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Virginia ( vər-JIN-yə, -⁠nee-ə), officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The state's capital is Richmond and its most populous city is Virginia Beach, though its most populous subdivision is Fairfax County, part of Northern Virginia, where slightly over a third of Virginia's population of 8.72 million live as of 2023.

Networks and sustainability initiatives[edit | edit source]

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Southwest Virginia Regenerative Ecoregion - Project Overview
Authors: Brian McConnell, Mar 12, 2021
  • Southwest Virginia Regenerative Ecoregion, how the project's 'story' is unfolding at the Doughnut Economics Action Lab, doughnuteconomics.org, added 15:37, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
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Appalachian Voices is an American environmental organization. Their stated environmental concerns include eliminating air pollution, ending mountaintop removal, cleaning up coal ash pollution and promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency.

The organization has offices in Boone, North Carolina, Charlottesville, Virginia, Norton, Virginia, and Knoxville, Tennessee.

Appalachian Voices publishes "The Appalachian Voice," a news publication covering environmental and cultural news in the central and southern Appalachian region.

Events[edit | edit source]

Climate action[edit | edit source]

Chesapeake Climate Action Network

Environment quality[edit | edit source]

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Open spaces[edit | edit source]

Northern Virginia Conservation Trust

Community energy[edit | edit source]

Wikipedia: Solar power in Virginia on rooftops is estimated to be capable of providing 24% of electricity used in Virginia

Sustainable transport activism[edit | edit source]

Wikipedia: Hiking trails in Virginia (category)

News and comment[edit | edit source]

2015

Building new roots in America, one farmers market at a time, August 25[1]

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Keywords us states
Authors Phil Green
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Language English (en)
Related 0 subpages, 2 pages link here
Aliases Virginia
Impact 584 page views
Created July 8, 2014 by Phil Green
Modified June 9, 2023 by Felipe Schenone
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