Are you ready for Eart h Day?  Our home base is in Richmond, and there are two great events right across the river from each other.  There are other Earth Day festivities just outside of town, and we’ve heard of celebrations in Northern Virginia, Tidewater, the Shenandoah Valley, the Mountains… It would seem that Virginia is excited about [...]

We’re like many of you and gearing up for Earth Day.  What started as an environmental movement has become an organized day of celebration and awareness of all that is great and good about our Earth.  Did you ever wonder how it all got started? Water. Our environmental movement isn’t really a new idea.  It’s been [...]

There are a number of signature events that we really like to get behind.  We are proud to help many each year with our 30 Grants in Thirty Days program .  We got to spearhead an initiative last year at the Richmond Folk Festival that turned it into a green bonanza, with recycling, cigarette litter prevention and thousands [...]

You’ve no doubt heard the stories of debris from the Japanese Tsunami washing up on the shores of the United States.  It’s kind of a fascinating study of ocean currents.  Small bits of plastic and wood are mixing with larger bits and pieces and ending up on the coastline from Alaska to California.  A soccer ball [...]

It’s not every year that you get to celebrate something like 60 years, and we’re starting ours out in style! You may have heard about our Give 60 program, or Get Caught in a Beautiful Act . You may have even heard that we’re throwing a shindig in October to cut some cake and blow out some candles. So [...]