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This will be the third year that SustainFloyd has had a role to play with visiting students from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. It will be the first year I have been involved with VolunTours, and I am looking forward to it, and envious of the week-long experience that these 25 young people will have after they arrive at the Ecovillage tomorrow. I’ll have a part in their orientation after dinner on Saturday, and then we will spend three hours together in Celebration Hall …

Voluntouring Students Find Floyd VA Read more »

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For local readers  in Floyd County, you might have read this essay in this week’s paper. Except for the very important “bit.ly bundle” at the end. This was omitted when printed. What can I say? It is sort of important, so I encourage you to follow the link, especially for the time lapse imagery which is quite stunning and fully relevant to the rest of the essay. Good grief. Browsing the web one recent morning, I discover a “space exploration” site that displays two …

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Image by fred1st via Flickr The America’s Great Outdoors Initiative aims to develop a new strategy for 21st century conservation and to reconnect Americans to the outdoors. Conservation ideas and personal stories about special outdoor places are being collected from the American public. They will incorporate our ideas and stories into a report outlining a revitalized national conservation plan that benefits all Americans this fall. Here is my story. Why not send in one about your special place? A five-acre sliver of floodplain pasture …

Our Great Outdoors: What Makes Here a Special Place? Read more »