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30892
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Carrboro High School, the newest school in the Orange County school system, teaches students daily about using energy and natural resources carefully. The design and construction of the school buildings emphasize energy conservation, water reduction, high efficiency lighting, and positive indoor air quality.
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Workboats in the Core Sound region of North Carolina are linked to families, communities, local landscapes, and the types of fishing that the region offers. On March 1, 2008, a symposium and photographic exhibit celebrates the role and importance of the area’s historic workboats. The public event will present talks by Core Sound fishermen, historians, and writers on the cultural heritage of the area’s fishing vessels.
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Bob Dalton of Forsyth County discovered that his crop of muscadine grapes contained high levels of healthful antioxidants and polyphenols, which repel natural disease and insects. Further research on his grapes specifically showed that they contained antioxidants that inhibit the growth of some cancer cell types. Dalton started a new company called Muscadine Naturals and sells his muscadine grapes in the form of a powder health supplement.
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The North Carolina Transmission Planning Collaborative identified seventeen major transmission projects as part of the 2007-2017 Collaborative Transmission Plan for North Carolina. The projects represent more than four-hundred million dollars in investments for improved electric utilities and transmission.
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30898
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New energy policy legislation requires electric cooperatives, by 2018, to have ten percent of their total electricity needs generated from renewable resources or displaced through effective energy efficiency programs. More renewable energy for North Carolina will need an upgraded transmission network to go where it will be needed.
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30899
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The Hobbit Garden, a two-acre garden outside of Raleigh, is open to the public for tours of the garden’s rare and unusual ornamental plants. Gardeners Willie Pilkington and John Dilley describe the variety of plant species growing in the garden, and offer recommendations on garden design and plants native to North Carolina.
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Brenda Gilbert and Jan Schmidt co-founded the Storytelling Arts Center of the Southeast to bring diverse cultures together in sharing their storytelling traditions. They also started the Storytelling Festival of Carolina, a spring event that brings national and regional storytellers together in Scotland County. Stories included history, genealogy, spirituality, and traditions of Lumbee Indians, African Americans, and European immigrants.
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From the 1800s until recently, commercial fisheries in eastern North Carolina provided herring to people throughout the country and abroad. In an attempt to replenish the herring population, on March 2, 2006, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission voted to ban the harvest of herring in North Carolina waters for the next ten to fifteen years. This article covers the history and biology of the blueback herring, also known as the river herring.
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30902
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North Carolina’s diverse culture has inspired many distinctive guidebooks, including two new books on native writers, arts and agriculture. Book reviews are provided for “Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains: A Guidebook” by Georgann Eubanks, and “Homegrown/Handmade: Art Roads and Farm Trails” by John F. Blair.
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The Perquimans River meanders through northeastern North Carolina into Albermarle Sound. Perquimans, meaning “Land of Beautiful Women,” was named by the area’s earliest inhabitants, the Yeopim Indians, a branch of the Algonquins. The river has a rich history, offers diverse wildlife and recreation experiences, and much of the Perquimans is still largely undiscovered.
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High Country is an area of western North Carolina, between Asheville and Boone. From Mount Mitchell and Craggy Gardens on the south to Grandfather Mountain and Blowing Rock on the north, this one-hundred-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway, nearly all in Pisgah National Forest, provides unique nature experiences. This article describes some of the most scenic attractions along the parkway.
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30905
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This 2008 travel guide describes twenty new adventures, four in each of five regions of North Carolina. The destinations are a variety of places for travelers interested in history, art, science, nature, and wildlife. Also provided is a full list of travel information centers.
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30979
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North Carolina is looking for renewable energy sources and alternatives to help improve energy efficiency and reduce demand. However, there are significant obstacles to acquire these resources and the costs are expensive. This article discusses current energy sources in North Carolina, environmental conditions, and some of the challenges in energy conservation.
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North Carolina’s electric cooperatives distribute electricity produced from a variety of sources including carbon-neutral nuclear generation, natural gas, diesel generation, coal, hydro and renewable resources. This diversity of energy resources helps ensure that electricity remains reliable and as affordable as possible. New state legislation mandates that three percent of electric cooperatives’ energy be met through renewable energy products.
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Since the 1970s, North Carolina’s electric cooperatives have been engaged in promoting renewable energy resources such as wind, solar, hydropower, and biomass. Consumers in the state currently benefit from over two percent of their power from hydro resources, as well as small self-contained solar and wind projects. Challenges to renewable energy include transmission, intermittency and the need for advancements in storage technology, as well as high construction costs and delays.
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