This year's theme is
Environment and Sustainability
Earth Summit is an event that brings together local professionals and middle school, high school and college students to learn more about careers in environmental sustainability.
Our Earth Summit meetings occur annually in the fall and include interactive workshops that provide students with a real-world connection to the community they live in. Attendees align passion and sustainable best practices with a successful career.
Our objective is to empower students. We aim to equip them with new skills, broaden their horizons about exciting career possibilities, and inspire them to take active roles in their communities. Ultimately, we hope to motivate them to volunteer and engage in activities that promote sustainability and create positive impacts for the world.
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Our Earth Summit 2024 Presenters
Dean of STEM and Workforce Solutions
Virginia Western Community College
Welcome
Leigh Anne Weitzenfeld
Sustainability Coordinator
Keynote: Shaping a Shared Future - Follow Your Passion
Assistant Professor of Biology and Program Head of Science
Virginia Western Community College
Planting for Pollinators
Professor and Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Studies, Virginia Tech
The Role of Engineering and Biology to Create Sustainable Solutions that Meet Our Current and Future Water Needs
Associate Professor, Biology Department
Fish and Food Webs in the Roanoke River and How You Can Help
Kim Romero
Nonpoint Source Coordinator
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Coordinator
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Planning for Clean Water
Coordinator Horticulture Program and Community Arboretum
Virginia Western Community College
Plants from Plants - The Basics of Plant Propagation
Business development, community outreach
Private Sector Approaches to Carbon Neutrality