An Invitation signed by more than a dozen “conveners” of the proposed Rappahannock Exchange, and Chairman of the Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Emmett Hanger, will be released this coming Monday. The event is scheduled for December 9 at the University of Mary Washington, Stafford Campus. The event is also open to the public. A “Prospectus” [...]
Sixth in the series on the Pillars of a Bioregional Economy to help restore keystone environmental assets…Conserv Executive Director Michael Collins interviews one of the governmental leaders in Virginia in the emerging area of ecosystem services…Virginia Department of Forestry Director of the Division of Forestland Conservation, Everette “Buck” Kline.
This 20 minute broadcast includes basic concepts [...]
To better understand how the benefits of the urban forest can be quantified, valued and used to influence public policy; and to foster a dialogue on the role cultural differences play in managing community forests.
2009 Urban Forestry Roundtable Brochure
A brief one hour webinar will be held Wednesday, October 21st from 1-2 PM. The session is titled “Exploring Bioenergy Projects - A look at Active Bioenergy Projects Developed Outside of Virginia: Lessons, Examples, and Opportunities”
As the name suggests the goal of this webinar is to take a look beyond [...]
The fifth in a series on the Pillars of A New Bioregional Economy to restore ecosystem health of the Rappahannock River and the Chesapeake Bay…
In August of this year, we ran a commentary titled A New Currency for An Ecological Age and noted that valuation of the ecosystem services we believe are needed to restore [...]
We are working on the following for publication this week:
An update on the Rappahannock Exchange Kickoff and Symposium, to be held in Fredericksburg December 9.
A podcast interview with Buck Kline, Director of Forestland Conservation for the Virginia Department of Forestry and one of the senior statesmen for ecosystem services in Virginia.
Another in the series of [...]
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release October 5, 2009
EXECUTIVE ORDER
FEDERAL LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY,
AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
By the authority vested in me as President by theConstitution and the laws of the United States of America, andto establish an integrated strategy towards sustainability inthe Federal Government and to make reduction of greenhouse gasemissions a [...]
Tuesday, October 27
Please note that we have added a 1-hour short course after this webinar:
A Review of Virginia DCRs Draft Rainwater Harvesting Specification and a Local Case Study from 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm
The Rivanna River Basin Commission, with the Center for Watershed Protection and McKEECARSON and Field [...]
The early operational framework that has been developed for the Rappahannock Exchange, a proposed bioregional marketplace to be located in Central Virginia, to stretch from the Chesapeake Bay to the Blue Ridge Mountains, features the use of an “Environmental Business Indicator”. Exactly how the indicator will be deployed won’t be known until the Ecosystem Services [...]
This just in from Rose River Farm, Madison County, Virginia….
Casting for Recovery
On October 24 Rose River Farm will be the site of the First Annual 2 Fly For Hope “The Pink Fly” fundraising tournament. Casting for Recovery is a program that works with women who have or have had breast cancer. The program uses fly [...]
The third in a series on the Pillars of A New Bioregional Marketplace to restore ecosystem health of the Rappahannock River and the Chesapeake Bay…
I was talking to my friend and old colleague, David Bearinger, on one hot summer morning this past August about sustainability, its pitfalls and promises, and he noted the aging of [...]