James River Ecology School Project, Presquile Island Aerials (click on photos for larger images)
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The Byrd Theatre, 2908 West Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23221
Saturday, February 4, 2012 — 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Sunday, February 5, 2012 — 1:00 pm to 6:15 pm

For more detailed information, or to help volunteer or sponsor, please email RVAevnfilmfest@gmail.com or visit one of the RVA EFF sites below.

Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/events/226660794082914/
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/rvaenvironmentalfilmfestival Please click to “Like” it!

Website: http://www.rvaenvironmentalfilmfestival.com
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/145440 or call 1-800-838-3006

THE MOVIE  SCHEDULE: http://rvaenvironmentalfilmfestival.com/schedule/

SATURDAY, February 4, 2012 (from 10:00 am — 6:00 pm)

10:00 am – 12:30 pm – I SPEAK FOR THE TREES (DOUBLE BILL!)
1) 10:00 – The Lorax (The Lorax is a FREE show, no tickets required. Good for kids of all ages!)
2) 11:00 AM-12:30 PM – If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

1:00-3:30 PM – A WATER TRILOGY, with APPALSHOP’s MIMI PICKERING
1) The River (Director: Pare Lorentz, 1937, 30 min.)
2) The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man (Director: Mimi Pickering, 1975, 40 min.)
3) Buffalo Creek Revisited (Director: Mimi Pickering, 1985, 31 min.)

4:00-6:00 PM – GREEN REDUX, with A/V GEEKS’ SKIP ELSHEIMER!
The Last Time We Were Green (Presented by A/V Geeks, 90 min.)

SUNDAY, February 4, 2012 (from 1:00 pm — 6:15 pm)

1:00-4:00 PM – LIFE OUT OF BALANCE: A DOUBLE FEATURE
1) Koyaanisqatsi (Director: Godfrey Reggio, 1983, 86 min.) On beautiful 35 mm film!
2) The City Dark (Director: Ian Cheney, 2011, 84 min.)

4:00-6:15 PM
Natural Disaster? You Don’t Know the Half of It: The Big Uneasy
(Director: Harry Shearer, 2010, 98 min.) with Harry Shearer via Skype

SPONSORS (Thank You!):
The Byrd Theatre (http://byrdtheatre.com)
Bon Secours Health Care System (link)
Common Wealth Solar Services (http://www.commonwealthsolar.com)
James River Film Society (http://jamesriverfilm.com)
REI – Richmond-Short Pump (http://www.rei.com/stores/127)
Sierra Club – Falls of the James Group (http://virginia.sierraclub.org/foj)
Urban Grid Solar (http://urbangridsolar.com)
Watershed Architects (http://www.watershedarch.net)
Whole Foods Market (http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com)
WRIR 97.3 FM (http://www.wrir.org)

REI will be holding a raffle for a door prize, and stay tuned for a list of the organizations and businesses which will be tabling and providing support for the volunteers. Thanks to all for their support this year, and every year, for this important and educational Richmond event.

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We here at Watershed are trying to do our part to help Haitians in need. For the past year and a half, we have been part of a team committed to supporting the rebuilding effort and are proud to now be one of six finalists from an initial field of 400 submissions to the Building Back Better Communities international design competition. The goal: to help design and build the future homes of Haiti. Through a program now being administered by USAID, we are finalizing our design work (below) for affordable, low-impact housing on a site outside of Port-au-Prince. Two years ago, the homes and businesses and lives of millions of Haitians were heavily damaged or destroyed. The gravity of their circumstances, then and now, does not fail to inform every aspect of our work on this potential project and we are honored and humbled for such an opportunity to play a role in improving the lives of so many in need.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES

The Virginia LID Competition challenges teams of development professionals
to demonstrate cost-effective approaches to replicating pre-development hydrology
on selected development sites within the Commonwealth of Virginia.

A $15,000 prize will be awarded to winning designs
in Each of three design categories:
Suburban Mixed Use   ~   Urban Infill   ~   Green Roadway

Details and background materials for each site,
such as surveys and preliminary development plans,
can be found at : http://www.virginialidcomp.org/sites.html .

Finalists will be announced at the Virginia Lakes and Watershed Conference
to be held on March 6, 2012.  The Virginia LID Design Cempetition winners
will be announced at the 23rd Annual Environment Virginia Symposium
on April 12, 2012.  Deadline for Submission: February 17, 2012

For full details on the Virginia LID Competition, visit http://www.virginialidcomp.org.

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Even though this year’s conference will be in Pennsylvania, there might be a few Virginia folks who’d be interested and carpooling may be available.

The conference provides professionals with the latest information on sustainable landscape design and best practices for development and landscape management.  Because every effort to be sustainable counts, the conference tracks are titled Every Design Counts, Every Drop Counts, Every Plant Counts and Every Message Counts.

Registration is $109 for members, $119 for non-members and $59 for students. T he fee includes admission, continental breakfast, lunch, and an EcoMarketplace featuring a variety of organizations and green businesses. A wine and cheese networking reception (with cash bar) will follow the main program.

For more information or to register, visit www.ChesapeakeLandscape.org.