The Lilies Project is a community-based arts and environmental advocacy initiative in Walnut Cove, North Carolina, focused on addressing coal ash pollution through creative placemaking, public art, storytelling, and community engagement.
Coal ash cleanup and disposal, environmental justice, clean water access, renewable energy transition, public health protections, and community-centered land use and placemaking.
Primarily grant support, donations, and project-based sponsorships; the project has also been associated with ArtPlace America funding.
Caroline Rutledge Armijo; Alliance of Carolinians Together Against Coal Ash (ACT Against Coal Ash); Appalachian Voices; Clean Water for North Carolina; Blue Ridge Environmental Defense Fund; NC WARN; Sierra Club; Southern Environmental Law Center.
non-profit initiative
