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It is about to happen! It’s fun! Green! Yes, this is the Greenest Win-Win Event of the Region! Sustainable Blacksburg is so grateful and proud to be a sponsor of Ytoss?, which is truly helping to make our town sustainable.

Seeking volunteers for the YMCA at Virginia Tech’s Third Annual Ytoss? Collection May 3-8. Ytoss? seeks to reduce waste and the number of items going into landfills during Student Move Out. The YMCA at Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Recycling, the Department of Residence Life, the Town of Blacksburg, Sustainable Blacksburg and other campus and community based organizations are partnering for this year’s Ytoss?

Earth/Arbor Day 2008

Join the Town of Blacksburg for the 2008 Earth/Arbor Day celebration on Saturday, April 19 from 9AM – 12PM at the Boatwright House located at 615 Patrick Henry Dr. Activities will include tree planting, compost demos, giveaways, and backyard compost bin prizes!

For more information, contact Blacksburg Recycling at 540-961-1806 or recycle@blacksburg.gov .

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Is anyone working on a ban on plastic bags in Blacksburg? I know this is not a new idea, and I'd like to link up with anyone who has worked on this. I'd like to find a way to ban plastic givaway bags from merchants like grocers, dollar stores, etc... and encourage people to use reusable shopping bags instead. There are restrictions on what the Town can do, based on Dillon's Law, but I am hopeful there are people interested and involved in this cause. If you can share information or point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it.
hjjrcowan@verizon.net

VT Electronic Waste Recycling Event

Virginia Tech is pleased to announce we are partnering with Hollins University, the University of Richmond, and Old Dominion University to conduct the first state wide electronic waste recycling event. This event at Virginia Tech will be held in the Health and Safety parking lot on October 10-13. Please see our web site for details

http://www.ehss.vt.edu/Text/ewasterecycle.html

Plan will be presented Thursday 9/27 at Hollins University, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center, 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke. More information on Citizens Energy Plan at www.virginia.sierraclub.org or info plus a map for the presentation at www.virginia.sierraclub.org/roanoke/cep.html.

Sustainability Week 2007 is presented by Sustainable Blacksburg, Virginia Tech, and the Town of Blacksburg. This event is free for the entire community to celebrate sustainable living! Please contact a Sustainable Blacksburg Steering Committee member to volunteer or to get an application for an event that your organization would like to present or to sponsor one of the many exciting activities during the week!

Location: Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia
According to Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition representative, Diana Christopulos, this conference is a good opportunity to hear what is going on with industry, government, and environmental groups in VA. A portion of the conference addresses biomass energy. Register before August 31 for the early rate.
The home page for the conference is www.covesva.org and the link to the biomass program is http://www.energyvacon.org/Program/Breakouts/Biomass.pdf.

Place: Commonwealth Ballroom in Squires Student Center (second floor) and the Old Dominion Ballroom in Squires (first floor)
There will be tables for VT student organizations including environmental ones!