Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District

703-324-1460 TTY 711
12055 Government Center Parkway
Suite 905, Fairfax, VA 22035
Willie Woode
Executive Director

Green Breakfast Events

NVSWCD facilitates a bi-monthly gathering to discuss environmental topics in a casual setting on a Saturday morning. Attendees include agency representatives, interested citizens and community members, students, lawmakers, members of the business community and representatives of local non-profits. Six green breakfasts are held each year. Virtual Green Breakfasts are hosted on Microsoft Teams. In-person Green Breakfasts are held at Ornery Public House, 3950 University Drive. There is free parking in the Old Town Plaza parking garage located behind the brew pub! 

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To receive updates about Green Breakfast speakers or join us at an upcoming Green Breakfast, please register for the Green Breakfast newsletter. Please direct questions to NVSWCD.

  • January 11, 2025 - Virtual! Does This Animal Need Help? with Carolyn Wilder, Wildlife Rescue League.
  • March 8, 2025 - In-personSustain Fairfax: Climate Action and Community Resilience with Sara Girello, Fairfax County Office of Environmental and Energy Coordination. 
  • May 10, 2025 - Virtual! Cancelled
  • July 12, 2025 - Virtual! Mapping a Conservation Vision for Northern Virginia with Matt Gerhart, Conservation Director, Northern Virginia Conservation Trust
  • September 13, 2025 - In-person! Topic: Invasive Plants, details coming soon!
  • November 8, 2025 - Virtual! Topic: CAP-E and Charge Up Fairfax programs, details coming soon!

You can view our Green Breakfast YouTube playlist here or scroll down to view our past Green Breakfasts.

Past Green Breakfasts

 

Mapping a Conservation Vision for Northern Virginia (July2025)

Northern Virgina continues to develop at a rapid pace, and with this comes the ever-increasing challenge of saving our critical natural, watershed, scenic and historic resources while we can. What are the most important places left to protect, and how can we knit them together? The Northern Virginia Conservation Trust has been working on that question in creating its first-ever regional Strategic Conservation Plan:  Conservation Director Matt Gerhart describes what went into the process and where it can lead us, both in terms of new conservation opportunities and collective work as a conservation community.  

Green Breakfast participants

Past Green Breakfast topics and speakers include:

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