Local Black Mountain or Buncombe potential allies

The core group working to get a ban on plastic bags in Black Mountain and Buncombe, likely to be allied with the concept of local town sovereignty and reining in corporate power through establishing the rights of nature and the personhood of the Swannanoa River

From Linda Tatsapaugh the BM leader on the bag effort. Here are the most active players on the task force:

Anna Alsobrook - MountainTrue link [[1]]

Ken Brame – Sierra Club

Jane Laping – MT volunteer

Hartwell Carson – MT/French Broad Riverkeeper

Karim O. – MountainTrue

Sarah Ogletree – MT/Creation Care Alliance

Sarah Knox – SELC

Henry Gargan – SELC

In Black Mountain, current volunteers include

Rev. Bill Moore, First Christian Church

Robin Stiles, BM Presbyterian Church

Julie Lehman, Montreat Conference Center

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