Virginia Environmental Assembly
Start: Friday, September 9, 2016• 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, September 10, 2016• 4:00 PM
Host Contact Info: kelley@vcnva.org
Bringing together conservation leaders from across Virginia, the Environmental Assembly provides a forum for discussion on key environmental issues and an opportunity to strategize with like-minded individuals about the best ways to tackle threats to our natural environment.
Working Schedule
Friday, September 9, 2016
1:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Field Trip #1 : Pipeline hike with Wild Virginia
1:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Field Trip #2 : Sustainable winery tour at Barboursville Vineyards
1:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Field Trip #3 : Kayak the Rivanna River with Rivanna Conservation Alliance and Rivanna River Company
5:30 – 8:00 p.m. | Evening reception
Saturday, September 10, 2016
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast & small group working sessions*
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Welcome!
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. | Issue Workshops A & B
A. Clean Water Through Healthy Land
B. Showdown in the Courts Over the Clean Power Plan
11:00 – 12:00 p.m. | Issue Workshops C & D
C. Pipelines: What's the Need?
D. Conservation Storytelling
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch & Virginia Conservation Network Annual Meeting
1:15 – 2:30 p.m. | Issue Workshops E & F
E. Would You Drink This Water? Coal Ash and Your River
F. Winning Campaigns: (Finally) Modern Transit in Virginia
2:45 – 3:45 p.m. | Conservation Tug of War: Local Versus State (Full Group Panel)
3:45 – 4:00 p.m. | Closing remarks
* if you have a topic for a Working Session, please contact Kelley Galownia