Blue Ridge Virtual Eco Fair Schedule

• 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

• 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

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)