Sustainability Week: Pecha Kucha 20 x 20 Event
Venue: Alexander Black House & Cultural Center, Blacksburg
Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Description:
As part of Sustainability Week 2014, enjoy a special Pecha Kucha 20 x 20 event at the Alexander Black House on Tuesday, September 16, 2014.

Bored to death with standard powerpoint presentations - regardless of topic? Ever heard of Pecha Kucha? The Sustainability Week Team is bringing you eight great speakers - Pecha Kucha style - who will be presenting on their environmental/sustainability topic of expertise or passion - BUT they're only allowed 20 slides and 20 second per slide. There will be a lot of content packed into a one hour event with discussion and refreshments to follow.

Featured Speakers & Topics:
• Steve Mouras: Honey Bees
• Emily Schosid: Build Your Own Tumbling Composter
• Rebekah Paulson: Stadium Woods: VT's Old Growth Forest
• Josh Nease: Catawba Sustainability Center
• Mo McGonagle: Market Kids - Our Next Generation of Local Farmers
• Jessica Schultz: Connecting People to Local Food
• Dave Roper: Electric Vehicles Available in 2015
• Carol Davis: Solarize Blacksburg

Since 2007, the Town of Blacksburg has partnered with Sustainable Blacksburg and Virginia Tech to offer a week-long slate of events in mid-September giving town residents and university students lots of ways to "Celebrate - Educate - Motivate" around sustainability issues. Altogether, there will be 16 fun, informative, and inspiring events.

For more information and a full line-up of the events for Sustainability Week, visit: http://www.facilities.vt.edu/sustainability/2014/sustWeek2014.asp or contact Emily Schosid at eschosid@vt.edu or 540-231-7358.