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Ongoing Programs for 2010:

Agricultural Tourism: Monthly tours of the Piedmont Biofuels Industrial site, Piedmont Biofarms and Vermiculture. To register for our First Friday Tours, please click here: TOUR REGISTRATION.

Children’s Sustainability & Energy Tour: Designed to teach to the educational goals, teachers can schedule tours of “The Plant” home of: Piedmont Biofuels Industrial, Eastern Carolina Organics, Screech’s hydroponic lettuce greenhouse, a Biodiversity landscaping project, Vermiculture and The Abundance Foundation’s office. Children will learn about sustainability, agriculture, renewable energy and community in action as we mix industrial renewable fuel with big chess and a soccer field. Register your class for a tour date here!

Pickards Mountain Eco Institute: Abundance is the proud fiscal sponsor of this 350 acre Educational Farm in central North Carolina dedicated to finding ways of living more harmoniously with the planet.

The PLENTY (Piedmont Local EcoNomy Tender): Abundance is the fiscal sponsor of the PLENTY Currency Cooperative and is supporting their efforts to revitalize this local currency. One of the measures of the health of a local economy is its monetary “circulation.”  That is, how many times a dollar changes hands before it leaves town forever. By running PLENTYs through your wallet, spending them with those merchants that accept them, you are doing your bit to keep our local economy strong. Donate to help support the re-launch!

The Real Food Fight – Sustainable foods armed with knowledge and a hungry stomach.  Their mission is to educate all individuals about the importance of eating food that is in sync with the mind, body, and planet.  You can support the Real Food Fight by donating your tax-deductible dollars.  To Donate, go Abundance’s Real Food Fight page.

Slow Money Project: Modeled after Woody Tasch’s book and principles, The Abundance Slow Money Project is a Community Investment and Loan vehicle that adds resilience to our local economy by making low interest loans available to individuals and businesses with compelling needs for capital. The results will enrich our community, rather than merely enrich the project itself. Our goal is to improve the resilience of our community by investing in our local food shed.

Solarize Shakori Hills: Each year Shakori Hills uses about 10,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity during 2 festivals, a fiddlers convention, and other events. To offset our usage we are creating a permanent grid inter-tied solar electric system located permanently on the site.

SEED Saving: South East Eco Diversity (SEED) Sowing the seeds for change begins with having the actual seeds. Across the country other regions have already established projects for maintaining seeds and plants for their developing climates. South East Eco Diversity will create seeds designed to germinate in the southeast.

The Triangle Food Commons: (“the Commons”) is a grassroots community network that is identifying and acting upon food security needs in the communities of the Triangle Region of North Carolina. Please join us in meeting the challenge of food and farm security in our region at the Triangle Food Commons Roundtable. Join one of the five Triangle Food Commons Working Groups formed to continue engaging local residents in initiating a comprehensive regional food production, marketing and distribution strategy to reduce dependence on fossil fuel based systems currently taxing our economy and environment.

Events for fundraising and community building events including: Annual Mardi Gras Gala in conjunction with ChathamArts Council, Girls Rock benefit concert, Trekky record label music festival, Pecha Kucha Night (Japanese for the sound of conversation), and Burrito Bash fundraisers at the General Store Cafe.

Workshops: The Abundance Foundation offers a Sustainability Series including: Vermiculture, Compost Tea, Seed Magic, a Week of Biodiesel, and many more! Also offering educational classes including: Herbal Self Care, Bread Making, Sweet Potato Cooking Class, and the Ancient Art of Mushroom Cultivation.