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Sustainability Classes Through GIST Having Great Success
A pizza oven was built by K-2 students at Isaac Dickson Elementary under the supervision of Tony Beurskens, who will be teaching "Natural Building 101: Complete Cob" May 22 through June 20 on the A-B Tech Asheville campus through the College's Global Institute for Sustainability Technologies.
Classes held by the Global Institute for Sustainability Technologies (GIST) located on the Enka campus have gotten to a great start with 75 attendees in the first three workshops offered.
The NC Green Business Fund workshop provided information on obtaining grants for green enterprises, Energy: Reality 101 introduced participants to the interrelationships of energy, environment and economics and how the current problems point directly to the solutions available. Planning and Building a Green Home covered the major green building programs currently available, as well as strategies and resources.
"The evaluations have been outstanding. We've gotten a lot of positive feedback as well as some excellent suggestions for future workshops," said Nancy Troxler, Technical and Industry Training coordinator. "I'm very excited about how people have responded."
At the beginning of March, the five remaining classes for the month already had 131 registrations. "It has been a group effort with everyone coming together. It's been a coordinated effort with a lot of people in Continuing Education and Curriculum bringing ideas to the table," Troxler said.
According to Troxler, GIST revolves around issues pertaining to sustainability, social justice, and environmental and green jobs. "It's a three-legged stool and those are the themes I see coming up again and again."
"The national green movement is becoming substantially more mainline because it appeals to a wider and more diverse audience, especially to those who desire to minimize their energy costs both now and in the future," said Leslee Thornton, GIST coordinator.
"Locally, the GIST program is not only important to the College but to the entire region because it brings practical, usable information and solutions to the public in an affordable way."
Future classes include a professional development workshop, green collar jobs, natural building and solar workshops.
Global Institute for Sustainability Technologies
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