Our Climate Café® started at Asheville-Buncombe Community College after a discussion between the Chair of Behavioral Sciences and an Adjunct Instructor of Sustainability about Asheville’s Sister City, Dunkeld & Birnam and their Climate Café®. Then it became a project for students in the Issues in Sustainability class. The first Climate Café® Asheville was held at A-B Tech in January 2023.
Monthly meetings include a focus area, discussion, reflection, ideas for taking action, and some positive, hope-filled solutions to climate change and other sustainability issues. To include as many interested folks as possible, we offer a Zoom option in addition to our in-person meeting at A-B Tech. Our hope is that our Climate Café® will continue to grow and begin to initiate projects on campus and in the community beyond in collaboration with our Sustainability Committee, various academic and administrative departments, our students, and community partners.
Fall 2023 Meetings: 09/13, 10/11, 11/08, and 12/06 at 11:30am (Eastern Time).