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Greening Your Dish Routine

The way you do dishes just got more sustainable.

DIY Cleaning Spray 3 Ways

When it comes to cleaning sprays, store-bought is overrated Looking for a healthy, easy alternative to store bought cleaners? Check out our favorite home-made cleaning recipes.

Nature Scavenger Hunts for Kids

Looking for ideas to keep your kids busy AND get them engaged with the natural world? Nature scavenger hunts are easy to organize and provide independent play for kids of all ages.

The Fourth "R": Recycling in Winston Salem Done Right

October 16, 2019

Reduce, reuse, recycle. Most of us know this sustainable mantra all too well. Recycling is an action that can provide us with our own small sense of satisfaction and fulfillment in “doing our part,” but it is also a necessary habit to better the conditions of our planet.

How to be Low Waste with your Little Ones

September 17, 2019

By: Katie Reynolds

An Open Letter to Local Businesses about Sustainability

By: Ann Davis-Rowe

5 Ways to Go Green at the Pool

3 Easy Ways to Support the Environment This Spring

So you want to support the environment, but you don't have a ton of time? You came to the right place! Here are 3 easy ways to get more involved in the environmental movement this Spring.

From our Founders: The Story of Piedmont Earth Day Fair

Written by: Terri LeGrand and Janet Loew, co-founders of Piedmont Environmental Alliance

How PEA's Environmental Debate Makes an Impact

February 18, 2019

How does debate change the lives of students? Over the years, Piedmont Environmental Alliance has received dozens of positive testimonies from students, teachers, and parents alike.

An Interview with the Sustainability Manager of the City of Winston-Salem

November 27, 2018

This past week, we sat down with Helen Peplowski, the Sustainability Manager for the City of Winston-Salem to hear a bit

Take a Hike! November 17 is National Hiking Day

November 14, 2018

Today is yet another wonderful reminder of how fortunate we are to call North Carolina home. Those of us who reside in the piedmont have access to a wide range of outdoor spaces from mountains to coast, including State Parks with maintained hiking trails.

A Scream for a More Green Halloween

October 22, 2018

Halloween can be an environmental headache, full of non-recyclable candy wrappers, plastic decorations, and polyester costumes that are often worn once. Check out these simple and effective tips to have a more sustainable Halloween. Costumes: Make, Borrow, or Upcycle

VOTE for the Environment

October 10, 2018

Make a plan to vote The upcoming North Carolina state election has important ramifications for our city, region, country, and the environment at large. Do you have a plan to vote in the upcoming elections?

Wake Forest Students Leading the Charge on Energy Explorers

October 1, 2018

Energy Explorers is PEA's hands-on educ

Composting 101

My school, UNC Chapel Hill, implemented an initiative a few years ago to promote composting. A green compost bin, resembling a miniature version of a recycling bin, joined the scores of recycling bins and two large dumpsters that constituted the waste management for my dorm and one other.

Simple Ways to "Green" Your 4th of July!

Red, white, blue… and green? Here are simple ways to “green” your 4th of July celebrations. 1. Emphasize recycling at your cookout

5 Ways to Go to the Pool Green this Summer!

Going to the pool is a summer classic. Here are 5 ways you can keep your summer fun, while also doing your part to help our threatened environment.

Why I'm an Environmentalist

When I think back on the best memories of my life, most of them involve the natural world. The balance of peace and terror of canoeing on the French Broad River. Staying up all night to hike under the light of a full moon in the Eastern Californian desert.

3 Easy Ways to Support the Environment This Month

Want to do more to support environmental sustainability, but don't have a lot of time? Here are 3 easy ways to get more involved in the environmental movement this month.

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