Rockbridge Conservation seeks a Project Facilitator for a quarter-timme one-year position to launch the pilot year of the Healthy Green Neighborhoods Collaborative, with subsequent years dependent on funding. This Collaborative is a new venture whose long-term goal is to create…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO_IJ9L7KHI Kudzu, Chinese privet, Japanese knotweed, burning bush, tree of heaven… we have many invasive plants here in Rockbridge County. What can you do about them? Jared Lee, associate biology professor at Southern Virginia University, talks about invasive plants in…
https://youtu.be/KtMlJK5EUCc Recorded December 15, 2022 Ellie Moss from Perpetual, a nonprofit organization promoting the transition from disposable to reusable containers, describes the potential and challenges of creating an open-loop returnable container restaurant carryout system. Perpetual promotes the concept of a…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZbzDvIo5F8 Leslie Sturges, President of the Bat Conservation & Rescue of Virginia led an in-depth discussion of Virginia’s native bats and the conservation challenges our bats face. Leslie presented a brief overview of bats' natural history, regional species, touched on…
https://youtu.be/s9xmjXuKn8A Recorded October 19, 2022 Wren Frueh, of Valley Conservation Council presents “Alternatives to Mowed Grass Lawns.” View slides Alternative ground covers can increase biodiversity and organic content in soils, improving water retention and eliminating the need for chemical inputs.…
David Yarrow describes the synergistic benefits of creating carbon sinks for the land beneath our feet. He is the manager of a citizen scientist project in Columbia, Missouri that seeks to demonstrate this potential by documenting increases in organic content…
https://youtu.be/Vgtspv1Fkq0 The June 2022 webinar in Rockbridge Area Conservation Council’s seminar/webinar series discusses how to deal with leftover food scraps/residue in an eco-friendly way…just in time for all our summer garden trimmings. Food scraps, composting and more were discussed by…
Presented by Joseph C. DiNardo, MS, Toxicologist On May 18, 2022, Joe discussed Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and covered the following topics: •General information on Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) •Health risks associated with PFAS exposure •Dangers of PFAS…
Presented by Mark Cohen Recorded April 20, 2022 Mark Cohen presented his experiences creating and deploying biochar. Biochar is created by pyrolysis (burning biomass at high temperature in the absence of air). The carbon transformed into biochar is recalcitrant, meaning…