What would the future of composting look like in the region? Local stakeholders and an out-of-state company are trying to figure that out. As Albemarle County and the city of Charlottesville work on developing clear paths to reduce their impacts on climate, the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority — which serves both localities — recently conducted […]
Category: Health and safety
These are stories about health care, environmental issues, policing, crime, the stresses of inequities — all the things that make us healthy or unhealthy in expected and unexpected ways.
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Rivanna water quality has impact downstream
The James River Association recently released its State of the James report, giving the body of water a B- rating for 2018. As the river flows for more than 400 miles through Virginia, creating a portion of Albemarle County’s southern border along its voyage to the Chesapeake Bay, its health is a hefty indicator of […]
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Single stream recycling doesn’t exist anymore + What to do instead
Related Articles: Reduce. Reuse. Repair. Recycle? Proposed RSWA budget does not include change in tipping fees This week, Charlotte Woods, Melissa Castro and Elliott Robinson guide us through the world beyond our trash cans and recycling bins. And we accidentally record ASMR with host Mary Garner McGehee’s trash. Plus Peter Galaska discusses the University of […]
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Reduce. Reuse. Repair. Recycle?
On any given weekday, more than 2,000 green bins line the streets of residential Charlottesville, awaiting a rumbling, beeping white truck that will launch the contents of the bins on the first leg of a one-way trip to a landfill, or, at best, a very long trip around the world …
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Charlottesville Climate Collaborative hires director of climate policy, drafts housing voucher pilot program
From metropolitan to mountain views, Caetano de Campos Lopes is continuing his environmental work as Charlottesville Climate Collaborative’s new director of climate policy. After growing up in Brazil, the São Paulo native spent much of his adult life in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he worked in economics and eventually in his dream field of climate […]
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Food justice network creates action list for citywide food security in two-day workshop
Although Shantell Bingham, of the Charlottesville Food Justice Network, has been meeting with area nonprofits and low-income neighborhoods for three years, drafting an action list for achieving citywide food security took just two days.The Environmental Protection Agency’s Local Food, Local Places program facilitated the two-day workshop. On Tuesday, event attendees toured urban agricultural initiatives in […]
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Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge recognizes UVa’s Clark Hall
University of Virginia is taking action with its “Delta Force.” The university has pledged to the Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge, and the DOE on July 16 recognized UVa’s retrofitted Clark Hall. It’s the first of hundreds on buildings on Grounds that UVa plans to improve to reduce their carbon footprints. The university also […]
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UVa vehicle fleet gets a little greener
University of Virginia’s school colors might be navy blue and orange, but the campus has made strides to be a bit greener. Through incorporating some hybrid vehicles to its recycling and maintenance fleet, the university has become the first in the state to earn National Association of Fleet Administrators accreditation. XL, a company that works […]
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Charlottesville, Albemarle students strike again for climate change action
Related Article: Charlottesville, Albemarle students rally in support of sustainable climate policy Midday Friday, about 100 students from various Charlottesville and Albemarle County schools marched on the Downtown Mall, ending and beginning at the Freedom of Speech Wall. The march, which was for stating that governments have failed future generations by not cutting emissions and […]
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Charlottesville superintendent to recommend changes to gifted program
Charlottesville City Schools Superintendent Rosa Atkins said she will be recommending in June that School Board members make changes to the district’s Quest gifted education program. “It will look quite different,” Atkins said. Atkins’ move came in light of a letter found by a University of Virginia doctoral student, Margaret Thornton. In the letter written […]
