Welcome to ECO!
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS
ECO Celebrates its 25th Anniversary 
ECO’s 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT -JUNE 23
Celebrating Our Cultural and Natural Heritage with music, old timey food, and just plain fun.
ECO is proud to celebrate its 25th birthday with its members and supporters and some of the finest bands around. Balsam Range is the 2011 IBMA Winner of Song of the Year and they are not only the finest bluegrass performers in the nation, they hale from the Blue Ridge Mountains and many of them are actively engaged in environmental stewardship in WNC. They will be joined by nationally known Americana performer Laura Boosinger. Finally, the green goddesses of earthly song, The Atomic Sisterhood, will start us off with a performance you will not soon forget.
To celebrate the cultural heritage of WNC, tasty old-timey food will be available for purchase before the concert and during intermission. To celebrate ECO’s work over these 25 years, ECO encouraging you to become a concert sponsor making you eligible for free tickets, t-shirts and more.
Become a sponsor and receive free tickets and ECO t-shirts made especially to commemortate this special year.
A Champion sponsor ($500) will receive 20 tickets and t-shirts.
Advocate sponsor ($200) will receive 8 tickets and t-shirts.
Support sponsor ($100) will receive 4 tickets and t-shirts.
Individual tickets are also available. On line reservations are as follows.
SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOPS – MONTHLY
Register for our sustainable living workshops here. Since space is limited, pre-registration is required. You can easily register and pre-pay securely online:
For more information, call ECO at 828-692-0385 or email eco@eco-wnc.org. ECO is a 501(c)(3) organization created in 1987 to help protect environment in the mountain region. Gifts to ECO are tax-deductible, as allowed by law. For more information about our mission, programs and projects, please explore this website, call (828) 692-0385 or stop by our office in downtown Hendersonville.
ECO Updates
- NOW HIRING Water Quality Administrator for 11-month paid AmeriCorps (Project Conserve) position at ECO. May 22 application deadline. Job Description. About Project Conserve. Click for application form.
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- Happy Anniversary! Help ECO celebrate its 25th anniversary by sponsoring any of several upcoming events. For information and a printable sponsorship form, click here.
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- Monthly Sustainability Workshops. Space is limited and seats are going fast. Register online NOW for summer workshops. Upcoming workshops include May 12 Composting and worm bins; May 19 Water rams; June 12 Building and maintaining fish ponds. Unless otherwise noted in newsletter or online calendar, workshops are 6:30 PM at ECO.
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GREEN HOME TOURS
ECO, is organizing its 5th Green Home Tour. The Tour is scheduled for August 18 and we are looking for green homes that showcase sustainable lifestyles through energy efficiency, healthy indoor environments, edible gardens and permaculture. Fill out an application to include your home for this much anticipated event here.
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- Encourage "green" business! Shoppers pledge your support online to shop at local green businesses OR print out this form, sign and mail to ECO. Shop keepers tell us what makes YOUR business green: Criteria & application for businesses.
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- MAPS Click here to view 3 updated Henderson County Landslide Maps. (Please allow 3-5 minutes for map to open.)
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- See recent data on local environment in our Environmental Scorecard.
- Hikers can get area trail maps here
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- Support Our Supporters! Shop at area businesses that support ECO.
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