Sustainable Greenville

 This website will be devoted to connecting the average citizen of Greenville, SC to the many sustainable opportunities available here in the upstate. We want to celebrate local businesses, organizations and spiritual outlets that believe in improving the quality of life of our communities through sustainable action.

This website is the result of an ever increasing demand for living more gently in our homes, community and planet.

Communities will work together to plan and act in ways that will result in the harmonious solution of social, economic, and ecological concerns.

Check out our resources and calendar pages to discover what is available here in the Greenville Area.

If you don't see your organization or event listed, please contact Ed Wilmot at outdoored@juno.com

 PREMIER MARCH EVENTS

Pecha Kucha Greenville - Volume 2

7:30pm - 11:00pm at the Warehouse Theatre

Pecha Kucha Night in Greenville is where you can come and learn about just about anything - 6 minutes and 40 seconds at a time. Seriously. Art. Medicine. Food. Graphics. Architecture. Anything under the sun. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each - giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show. Pecha Kucha Greenville continues it's mission of expanding Greenville's creative mindset. The event starts at 7:30 with a cocktail hour and the presentations will begin promptly at 8:20PM (20:20).  Click here to go to the site. They are looking for presenters. See what the last version was all about by looking at the summary video. 

March 26 - 27

Banff Mountain Film Festival presented by Half Moon Outfitters

7:00pm - 10:00pm at Camelot Cinemas

The Banff Mountain Film Festival celebrates its 35th Anniversary in October-November 2009. Situated in the vast Canadian Rockies in Banff, Alberta, Canada, the festival celebrates mountain film culture. After the festival, which brings thousands to these majestic mountains, the films go on a world tour. Last year, Half-Moon Outfitters hosted the world tour stops in Columbia, South Carolina and Greenville, South Carolina. This year Half Moon Outfitters is proud to host the film festival in both cities again. The film festival brings to life landscapes, adventure, and stories from around the globe. Last year our Greenville showing had over 1000 viewers. The festival will be both Friday and Saturday nights and different films will be shown each night. The proceeds from the event will benefit the South Carolina Nature Conservancy. Tickets are $10. For more info and to purchase tickets visit the store or go to the online website.

How often are you told you are doing something the wrong way? Maybe they are right; maybe they are wrong.

Is there any way to know if the path you are on is taking you to a better life?

The ancient Greek word hodos, meaning way or path, was used by early Christians to denote their position of following the vision of Jesus. So let’s start with the word hodos.

A path can be straight and narrow OR broad and long OR sinuous and backtracking. A path is a “way” to get from one point to another. It can be intentional and caustic OR irrational and exploratory. It can be anything.

Where ever we are in life, we are on a path!

Is it the path we want to be on? Is it getting us what we want in life?

When we get tired enough, we stop asking the questions and do one of two things: either run from life or accept life on its own terms. Accepting life means living life. Accepting life means taking responsibility.

There are those who say they accept life, but are on autopilot. They give up. They take their lot with cynicism and dread. They have lost purpose and direction.

We all want to belong. We want good fortune and health. We want the world to do us good. Yet always just out of reach.

Everybody has different ideas on what life is, what the meaning of life is. No one person or group has a right to say what is! Even you. Even me.

With that said:

What matters is how AUTHENTIC your life is!

When your hodos crosses any particular moment, you have a choice to be authentic or deceiving. Do you choose to be fully involved with honesty and integrity or a spectator with disregard and selfishness?

When we choose to have a better life (financial, personal, work, health, spiritual, civic) we usually make choices based on our limited vision rather than on our full potential.

So, let us explore ways to improve our quality of life, open up to that potential and truly experience an

AUTHENTIC LIFE.