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Living off the Grid—and Seeking Enlightenment—at Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center

In Cover Stories by Eleanor ScottMay 18, 2016leave a COMMENT

In 2005 Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, a psychologist in her late 30s with a home and practice in the suburbs of Nashville, hiked up Log Mountain in rural Grainger County on …

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Green Burial at Narrow Ridge Natural Burial Preserve

In Cover Stories by Eleanor ScottMay 18, 2016leave a COMMENT

A timber-frame pavilion stands on a remote hill in Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center’s community land, overlooking Hogskin Valley. The only decoration is a bell, made from an old oxygen …

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Tone Deaf: An Old City Landlord Makes Decisions Unpopular With Knoxville’s Music Community

In Possum City by Eleanor ScottMay 4, 2016leave a COMMENT

In April, workers hired by landlord/developer Leigh Burch III, of Terminus Real Estate, unceremoniously painted over the Knoxville Music History Mural on the side of the brick building he owns …

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Knoxville Urban Agriculture Initiative Breaks Ground with Old City Gardens

In News by Eleanor ScottApril 6, 2016leave a COMMENT

Mayor Madeline Rogero’s April 1 press release announcing an “exciting new urban agricultural initiative” in the Old City sounded like a April Fool’s Day trick. Is there even arable soil …

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Knoxville Urban Agriculture Initiative Breaks Ground with Old City Gardens

In The Daily Dumpster Blog by Eleanor ScottApril 1, 2016leave a COMMENT

Mayor Madeline Rogero’s April 1st press release announcing an “exciting new urban agricultural initiative” in the Old City sounded like a April Fool’s Day trick. Were we being punked? Is …

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