Solar Energy Primer with Rick Brown of Solshine
Engineer and solar installer Rick Brown will walk you through the fundamentals of solar energy and review all the options for a home solar power.
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DIY Solar with Mark Laity Snyder of REEVA
Backyard Solar: Choices for how to get solar installed and working at your house.
10 Myths about Electric Vehicles with Mark Laity Snyder of REEVA
The talk covers ten myths about electric vehicles and the realities of owning an electric. Different electric vehicles are compared.
Distributed Wind with James Madison University
The Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) was passed in 2020 and establishes the goal that by 2050 all electric power in Virginia will be procured from non-carbon-emitting sources. Virginia is endowed with strong solar and wind resources that are already being developed — utility-scale solar projects are being installed throughout …
Meet Sherrie Tippee with The Beaver Believers
Sherrie Tippee shares her inspiring story of working on behalf of beavers as well as on behalf of Gaia to help both the animals and the environment they so beautifully support.
Forests: Repairing the Past, Defending the Future with Chris Bolgiano
Scientists have proven that forests allowed to grow old are our best natural solution to both climate change and biodiversity loss. But private forests continue to be logged, converted to developments, burned for energy, fragmented, roaded, lighted, and ecologically destroyed. Rising from literal ashes of the past in our own …
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The Virginia Big Trees Program with Eric Wiseman
The Virginia Big Tree Program is a natural resources outreach and education program of Virginia Cooperative Extension that started out as a 4-H and FFA project in 1970. Today the program is coordinated by the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech. The mission is to increase …
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Our Forests, Our Future with Fred First
The Saddle overlook at Rocky Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd County Virginia provides the backdrop for an informal conversation with naturalist-author Fred First about the role that forests can play in a sustainable future. We can help forests support biodiversity by: halting local and global deforestation; managing …