Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to Participate in the 2021 Resilient Virginia Conference
Resilient Virginia is pleased to announce that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam will provide Opening Remarks at our Morning Plenary Session on August 25 (9:00-10:00 AM), as part of the virtual 2021 Resilient Virginia Conference, taking place August 25-27, 2021.
Resiliency Academy
Resiliency Academy webinars highlight some of the best resiliency planning, program, and funding tools available to help communities build capacity. In our Spring 2021 series, we’ll present several options for communities to explore to help finance these initiatives.
XMNR Students and Alumni Put the Concept of Climate Resilience Into Practice
“Resilience” has become a recurring theme, not only in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also in the way that we tackle climate change and sustainable development, points out recent XMNR alum Garrett Davidson in his post about Resilient Virginia.
2020 Resilient Virginia Annual Meeting Webinar
Watch our 2020 Annual Meeting webinar, “Resilient Recovery: Moving Toward a Clean, Healthy, and Equitable Economy.”
Resilient Building Design: March 5, 2020
Register Now for Resilient Building Design, a Presentation and Networking Event on March 5, 2020 in Roanoke, Virginia. Co-hosted by USGBC Virginia and Resilient Virginia.
Reflections on Sea Level Rise and Climate-Induced Migration
Resilient Virginia invites Annual Sponsors to write guest articles for the newsletter and website. We thank Clark Nexsen, a Community Leader Annual Sponsor, for giving permission to reprint an article by Graduate Fellow, Zane Havens.
Longtime Environmental Advocate Reflects on Virginia’s Path to 100% Clean Energy
Annette Osso, now the managing director of Resilient Virginia, first delved into energy projects in the 1970s. Reprinted with permission from Energy News Network RICHMOND, Va. — Annette Osso had every intention of becoming an anthropologist after earning master’s and undergraduate degrees in the subject at George Washington University in the nation’s capital. But the […]
Resilient Virginia Held Its “2019 Resilient Virginia Conference” Last Month
Architectural designer Mert Kansu reviews the 2019 Resilient Virginia Conference for World Architecture Community.
Virginia Clean Energy Summit
The inaugural Virginia Clean Energy Summit is set for Tuesday, September 17 at the Richmond Convention Center. Clean energy technologies, policies, and business practices that are transforming Virginia’s energy landscape — today — will be demonstrated and discussed.
Resilient Virginia Is Involved With These Spring Events
Resilient Virginia Is Involved With These Spring Events: Building Sustainability Conference, April 25, 2019; and the Arlington Home Show and Resiliency Workshop, April 27, 2019.
Resilient Virginia 2018-2019 Board of Directors
OFFICERS Andrew V. “Andy” Sorrell, the Chairman of the Resilient Virginia Board of Directors, grew up in the suburbs of Richmond but found his true home in rural Virginia after college. He studied environmental planning and public administration at Virginia Tech and proceeded to work for several rural Virginia local governments as a county planner […]
Rural Resiliency — First Steps Taken with Resiliency Forum
By Sean Tubbs, Guest Contributor As both average temperatures and rainfall counts continue to climb, government agencies, businesses and other organizations are seeking ways to ensure that Virginia is prepared to withstand whatever changes are caused by changing weather patterns. To convene a conversation about rural resiliency concerns, Resilient Virginia held a forum on October […]
Utilities of the Future: Recap
On October 4th, 2018, Leaders in Energy (LE), in partnership with Resilient Virginia, held its “Utilities of the Future Forum” at the US Navy Memorial in Washington DC. The event had over 80 attendees and was an exciting opportunity to look at recent developments in the role of utilities and future of energy provision and new changes.
Reflections on the 2018 Resilient Virginia Annual Meeting
Resilient Virginia invited its members and various stakeholders to the 2018 Resilient Virginia Annual Meeting and launched the featured topic for the upcoming year, “Resiliency and the Rural/Urban Interface.”
PrepareAthon at Science Museum of Virginia August 25
Join the Science Museum of Virginia on August 25, 2018 for PrepareAthon, a free festival that teaches the community how to be more resilient when disaster strikes.