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Environment: Fall Litter Sweep In Cary

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The Town is having their Fall Litter Sweep this Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 9-11:30 AM. You can help make the event a smashing success.…

Town Partners on First Solar Farm

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Here's an interesting item: the Town is partnering on its first renewable energy generation project. Better yet, it won't cost tax payers a dime. In fact, we stabd to make a tidy profit.…

Dorcas Creates Energy & Cash with Rooftop Solar Farm

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Dorcas Ministries in Cary has a new solar rooftop. It generates energy, cash and claims to be the largest solar farm in Wake County.…

Technology Video: Evolution of the Moon

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New images from NASA'a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) show the fiery evolution of Earth's moon. This new video from the Goddard Space Flight Center is the latest in our S.T.E.M. video series.…

1700 Empty Bottles Build Bright Horizons Greenhouse

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Story and photos by Lindsey Chester. Cary, NC – The children at Bright Horizons at the Clubhouse in Cary have been busy for the past year building a Greenhouse made out of 1700 recycled 2-liter bottles. The children will use the greenhouse to grow food to give back to their…

Events: Spring Into Spring Daze 2012!

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Story by Lindsey Chester. Photos by Hal Goodtree. Cary, NC- Environmental Art gets life size at Cary’s 19th annual Spring Daze Festival in Bond Park Sat. April 28th from 9 am-5 pm. Environmental sculptor Michael Roy Layne is putting the finishing touches on his “Stoneleaf and Fairy Circle” installation down…

Business: Getting Creative with Recyclables

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Betsy Dessau's passion for recycling and re-use began during the first Earth Day when she was in college collecting IBM punch cards. This March 31, Betsy will celebrate the opening of her new venture the Cary Creative Center that aims to literally turn trash to treasures.…

The Beaver Dam in Bond Park

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A reader sent in the picture up above with the following note, "I saw this truck in Bond Park this morning and wondered what he was doing. The side of the truck said Beaver Control."…

Wildlife in Cary: Cedar Waxwings, Party Animals

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These amazing birds are called Cedar Waxwings. The reason they are so funny is they fly around, crashing into each other. They stumble. They fall out of trees. They fly into trees.…

Yellow + Blue = Wine a New Way

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The market for green products, those that waste less and leave a small carbon footprint, is one of the fastest growing market segments. Sip...A Wine Store sells organic and sustainably produced wines and recently had Y + B Wines in for a tasting. …