SS Programs
AIR QUALITY
- Promoting innovative transportation and renewable energy projects to reduce emissions
AWARENESS & EDUCATION
- Bringing information about sustainable practices to the region
LOCAL FOOD & CULTURE
- Promoting local agriculture and cultural connections
GREEN BUSINESS
- Gaining commitment from local businesses to become more sustainable
GREEN LIVING & DESIGN
- Promoting sustainable living, design and construction practices
GREEN GROWTH
- Promoting coordinated and cooperative green growth planning
RECYCLING
- Promoting solid waste reduction, reuse and recycling
Awareness AND Education Program
Bringing information about sustainable practices to the region
Sustainable Film Series
A series of evening film screenings on sustainability topics debuted in February 2009. Films are often screened multiple times across the region. The evening programs include the film screening followed by an open discussion facilitated by Sustainable Sandhills staff and whenever possible, featuring local experts in each film's topic area. See more detail on our films and screening schedule >>
The following films have been screened, or are scheduled to be screened in the next several months in our region:
- Addicted to Plastic
- After the Peak, The End of Cheap Oil
- Asparagus! Stalking the American Life
- Be the Change
- Big River
- Broken Limbs
- Coal Country
- Dirt! The Movie
- Ecological Footprint
- Flow
- Food, Inc.
- Fresh, The Movie
- Gimme Green
- The Greening of Southie Some inappropriate language for children
- Kilowatt Ours Not Available for Check Out
- King Corn: You Are What You Eat
- The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
- Thirst
- The True Cost of Food
- Two Angry Moms
- Up Close & Toxic
- What's the Economy for Anyway?
- Yes Men Fix the World
If you are interested in Sustainable Sandhills screening a film in your community, please be in touch!
Sustainable webinar Series
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"BE Aware of Our Air" Campaign
This education and awareness campaign is conducted in Cumberland County as part of an Early Action Compact agreement with USEPA and NCDENR's Division of Air Quality. The campaign's programs can be accessed at on the website of the Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. They include:
- Poster and Essay Contests: for grade K-7 students in Cumberland County. (This program is scheduled in association with the Dogwood Festival in April. Information will be posted on the above FAMPO link in late February or early March of each year.)
- Transportation: Go to the above FAMPO link and click on Programs to review Transit, Regional Rail, Highway Planning, and Bicycle & Pedestrian Planning.
2007 Sandhills Water Resources Conference
On November 8 and 9, 2007, Sustainable Sandhills held the Sandhills Water Resources Conference in Southern Pines, NC. The conference was led by Thomas S. Blue, PE RLS, the SS Water Team Leader.
Day 1: November 8, was for elected officials, community leaders, businessmen and women, and others from the Sandhills community.
Day 2: November 9, was for the professional community of engineers, architects and designers, who earned PDH credits for their attendance.