Get Together Green

12/03/2025

Thanks to everyone who participated in our survey about plates. We have decided to try to source pre-owned Corelle dinner plates and would like to start with about 50 to see how they are received.
Would you please keep your eye out for round Corelle Plates if you frequent thrift shops or among your buy nothing groups? Any design will do. Thanks!

We are excited to add this option to our check-outs!

12/03/2025

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We will soon take great care in preparing our sanctuaries to celebrate the birth of Christ through the annual Hanging of the Greens. For many, this reverent ceremony is one […]

11/11/2025

We at Get Together Green love providing this free service to help our community keep single-use plastic out of the landfill! 🌎

But WE NEED a few more VOLUNTEERS to keep our program going! There are just two of us taking orders, setting up kits, and washing returned kits each week. It's fun and rewarding, but we could use some backup for the times we aren't available or need to work on other creation care projects. 🤟

Can you spare a couple of mornings a month to help keep our silverware lending library running? We work on Wednesday mornings and would love to have your help! 💚

07/13/2025

What are you doing for ? 💚

We are almost halfway through Plastic Free July, and we hope you have tried at least one action to reduce your consumption of single-use plastics. Day 11's challenge: Plastic-Free Celebrations.
Choosing reusable utensils instead of single-use ones might feel daunting if you're hosting a big party. Together Green helps fill this void in Cary by lending cutlery, along with tablecloths and buckets for collecting food scraps. The volunteer team that created this program can also share their lessons learned if you want to replicate their efforts in your corner of Wake County! County Government First Cary

06/24/2025

Now we think this is a cool library!!

06/18/2025

Books are ready for pick up!
Please note pick up hours are now 9-4:00 (M-Th) but we are CLOSED tomorrow for Juneteenth.
You will find them at the information desk just inside the main A building entrance.

06/18/2025

First Cary and Get Together Green will be closed tomorrow, June 19th in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.

05/27/2025

(re)Announcing the Get Together Green Book Library!

Just like our silverware lending library, you can reserve books online and pick them up from our pick up location at First Cary. The only difference is the website (see below) and the checkout time allowed (up to two weeks).

We are still adding our collection so check back often!

https://www.librarycat.org/lib/gettogethergreen #

05/05/2025

The Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle hosted an excellent and informative presentation by John Wilson called Recycling 101 for Your Home and Congregation in the NC Triangle.

John Wilson is chairman of the North Carolina Land and Water Fund board of trustees and a former board member of the Conservation Trust for North Carolina, Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation and N.C. Botanical Garden Foundation. He has produced several documentaries for PBS North Carolina and edited the video series, “Climate Stories NC.”

Wilson has taught at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media, Dept. of Communication, and Curriculum in Environment & Ecology. He is a member of University Presbyterian Church’s Earth Care Team in Chapel Hill.

Give it a watch!!

Wake County Waste and Recycling Orange County NC Solid Waste Management Durham County Recycles Town of Chapel Hill City of Durham, NC Government Recycle More NC NC Dept of Environmental Quality

Slides, script and links from presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vt059z1Z_cKmpkzyd5ti-15XGgVLENCfLspOqPIZufw/edit?usp=sharingConfused abou...

03/20/2025

FYI: This tracks for Cary residential as well!

Are pill bottles recyclable in Wake County? Is a question we're asked often. The translucent orange, blue, and green, bottles on the right are NOT recyclable. The plastic is too thin and brittle. However, the white, opaque medicine bottle on the left is recyclable.

03/17/2025

Did you catch First Cary's Gracious Harvest Community Garden in this month’s copy of Midtown Magazine?

It’s a great feature of some local community gardens including our sister garden at Saint Francis United Methodist Church!
Our friends at Toward Zero Waste also get a mention on the page!

We love seeing how our community comes together to care for creation!

NC Conference Creation Care Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle Wake County Waste and Recycling Cary It Green North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church First on Chatham First Cary UMW General Board of Church and Society Caretakers of God's Creation: United Methodists Caring for God's Creation Town of Cary, NC Good Hope Farm Greenish Neighbor