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A LIVING TREE If you like to celebrate the season with the smell of real spruce, consider buying a living tree, or follow these directions for buying a b&b (balled and burlapped) tree you can plant in the ground after the holiday.

Don’t Miss YERT

(Your Environmental Road Trip) Follow the adventures of Julie, Mark and Ben as they road-trip to all 50 states exploring America’s approach to environmental sustainability. Watch their videos, read their blog, maybe meet them when they come to your town.

FRESH AIR

“In the end, our society will be judged
not only by what we create, but by
what we refuse to destroy.”

–John C. Sawhill,

President of The Nature Conservancy 1990-2000

1990 - 2000

The Greenest Church?

Raleigh architect Frank Harmon is working on an addition to the Circular Congregational Church (Charleston’s oldest). Its sustainability features include a living roof, geothermal heating and cooling and rainwater collection for landscape use.