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Environmental Communications Internship Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your interests in environmental and social change with marketing and communications? If so, consider applying for this paid internship with Green Fin Studio. Green Fin Studio works at this powerful intersection, providing creative and strategic communications support to a variety of mission-driven clients. Our…

2020 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! SAVE THE DATE to join Sustainability Matters and our official media partners, 92.5 WINC FM and the Northern Virginia Daily/Winchester Star, for the NSV’s largest Earth Day celebration. Free & family-friendly! #EarthDayShenandoah There’ll be: – a mega Community Plant Swap – Tesla Test Drives – free Tai…

Greener than Grass: a Sustainable Landscaping Workshop                    Presented by Sustainability Matters Saturday, March 21 | 9 AM – 12 NOON $30/Registration Edith J. Carrier Arboretum at JMU Turf grass is America’s #1 crop…yet has no ecological value whatsoever. Learn to landscape more sustainably, replacing your grass…

Get it before it gets your garden, orchard or vineyard! Spotted Lanternfly, arguably the worst invasive insect to enter Virginia in 150 years, has now spread from Frederick County to Clarke. It has the potential to threaten agricultural crops, forests, and home landscapes throughout Virginia. Learn how to ID, report sightings, and slow the spread…

The Maryland Stream Restoration Association Present: The Cost of Carbon: An Environmental Accounting of Stream Restoration By: Dr. Peter I. May and Dr. Elliott Campbell When: Thursday, January 30, 2020 Time: 5:45 –  6:00 p.m. Light appetizers 6:00 –  6:30 p.m. MSRA Updates, Mitch Keiler 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. The Cost of Carbon: An Environmental Accounting of Stream Restoration presented…

Looking for a fun, conservation-based volunteer activity in 2020? Come work with Sustainability Matters! We’re a new, volunteer-driven non-profit, with a focus on conservation education and community building. Join us for a brief volunteer orientation after Environmental Trivia Night. Get an overview of Sustainability Matters and what our volunteers do, and tell us what interests…

Sustainability Matters and Fort Valley Nursery partner for the second year to offer a fun, educational, and deeply challenging evening of environmental trivia!! Bring your friends, and come test your knowledge of plants, bugs, birds, and environmental issues. All new questions for 2020. Trivia starts at 7 pm sharp, but Woodstock Garden Cafe inside the…

Looking for a fun, conservation-based volunteer activity in 2020? Come work with Sustainability Matters! We’re a new, volunteer-driven non-profit, with a focus on conservation education and community building. Join us for a brief volunteer orientation after the Houseplant & Seed Swap. Get an overview of Sustainability Matters and what our volunteers do, and tell us…

Full time, Beginning March 1, 2020 Edible Eden Baltimore Foodscapes, Baltimore’s own edible and ecological landscaping business, designs, installs and maintains edible and ecological gardens for homeowners, businesses and schools. We build beautiful raised beds as well as in-ground gardens. We plant and tend perennial edible crops including fruit trees, berry crops and more. We…

As winter gets annoying but the garden is still dormant, plan for spring and enjoy the indoor greenery. Join Sustainability Matters at Winchester Brew Works for a fabulous afternoon of Houseplant and Seed Swapping….and: – Brews (well, yeah…!) – Live Music from Sustainability Matters’ band, the Plant-Based Jam – Paint your own Plant Pots with…