Sustainable Blacksburg
Making Blacksburg a sustainable,
special place.
We awarded our first 2024 grant to the New River Valley Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists for the black bear education program they presented on at our March Lunch and Learn program. Proposals for our second round of 2024 grants are due September 30!
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Week 21 Recap: Reduce the Amount of Waste You Send to the Landfill
The U.S. Environmental Agency estimates that we generate 4.9 pounds of trash per person per day and about half of that ends up in the landfill! Although many aspects of our system work against us, we have a lot of control over the amount of waste we generate in our own homes. We have covered…
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Week 21: Too Much Waste in our Landfills
A little over a month ago I briefly touched on the amount of waste sent to our landfills when discussing “Choosing Reusables.” The numbers are so staggering though, I think it warrants another look. The EPA collects data on how much trash (or as they refer to it, municipal solid waste) is generated each year and where…
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Week 20 Recap: Reduce Your Home Energy Use
Sobering statistics on the contribution of U.S. home energy use to the world’s greenhouse gas emissions: “According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the average home in America consumes about 11,000 kWh (kilowatthours) per year, which accounts for roughly 20% of greenhouse gas emissions in the country. If considered a country, these emissions would…
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Week 20: Home Energy Use
According the the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the average home in America consumes about 11,000 kWh (kilowatthours) per year, which accounts for roughly 20% of greenhouse gas emissions in the country. If considered a country, these emissions would be considered the world’s sixth largest GHG emitter, comparable to Brazil and larger than Germany. The…
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