Promote recycling, composting, and waste reduction
Help build Habitat homes throughout the NRV! Or help out at the Habitat Restore – where reclamation and resale of construction and household materials/supplies helps support Habitat programs through the year Volunteer with Habitat: http://www.habitatnrv.org/ Email: volunteer@habitatnrv.org
Twice annual event in the Spring and Fall. Held at the Habitat for Humanity Restore in Christiansburg with multiple repair stations run by volunteers with skills in: sewing/mending furniture repair small appliance/lamp repair hand tool repair and sharpening computer help indoor plant clinic Contact: Ellen Stewart estewart@blacksburg.gov
Project Drawdown is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help the world reach “Drawdown”— the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. A team of more than 200 scholars, scientists, policymakers, business leaders, and activists compiled a list of the most substantive solutions …
Drawdown 101 – An Introduction to the Science of Climate Solutions Read More »
To ensure Virginia Tech implements the most stringent climate and sustainability standards, a working group presented recommendations for the next iteration of the Climate Action Commitment to the Board of Visitors on Nov. 15-16. Ambitious, actionable, and intentional, the proposed updates boldly build upon a decade of university sustainability efforts. The recommendations aim to guide …
ShareWaste connects people who’d like to share their kitchen scraps with people in the neighborhood who are already composting or keeping goats and chickens. Send less waste to the landfill while getting to know your community! SIGN UP FOR FREE as a donor or a host on sharewaste.com
Updated to include some of the fantastic ideas that were shared! 2/27/2021 Make your gift-giving more sustainable and more unique with these great options where you can find gifts that may be local, handmade, edible, reusable, secondhand or otherwise sustainable: Shop one of our local thrift or consignment stores. Shopping secondhand doesn’t require new resources …
The plastics shown above are currently being collected for Trex recycling at the following locations: Blacksburg Community Center: 725 Patrick Henry Drive (thanks to Blacksburg Junior Women’s Club) Christiansburg Farmers Market: Hickok Street in downtown Christiansburg Learn more about plastics recycling by Trex at trex.com/recycling
