Sustainable Greenville

We will be offering classes throughout the community focusing on sustainability, green living and organics.

It is our continuing mission to educate the Upstate community on the issues of sustainability that impact our daily lives. Everywhere you go, everytime you turn on the radio or tv, you are bombarded with toxic overload. "Too much" leads to "too much", resulting in an ever increasing lowered quality of life.

We hope to reduce that load by educating you on topics that improve your quality of life while not taking too much green out of your pockets. If you would like to host a class or register for one of the classes, please contact Ed Wilmot at outdoored@juno.com or at (864) 313-2145.

The classes that we will bring to the community will be highlighted here on this page and listed on the calendar of events page.

Classes Available:

What Is Organic and Sustainable Food Production? (1 hour): This class looks at organic and sustainable production methods and the certification standards. You will be able to decipher the various labels and figure out what may be available in your community.

Why Are Organic Foods Important To Our Well Being and the Health of Our Planet? (1 hour): This class will explore the various reasons why we all should have a concern with the way we grow our food. It will include information on personal well being, environmental well being, cultural and spiritual well being.

Buying and Eating Organic Foods On a Budget (1 hour): This class will identify various ways in which we can eat organic and sustainable foods in these difficult financial times. And yet these methods can be incorporated into a lifestyle that will last a lifetime.

Creating The Sustainable Home (1 hour): This class will show you the toxic overload in our existing homes and workplaces; and teach you how to reinhabit these spaces for a higher quality of life. Tools for living will include healthier products, energy consumption and simple living.             

      --  March 20 - 11:00am - 12:00pm at the Augusta Rd Public Library

Your Passion for Sustainability: Avocation or Vocation (1hour): This class will discuss how to take your passion for sustainability and turn it into a meaningful part of your life. It will also discuss what a sustainable economy is and how to pattern your life around it. For many in a midlife crisis this class will help jumpstart your engines for a passionate, meaningful life and it will show you how to maintain that passion.

(Individual open classes are free. Classes designed for a business is determined by the number of participants; please contact for pricing.)

Workshop:

The Organic Food Workshop (3.5 hours): This workshop is an expansion of the first three classes listed above. The workshop includes handouts and refreshments. Cost is $50.

Home Sustainability Auditing (3.5 hours): This workshop expands on the Creating The Sustainable Home. Each participant will receive a guide to take home to diagnose the sustainable status of their home. Cost is $50.

Vision and Mission for Life (3.5 hours): This workshop is an expansion of the Avocation or Vocation class. It will identify ideation for those just starting, and concepts/business structure for those looking to create a sustainable livelihood. The same concepts used to to create a sustainable livelihood can also be used to create sustainable personal life. Cost is $50.

The Raw Chocolate Adventure (2.5 hours): This workshop is broken up into two sections. The first half is all about chocolate: what it is, where it comes from, history, production, conventional vs. sustainable and nutritional quality. The second half is all about taste. We will actually make raw chocolate desserts and goodies. Cost is $40.

      --  February 11 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm at The Wild Radish ($10)

      --  February 13 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm at Earth Fare ($20)

      --  February 14 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm at Unity Church of Greenville ($20  suggested love offering)

           -- see calendar of events for full details of upcoming classes

(Workshops require minimum of 5 participants.)

Consultation:

We offer two types of consultation: Building a Sustainable Strategic Framework and Creating Vision, Mission and Value Statements