SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2021
1:00PM TO 7:00PM EDT (Login opens at noon)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
MAIN STAGE PRESENTATIONS
- 1:00 pm MC Introduction to day
- 1:15 pm Tiny Homes: Lessons from Living Small–Panel with Hari Berzins
- 2:05 pm Keynote: Zach Bush M.D. The Interconnected World
- 3:30 pm Alternative Transportation (A panel discussion with RIDE Solutions)
- 4:00 pm Break Time (including a new video from Rising Appalachia)
- 4:15 pm Teenagers Take On Environmental Education (The Green Cause)
- 4:35 pm Why Avoid GMOs? (Video from Jeffrey Smith, Institute for Responsible Technology)
- 4:50 pm A Passion for Eco-Justice (Delia Heck, Climate Reality Project, Rev. Melanie Mullen, Episcopal Church director of Reconciliation, Justice and Creation Care)
- 5:25 pm Making a Difference in Your Workplace (A panel discussion with Woody Crenshaw)
- 6:00 pm Zero Waste in a Single Use World (Carol Davis, Town of Blacksburg)
- 6:35 pm Film Maker on the Frontlines with (Katie Teague, Film Maker, Andy Morikawa, Senior Fellow at Virginia Tech IPG)
- 6:55 pm MC Wrap Up
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS
- 3:30 – 4:00 pm: Feeding Yourself From Your Garden with Barbara Pleasant
- 4:00 – 4:30 pm: Blue Ridge Green Burial with Kristy Ratcliffe
- 5:00 – 6:00 pm: Student from The Green Cause and Your Questions
EXPO BOOTHS
All Available From 12:00 noon to midnight
Simple living
- Tiny House Family with (Hari Berzins, Tiny House Family Blogger)
- Downsizing and the Environment (Maria Saxton, PhD)
- Simplification for a Tiny Dweller (Melanie Copeland)
- Purposeful Simplicity (Carmen Shenk)
Food & FARM
- 10 Reasons to Avoid GMOs (Jeffrey Smith, Institute for Responsible Technology)
- Feeding Yourself from Your Garden (Barbara Pleasant, Author)
- Voices from an Organic Farm (Riverstone Organic Farm)
- Supporting Local Agriculture (Seven Springs Farm Supplies)
- The Healing Power of Herbs (Ed & Maya Skopal, I-Tal Acres) (Available to chat live at 4:00pm)
- Composting with (Mark Hammas)
- Solar Fish: Beginning Aquaponics (Jeff & Alison Wroblewski) (Available to chat live at 5:00pm)
- No More Food Waste (Plenty! Farm)
- Falling in Love with Honeybees (Alex Tuchman, Spikenard Honeybee Sanctuary)
- Seven Springs, Supporting Farmers (Seven Springs Farm & Supplies)
Transport & Energy
- Solar Energy Primer (Rick Brown, Solshine)
- DIY Solar Power (Mark Laity Snyder, REEVA & Generation 180)
- Myths about Electric Vehicles (Mark Laity Snyder, REEVA & Generation 180)
- Distributed Wind (JMU Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Energy)
Earth care
- Forests: Repairing the Past, Defending the Future (Chris Bolgiano, Author) (Available to chat live at 3:30 pm)
- Our Forests, Our Future (Fred First, Author and Educator)
- Conservation Landscaping in SWVA (NRV Regional Commission)
- What’s in Your Drinking Glass (Floyd County Extension Service)
- The Gardener and the Climate (Jane Cundiff, Educator)
- Meet Sherrie Tippee with (The Beaver Believers, Sarah Koenigsberg)
- Dodds Creek Trail (Partnership for Floyd)
- The Virginia Big Trees Program (Eric Wiseman)
- Dying for the Earth (Blue Ridge Green Burial)
stories
- Finding Your Passion (Janaka Casper CEO, Community Housing Partners)
- The Healing Power of the Natural World (Peter Lewis, Founder, Apple Ridge)
- Using your Voice to Make Change (Citizens Climate Lobby) (Available to chat live at 4:30 pm)
- Voices from Floyd (Compilation)
- Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare (Sara Wohlford, Carilion)
- Running an Earth Friendly Business (Haden Polseno Hensley, Red Rooster)
- Citizens’ Cooperative Telephone-A Community Venture (Citizens’ Telephone)
- Filmmaker on the Frontlines (Katie Teague, Documentary Filmmaker)
Youth ENGAGE
- Kids in Parks (Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation)
- Walkin’ in the Woods (Kari Kovick,Heart of the Child Music)
- Tree Planting with More Trees Please! (Tara Daystar, More Trees Please!)
- Environmental Education Presentations from (The Green Cause)
- Teenagers Views on Climate Change (SustainFloyd)
- Nature Scavenger Hunt (Partnership for Floyd)
MUSIC
- From the Floyd Country Store (Country Store staff and musicians)
- Heart of the Child Music an interview with(Kari Kovick,Heart of the Child Music)
- Blues for the Lil’Guy (Mr. Billy)
- An Acoustic Performance of New Music (Rising Appalachia)
- The Floyd Mountain Kids (with Mac Traynham)
- Quarantined (The Garage Band)
- Lay You Baby Down (Jeff Liverman)
- Thank You (Leah Song of Rising Appalachia)
- Resilience (Leah Song and Chloe Smith of Rising Appalachia)