SustainFloyd is offering a free online screening of the documentary film, Becoming Animal, from April 23-25, 2024. Sign up for the film below. Becoming Animal is a collaboration between filmmakers Emma Davie (The Oil Machine) and Peter Mettler (The End of Time) and the influential writer and geo-philosopher David Abram.
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A new offering in the SustainFloyd online documentary film series. This film will be available to view for free April 20-22, 2024. Sign up for the film below. This documentary brings diverse perspectives on climate change, including climate scientists, social scientists, and indigenous people. The many voices intersect and converge
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We were very happy to sponsor our third competition for Virginia Tech Industrial Design students. In the Fall Semester of 2023 we challenged the students to identify sustainability issues facing some Floyd organizations and asked them to offer design solutions. Students visited Red Rooster Coffee, Angels in the Attic, The
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Giving and receiving gifts doesn’t have to complicate the holiday season if it’s simplicity that we seek. No matter which holidays you celebrate redefining traditions around a smaller footprint and reduced consumption can be done. An internet search will turn up long lists of more earth friendly gifting ideas such
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Signup below for our free screening of this new documentary film. Regenerating Life makes a case for a more nuanced understanding of climate change. Enjoy beautiful photography, informative interviews and humor in this 2023 documentary from John Feldman. Start the New Year with some fresh climate change insights. Regenerating Life
SustainFloyd is pleased to announce the 2023 Trees and Shrubs for Wildlife Program, providing local landowners with native species that enhance and create wildlife habitat. We are offering an assortment of native trees and shrubs for fall planting. These species are easy to grow and adapted to our local climate.
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SustainFloyd Foundation, an environmental non-profit based in Floyd Virginia, is seeking to hire a manager for the Floyd Farmers Market. The activities include managing all aspects of the Farmers Market enterprise; being an advocate for local farmers, Market vendors, customers, sponsors and for the SustainFloyd Foundation. The manager will be
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SustainFloyd is offering a free online screening of Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty from Thursday, September 28 to Saturday, September 30, 2023. Sign up below. Stewart Lee Udall was the most prominent and effective Secretary of the Interior in American history. STEWART UDALL: The Politics of Beauty is a
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Meet & Greet Local Author Diane Flynt SustainFloyd is happy to host a community gathering at the Floyd Library on Sunday, September 17, 2023 at 3:00pm. We will celebrate local author Diane Flynt and the topic she has embraced: apples. Attendees have reserved spaces for what promises to be a
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Free online screening on demand now until August 31! How about some good news for a change? KISS THE GROUND unveils a game-changer to our climate crisis: the Earth’s own soil. The documentary offers a solution to global warming– “Regenerative Agriculture”. The film presents the research, practice, and hope we
Plastics & The Future Of Our Planet with Bill McKibben & Elizabeth Kolbert 🖥️ Celebrate Plastic Free July by joining this event from Beyond Plastics, this Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET for an eye-opening conversation about plastic and the future of our planet with environmental leader and author,
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SustainFloyd is working with the Floyd Native Plant Initiative to bring more native pollinator plants to the community. This Wednesday, May 24, is the first giveaway of seedlings that are being grown by volunteers to research which plants can be recommended to gardeners and growers in the Floyd County. You
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