Images courtesy of Electric Vehicle Summit & Festival Website Join us at the 2024 Electric Vehicle Industry Summit & Festival between October 18th and 20th! This unique event features three discussion tracks: Commercial Fleet Electrification, EV Charging Infrastructure and Grid Resiliency & Modernization. Experience the future of electric mobility with an outdoor commercial electric vehicle […]

Next Wednesday on October 30th, community members and students and faculty from 5 regional universities will gather at JMU for the Sustainable Development in Action event, “Moving Forward Together: Climate Resilience in the Valley.”  You will hear from local practitioners and experts about local climate issues and initiatives to address the warming climate. This is […]

Join VCC for the Horizon Conference on Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 at James Madison University. In partnership with Kiota Global and Vijana Africa, the Horizon Conference aims to provide extensive information and resources around Climate Action to participants as they aim to foster a deeper understanding and proactive engagement among young leaders regarding global peace […]

Join us on Novermber 11-12, 2024 for the Virginia Wineries Association Annual Meeting & Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia! VCC will be speaking on a panel about Sustainable Practices at vineyards. Location: Omni Charlottesville Hotel Date: November 11-12, 2024 Learn more and register: https://www.vawine.org/events/VWAAnnualMeetingConference2024/ A room block has been reserved at the Omni Hotel Charlottesville for the nights […]

  Join us on November 13th from 3-4PM EST for our Tech Happy Hour Webinar featuring Tucker Perkins! Tucker Perkins is the president and CEO of the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit which invests in the research and development of propane-powered innovation, consumer education about propane, and promotes the safe, […]

Image courtesy of the Office of Research Development at James Madison University How does YOUR work change the world? The Broader Impacts and Community Engagement Resource Fair gathers James Madison University and Community organizations to engage with researchers and find points of synergy. VCC is excited to participate and showcase our expertise in partnering with […]

RVCA working groups are where the rubber meets the road. They offer a space to spotlight top-priority issues such as energy, water infrastructure, transportation, or job creation. Working groups consist of cross-sector stakeholders coming together for partnership, peer-exchange, education, and capacity-building. Resilient Virginia has not defined a model for working groups to work under, rather, […]

Life cycle analysis (LCA) is used to evaluate the environmental impact of products, processes, and systems. Argonne National Laboratory’s R&D GREET model (Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Technologies) has been developed over the past 30 years to support LCA across many products and sectors. This webinar will discuss the development of the […]

Join us at VCC's first alternative fuel powered vehicle tailgate on November 30th! Meet us at the R2 parking lot from 4 - 7:30 PM to celebrate the home game between JMU and Marshall.

Join us on December 5th at 3 PM EST for a virtual update on our progress in the Rural Reimagined project. RSVP: https://jmu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudeihqD8iEtOoUnZsNLU4UhBPzYU0PDwz#/registration

Join us on December 11th from 3-4PM EST for our Tech Happy Hour Webinar featuring John Plant from Chevron Renewable Energy Group and Glenn Rhodes, a farmer in the Shenandoah Valley! Register: https://jmu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ldu2srTMjE9JcVSmLX-q10_90IJ5xKvhz?_x_zm_rtaid=jzyLXX9RTIOLkvWDROWGBg.1731703442867.c0214f5655472faae8231154f7449f98&_x_zm_rhtaid=480#/registration

RVCA working groups are where the rubber meets the road. They offer a space to spotlight top-priority issues such as energy, water infrastructure, transportation, or job creation. Working groups consist of cross-sector stakeholders coming together for partnership, peer-exchange, education, and capacity-building. Resilient Virginia has not defined a model for working groups to work under, rather, […]