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Archive for February, 2010

Federal Green Jobs Legislative Conference

Feb 8th, 2010 by adam | Comments Off

[ March 2, 2010; ]

The Federal Green Jobs Legislative Conference will bring a panel of Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Labor (DOL) officials and other key national and state green job policy makers to Hampton Roads to have them brief the region’s business, labor, government and community leaders and citizens on recent and pending federal legislation directly [...]

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Partnership Seeks a Greener Richmond

Mar 2nd, 2010 by megan | Comments Off

The Green Infrastructure Center Inc. (GIC) has partnered with the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission (RRPDC) , the City of Richmond and the firm of E2 Inc. to assess the city’s green infrastructure.  Green infrastructure is the natural building blocks that make cities liveable and healthful.  Green infrastructure includes the tree canopy that keeps the [...]

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JRGBC-CV March Luncheon Program: Creating Your Sustainable Company

Feb 19th, 2010 by megan | Comments Off

[ March 9, 2010; 11:50 am to 2:00 pm. ] Join the JRGBC at CCDC on March 9, 2010 for the third event in our 2010 Luncheon Series. Seth Stallings, LEED Project Manager at Martin Horn and Hakon Mattson, co-founder of Blue Ridge Eco Shop and Consultant with ABM Industries Inc., will each give presentations focused on making your company or business more sustainable.  Hear two case studies, one [...]

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Charlottesville Green Drinks

Feb 19th, 2010 by megan | Comments Off

[ March 11, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Green Drinks is a simple and unstructured event where people interested in sustainability can get together to network, talk shop, learn something new, share something innovative or maybe even find a job! It’s a great time to chat with folks you know or to meet new ones.

www.thelocal-cville.com
824 Hinton Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22902
(434) 984-9749

Read more here.

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LEED Core Concepts & Strategies Workshop

Dec 28th, 2009 by megan | Comments Off

[ March 12, 2010; 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Workshop Location:
Trane Learning Center
10408 Lakeridge Parkway Suite 100
Ashland, VA 23005

On-site sign-in and registration for the workshop begins at 8:00 a.m., and the workshop will take place from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

This workshop is intended for anyone who wants more than a basic understanding of LEED – including those with a stake in their company’s [...]

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JRGBC-Richmond March Luncheon: Walking the Walk: Sustainability Through Design Practice

Feb 16th, 2010 by megan | Comments Off

[ March 18, 2010; 11:45 am to 2:00 pm. ]

Join the JRGBC at the University of Richmond on March 18, 2010 for the second event in our 2010 Luncheon Series cityGREEN. Patrick Farley, Principal, Watershed Architects in Richmond, VA  and Pete O’Shea, co-founder of Siteworks in Charlottesville, VA, will each give presentations focused on sustainable design and “non-checklist” ecological thinking relating to overall sustainability in [...]

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Virginia Society AIA: Design Forum IX

Jan 15th, 2010 by megan | Comments Off

[ March 19, 2010 5:30 pm to March 20, 2010 5:00 pm. ] What is the task of architecture? To create lasting solutions? To appeal to the human spirit? March 19–20, 2010 the Design Forum IX, presented by the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects, brings together five internationally renowned designers in to explore architecture’s social agency in Richmond, Virginia.
Speakers include David ADJAYE, RIBA, who recently [...]

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Debris or Not Debris

Mar 1st, 2010 by adam | Comments Off

[ March 20, 2010; 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. ] Cannon Creek Greenway: Ravine and Roadside Clean-up:
A Community Improvement and Environmental Project
Saturday, March 20
8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Groups, organizations, and individual volunteers will remove paper, bottles, cans, old tires, and other debris from the heavily-wooded ravine and the “Richmond-Henrico Turnpike” (a two-lane city street) that runs through the Cannon Creek Greenway in Northside Richmond, in [...]

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