Archive for ‘Environment’
Sustainable Demand on Campus
For a global generation, climate change is a hot field. It’s drawing students in record numbers to classrooms where global warming and sustainability are taught. Their interest has prompted colleges across the country, including George Mason University in Northern Virginia, to re-design their curricula to meet this growing demand. Danielle Karson reports.
Precious Refreshment
With the growing interest in eating locally-produced and sustainable foods, some true believers think the timing is just about perfect for Virginia apple cider to make a come-back. Reporter Nancy King attended a cider-making workshop recently at Monticello.
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Restoring the Lynnhaven Fancy
The Lynnhaven River, in Virginia Beach, was once famous for the salty, fat oysters that grow in its waters. Pollution brought the harvest of Lynnhaven Fancies to a near standstill over thirty years ago, though, and few people have tasted the local delicacy since. But, as Jesse Dukes reports from Virginia Beach, there’s new hope for Virginia’s most famous oyster.
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Crisis at Monticello
A presence as old as Monticello itself is in crisis at Thomas Jefferson’s historic home outside of Charlottesville. Nancy King has the story.
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