babbling creeks and
> bumpy country roads was rocked as Hurricane Helene swept into the
> Carolinas, dropping torrential rainfall and bringing high winds. Across the
> state, more than 100 people died, and billions of dollars in property was
> damaged.
>
> However, unlike other places such as Asheville, N.C., Earthaven was
> relatively unscathed.
>
> "We got lucky," said Earthaven resident Brandon Greenstein, who has lived
> in the village for 26 years. "But we also made a plan to be prepared for
> unforeseen events."
>
>
> https://www.gpb.org/news/2025/06/10/why-knowing-your-neighbors-can-be-important-climate-solution
>

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