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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Virginia Western Community College
8:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m​.
Earth Summit 2025 will be on Thursday,
Nov. 20. The theme is Waste Not, Want Not.
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Earth Summit brings together local professionals and middle school, high school, and college students who are interested in learning more about careers in environmental sustainability.
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Our Earth Summit occurs annually in the fall and is composed of 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.
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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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Earth Summit 2025 Presenters
​​​​​​​​Jon Lanford
Chief Executive Officer
Roanoke Valley Resource Authority​
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Keynote
Director of Operations - Technical Services
Roanoke Valley Resource Authority​
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RVRA Waste Watchers: Candy Landfill Challenge
Communications Specialist
Public Relations Specialist
Western Virginia Water Authority​​
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Friendly Flushing and Wastewater Treatment
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Kansas Keeton
Water Quality Data Analyst
​​​​​​​​​​Rachel Pence
Water Monitoring Specialist​
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality​​
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StormWatch: Protecting our Watersheds from Rain to River​
​​​​Brian S. Haynesworth
Solid Waste Manager
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Taking a Look at Best Practices for Reducing Curbside Recycling Contamination & for Code Enforcement
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​James Breakell
Business development, community outreach
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From Trash to Cement
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Sally Entrekin
Professor of Aquatic Entomology
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Going with the Flow: Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates to Assess Freshwater Health
Also presenting and tabling will be representatives from these organizations:
Virginia Western Community College Admissions
Roanoke Valley Resource Authority
Roanoke Cement (Titan America)
Roanoke Stormwater
Virginia Western Water Authority
Clean Valley Council
LEAP (Local Environmental Agriculture Project)
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