Tag archive for ‘Rappahannock Exchange’
Date: February 20th, 2010 | Category: Commentary, News Updates | Comments (1) | Tags Bioregional marketplace, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Chesapeake Bay Market-based Conservation, Chesapeake Bay Pollution Diet Implementation, Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Environmental markets, Rappahannock Exchange, Virginia Ecosystem Services
Since the day after the December 9, 2009 Rappahannock River Basin Symposium, Incentivizing Restoration through a Chesapeake Bay Economy, during which 130 citizens concerned about the health of the Rappahannock River and Chesapeake Bay examined a proposal to create a “Chesapeake Bay Economy” via a “Rappahannock Exchange”, Conserv has been busy working with parties on [...]
Date: January 20th, 2010 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Bioregional markets, Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock Marketplace, Rappahannock Marketplace Business Council, Rappahannock River Watershed, Virginia Ecosytem Services, Virginia Environmental Markets
As a result of the symposium Incentivizing Restoration through a Chesapeake Bay Economy held in December, 2009, Conserv, working with a grassroots consortium of business, government, and NGO partners, will facilitate the launch of the Rappahannock Marketplace Business Council to create the Business Plan for the Rappahannock Marketplace - also known as the Rappahannock Exchange.
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Date: January 2nd, 2010 | Category: Commentary | Comments (0) | Tags Bay Marketplace, Bioregional marketplace, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Restoration, Chesapeake Bay Landscape Scale Restoration, Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Asset, Myth and Nature, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River, The Mythical Chesapeake, Virginia Ecosystem Services
Months ago, after leaving a government job to work nearly full time for Conserv, my wife and I scrutinized our financial spreadsheet and reduced expenses. One of things that had to go was T.V., a difficult choice, sports fan that I am. In its place, I’ve rediscovered radio, albeit 21st century style, through the magic [...]
Date: December 11th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Comments (0) | Tags Bioregional Economies to Restore Keystone Environmental, Chesapeake Bay Economic Development, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Chesapeake Bay TMDLs, Market-based conservation, Rappahannock Economic Development, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Sustainable economic development, Virginia Ecosytem Services
A capacity crowd of approximately 130 persons attended the 2009 Rappahannock Symposium at Mary Washington University in Fredericksburg. Particularly noteworthy was the diversity of attendees, with approximately 30% from the for-profit private sector. Complete findings from the Symposium will be available from the Rappahannock River Basin Commission in the coming weeks. One-half of the day [...]
Date: December 10th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Rappahannock Exchange
Yesterday, a capacity crowd attended the Rappahannock River Basin Symposium on commerce-based solutions for ecosystem restoration.
Images, results, and findings will be posted soon.
Date: November 14th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Albemarle County Economic Development, Bioregional Markets to Restore the Chesapeake Bay, Bioregionalism, Business Development for the Chesapeake, Business Development for the Chesapeake Bay, Caroline County Economic Development, Chesapeake Bay Economic Development, Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Culpeper Economic Development, Economic Development Chesapeake Bay, Economic Development Rappahannock River, Economic Development to Restore the Chesapeake Bay, Essex County Economic Development, Fauquier County Economic Development, Fredericksburg Economic Development, King George County Economic Development, Lancaster County Economic Development, Madison County Economic Development, Middlesex County Economic Development, Montross Economic Development, Northern Neck Economic Development, Northumberland County Economic Development, Orange County Economic Development, Rappahannock County Economic Development, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Rappahannock River Economic Development, Rappahannock River Restoration, Rappahannock Symposium 2009, Sperryville Economic Development, Spotsylvania Economic Development, Stafford County Economic Development, Sustainable Development Chesapeake Bay, Sustainable Economic Development for Watermen, Tappahannock Economic Development, Virginia Ecosystem Services, Warrenton Economic Development, Westmoreland County Economic Development
In this 40 minute lively interview, Rappahannock River Basin Commission Coordinator Eldon James discusses the Commission’s new initiative to use an economic development platform to restore the Rappahannock River and the Chesapeake Bay with Conserv Executive Director Michael Collins. Details about the agenda for the December 9 Symposium, Incentivizing Restoration through a Chesapeake Bay Economy, [...]
Date: November 12th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Chespeake Bay Economic Development, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission Podcast, Rappahannock River Basin Economic Development, Rappahannock River Basin Symposium 2009, Virginia Ecosystem Services
The upcoming economic development symposium, Incentivizing Restoration through a Chesapeake Bay Economy, is generating tremendous interest. Conserv will broadcast an interview with Rappahannock River Basin Commission staff member Eldon James on Saturday, November 14, on the symposium, the Rappahannock Exhange, and issues related to the notion of using economic development to restore the Chesapeake Bay.
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Date: November 10th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (0) | Tags Bioregional economy Virginia, Business and sustainability, Business Executives and Sustainability, Chesapeake Bay Economic Development, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Conservation economy, Economic Development to Restore the Bay, Ecosystem Services, Pillars of Bioregional Economy, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Economic Development, Social Capital and Sustainability, Sustainability watershed resilience, Systems approach sustainability
I’m amazed at the sustainability zeitgeist of our times. Thanks to Joe Starinchak for passing along some great journal articles….
From David J. Brunckhorst at the UNESCO Centre for Bioregional Resource Management in Australia….Institutions to Sustain Ecological and Social Systems, an older article (2002) that gets at the need for bioregional thinking. The article however is [...]
Date: November 9th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (2) | Tags Bioregional economy, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Chesapeake Bay TMDL, ecological economy, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Rappahannock River Water Quality, Virginia Ecosytem Services
The Steering Committee of the Rappahannock River Basin Commission’s 2009 Symposium has finalized the agenda for the December 9 event:
Incentivizing Restoration through a Chesapeake Bay Economy
A Symposium Hosted by the
Rappahannock River Basin Commission (RRBC)
December 9, 2009
University of Mary Washington
Stafford Campus, 121 University Boulevard, Fredericksburg, 22406
This groundbreaking economic development-environmental policy conference will begin with a series [...]
Date: November 2nd, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Business-friendly approach to Environmental Policy, Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Conserv Bioregional Markets, Ecosystem Services, Incentivize Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Restoration, Rapphannock River Basin Commission, Synergize Government and Commerce, Virginia Bioregional Marketplace
Conserv, working with the Rappahannock River Basin Commission, The Virginia Department of Forestry, and Members of the Commission Non-point Source Workgroup, have completed a Prospectus of the proposed Rappahannock Exchange. The Cover Page and Table of Contents of the Exchange are provided below:
The Rappahannock Exchange
A Bioregional Marketplace to restore the Rappahannock River and [...]
Date: November 2nd, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Chesapeake Bay Economy, Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Chesapeake Bay TMDL, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Rappahannock River Restoration, Virginia Bioregional Marketplace, Virginia Ecosystem Services, Virginia Watershed Restoration
Imagine a day in the not too distant future when the government and private sector work in concert to achieve Chesapeake Bay restoration. Imagine watershed-based marketplaces found in every major river basin transacting products and services, every one of which, contributes to bringing the Bay back to life. Imagine communities, businesses, and landowners interacting [...]
Date: October 26th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Bioregional economy, Bioregional marketplace, Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Rappahannock Ecosytem Services, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Rappahannock River Basin Restoration
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” [...]
Date: October 21st, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Bioregional economy, Buck Kline, Ecosystem Services, Pillars of a Bioregional Economy, Rappahannock Exchange, Rivanna River Payment for Ecosystem Services, South Fork Rivanna Reservoir, Virginia Department of Forestry, Virginia Ecosystem Services
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 [...]
Date: October 16th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (1) | Tags Alternative currency, BerkShares, Bioregional marketplace, Bioregional markets, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Forest Cover, Currency, Edgar Cahn, Michael Linton, Pareto Principle, Pillars of a Bioregional Economy, Pillars of Bioregional Marketplace, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Thomas Greco, Thomas Jefferson Sustainability Council, Time Banks, Time dollars
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 [...]
Date: October 13th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Deep Green Classifieds, Pillars of a Bioregional Economy, Rappahannock Exchange, Sustainability Blackboard, Virginia Ecosystem Services
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 [...]
Date: October 8th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (1) | Tags Bioregional marketplace, carbon footprint, Carbon Trust, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Ecolabel, ecological economy, ecological footprint, Environmental business indicator, environmental indicators for business, Global Footprint Network, Government environmental policy and business, GreenBlue, greenwashing, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, sustainability indicators for business, TerraCarbon, The Natural Step, Virginia Ecosystem Services
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 [...]
Date: October 1st, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (0) | Tags Biomimicry, Bioregional economy, bioregional market, Bioregional marketplace, Business and environment, eco system, ecological economy, economy, Ecosystem Services, Entrepreneur, Janine Benyus, nature inspired economy, Post-industrial economy, Rappahannock Exchange, sustainability, The Brundtland Report
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 [...]
Date: September 25th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Bioregional marketplace, Chesapeake Bay Innovative Approach, Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Virginia Ecosystem Services
Just released from the Rappahannock River Basin Commission:
2009 Rappahannock River Basin Symposium
Creating a Bay-friendly Economy
The Rappahannock River Basin Commission, in conjunction with The Virginia Department of Forestry, Conserv, and other partners, will host the 2009 Rappahannock River Symposium called Creating a Bay-friendly Economy. The symposium will be a highly [...]
Date: September 17th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Virginia Ecosystem Services
Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria, Virginia…
Eldon James, staff member to the Commission, proposed the following framework for the launch of the Rapahannock Exchange Initiative.
The Rappahannock River Basin Commission, working with Conserv, the Virginia Department of Forestry, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, and the Virginia Ecosystem Services Interagency Team, will sponsor a fall [...]
Date: September 16th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Bioregional markets to restore ecosystem health, Conserv, Market-based conservation, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Virginia Ecosystem Services
Tomorrow, Conserv will post the briefing presented today to the Rappahannock River Basin Commission on the kickoff symposium for the Rappahannock Exchange on December 9 in Fredericksburg.
Date: September 14th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Aquatic Ecosystem Services, Bioregional markets, Keystone Environmental Assets, Rappahannock Exchange, Rivanna Exchange, Rivanna River Ecosystem Services
Tomorrow at 9:30, Conserv staff will brief the Rivanna River Basin Commission TAC on ecosystem services in the Rivanna Basin. The outline of the briefing includes:
1. THE BIG VISION - BIOREGIONAL MARKETS TO RESTORE KEYSTONE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS
2. The Current Conservation Model
3. Ecosystem Services - Another Conservation Model for the 21st Century
4. Aquatic Ecosystem Services
5. Emerging [...]
Date: September 14th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (11) | Tags Bioregional economy, Bioregional markets, Conserv, Craig Newmark, Craigslist, craigslist wired, David Smick, Ecosystem health, Ecosystem Services, Entrepreneur, Free Trade, global trade, Hot Flat and Crowded, International Economy Sustainability, Newsweek Robert Samuelson, Obama's first 100 days, Post-industrial economy, Rappahannock Exchange, Space Needle, sustainable economy, Sustainable Entrepreneur, Sustainable Seattle, The International Economy, The Tragedy of Craigslist, The World is Curved, Tom Friedman, wired craigslist
A plane ride to the great northwest state of Washington can be a good thing….
The O’Hare bookstore was filled with goodies, and one in particular caught my eye—The World is Curved, by David M. Smick. Picking it up, then putting it down, thinking it was a flip retort to Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Tom [...]
Date: August 31st, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (0) | Tags Biomimicry, Bioregional, Bioregional markets, Bioregionalism, carbon footprint, Ecological footprinting, Ecosystem Services, Green economy, Holistic health care, Rappahannock Exchange, Sustainable economic development, Sustainable macroeconomic theory, Time dollars, Whole system design and facilitation
In the weeks ahead, as we plan for the launch of the Rappahannock Exchange, we will offer up occasional briefings on the pillars of future bioregional markets to enhance ecosystem health of keystone environmental assets. These include:
Creation-care ministries of faith and ethics communities
Biomimicry
Ecosystem health goal setting
Ecological footprinting
Holistic health care
Bioregionalism
Currency diversity
Ecosystem services
Sustainable macroeconomic theory
Whole system design [...]
Date: August 29th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (0) | Tags Fishing in the piedmont for smallmouth bass, Piedmont stream water quality, Piedmont Virginia fishing, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin, Robinson River, Virginia
With the pending launch of the Rappahannock River Exchange this coming December, I tell myself that it is essential to pull myself away from the office to viscerally experience the waters of the basin through the drudgery of fishing the lower Robinson. Hey, it’s a tough job but somebody’s got to do it.
I’m crazy for [...]
Date: August 17th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Bioregional markets, Conservation real estate, Ecosystem services community supported agriculture, Market-based conservation, Payment for ecosystem services, Rappahannock Ecosystem Services Council, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock Exchange Symposium, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Virginia 21st century economy, Virginia alternative energy, Virginia carbon footprinting, Virginia eco-labels, Virginia ecolabeling, Virginia economic development, Virginia green design, Virginia green products, Virginia hunting and fishing leases, Virginia sustainable forestry, Virginia time dollars, Virginia woody biomass
Today, the Rappahannock Exchange Symposium/Ecosystem Services Council Kick-off Steering Committee set Wednesday, December 9 for the day-long meeting. The agenda for this historic gathering, to be held at a soon-to-be announced location in Fredericksburg, may include:
Goals of a 21st-century marketplace
Mini-briefings on emering Chesapeake Bay and greenhouse gas reduction - friendly market demand opportunities including:
Carbon footprinting [...]
Date: July 23rd, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (1) | Tags Chesapeake Bay, Conservation marketplace, Conservation markets, Ecosystem Services, green building, Greenhouse Gas abatement, Market-based conservation, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin
Rappahannock River Basin Commission staff, working with Conserv, and The Virginia Department of Forestry, have actively begun the process to create the Rappahannock River Basin Ecosystem Services Council (ESC). The Council, to consist of approximately 30 members, with a majority from business and industry interests working within the basin, will likely convene for a symposium [...]
Date: June 27th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (0) | Tags bird watching, Chesapeake Bay tributary, conservation property, easement properties, Ecosystem Services, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Rappahannock River conservation, Robinson River, stewardship, stream restoration, Virginia blue ridge stream, virginia real estate
As Conserv’s relationship with the Rappahannock River Basin deepens, I thought it would be a good idea to explore one of my favorite tributaries of the river a little more deeply. With the high waters of early summer, I took the opportunity to kayak the upper Robinson, from Criglersville to Rt. 29. It was a [...]
Date: June 25th, 2009 | Category: Commentary, News Updates | Comments (3) | Tags American Conservation Brokers, birdwatching, cap and trade, carbon sequestration, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Conserv, conservation, Conservation and private property rights, conservation property, Conservation real estate, ecological economy, Ecosystem Services, Environmental assets, Environmental markets, forestry and water quality, green building, hunting and fishing leases, non-point source nutrient trading, nutrient trading, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, sustainability, sustainable economy
Yesterday, environmental history was made at the Old Beale Memorial Church in Tappahannock, the oldest documented courthouse in Virginia. Surrounded by Flemish bond brickwork with salt-glazed headers and compass-headed windows, the Rappahannock River Basin Commission took the first step toward moving Virginia into the ranks of the leaders of the worldwide ecosystem services movement.
In a [...]