2021 Blue Ridge Virtual Eco Fair
Venue: Online Virtual Event, New River Valley
Organizations: SustainFloyd
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2021
Time: 1:00 - 7:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Speaking Engagements
Cost:

Description:
SustainFloyd presents the 2021 Blue Ridge Virtual Eco Fair online on Sunday, April 25, 2021.

Floyd and our surrounding communities in the Blue Ridge Mountains are known for their independence and creativity. As we face huge environmental issues, what can individuals and small communities do? How do we make choices that matter?

Hear stories from the front line: farmers, small business owners, TINY householders, gardeners, alternative energy and transport advocates, local environmental activists and more. Let keynote speaker Zach Bush, MD inspire you to ‘thrive within nature’ as we gather together to explore the topic of a sustainable future.

Keynote speaker Zach Bush, MD is a renowned, multi-disciplinary physician of internal medicine, endocrinology, hospice care and internationally recognized educator on the microbiome as it relates to human health, soil health, food systems, and a regenerative future.

Main Stage Presentations:
• Falling in Love with Honeybees (Alex Tuchman, Spikenard Honeybee Sanctuary)
• Our Forests, Our Future (Fred First, Author and Educator)
• Feeding Yourself from Your Garden (Barbara Pleasant, Author)
• Solar Fish: Beginning Aquaponics (Jeff & Alison Wroblewski)
• Food Waste: Connecting the Dots (Kerry Ackerson, Plenty!)
• Zero Waste in a Single Use World (Carol Davis, Town of Blacksburg)
• Voices from an Organic Farm (Riverstone Organic Farm)
• Film Maker on the Frontlines/ native perspectives (Katie Teague, Film Maker)
• Using Your Voice to Make a Change (Citizen’s Climate Change Lobby)
• A Passion for Eco-Justice (Delia Heck, Climate Change Reality Project)
• 10 reasons to avoid GMOs (Institute for Responsible Technology, Jeffrey Smith)
• Simple/Tiny living (Panel)
• Making a Difference in Your Workplace (Panel)

For the full schedule of events, visit: https://blueridgeecofair.com/schedule/.

General Admission which includes access to all programs and keynotes along with a raffle ticket is $10.00. There is also a Basic Fair ticket which includes access to all programs and keynotes for $5.00 and students are free with a valid school email address.

Donor tickets are also available starting at $25.00. Donor tickets include access programing for yourself and help someone on our scholarship list get in for free.

Purchase tickets online at: https://hopin.com/events/blue-ridge-eco-fair.

The Blue Ridge Eco Fair is brought to you by SustainFloyd.

SustainFloyd is a rural 501©3 non-profit in the Blue Ridge Mountains that undertakes projects to support the environment, agriculture, renewable energy, and community well-being. SustainFloyd works to leverage and preserve Floyd County’s existing assets and traditional strengths in agriculture and craftsmanship to help build a resilient rural local economy.

Supporting the growth of our community’s next generation requires a community commitment, which is why we work closely with local and state governments and agencies, local businesses, like-minded non-profits and local citizens. Together we can find ways to develop the financial and ecological health of our community for the well-being of all citizens of Floyd County. But we also join with other communities throughout the region and around the globe to model new ways of living on, working in, and caring for the world around us.

Links:

• https://www.sustainfloyd.org/
• https://www.facebook.com/sustainfloyd
• https://www.twitter.com/sustainfloyd

For more information, visit: https://blueridgeecofair.com/ or email
support@blueridgeecofair.com.