Let's join forces to create a more relient Asheville

We heartily endorse Ashevillage’s drive — throughout May — to sign up 828 residents to each take a specific positive environmental action for Asheville’s first Community Resilience Challenge. (The “828” is from Asheville’s telephone area code.)

“One person planting a tree alone, it doesn’t seem that important, but scale that up to the 83,000 people in Asheville or the 238,000 in Buncombe County....” said Janeel Kapoor, founding director of Asheville, a local nonprofit dedicated to sustainable solutions. “All of our citizens can take some action at a local level.”

For instance, Kapoor said that every garden, every tree, every solar panel adds up when it comes to building a more resilient community in the face of a changing climate.

The event began in 2010 in California, documenting efforts by individuals, families, churches, schools, businesses and others to save water, grow food, conserve energy, reduce waste or build community.

To that end, we encourage residents who believe “it takes a village to save a planet” to sign up by visiting ashevillage.org/comunity-resilience-challenge/