Thanks to Boy Scout Troop 704 for conducting an American flag collection on Veterans' Day 2020!

Blacksburg Sustainability Week takes place September 20 - 27, 2020.   

To promote their mission of engaging Blacksburg residents in healthier, more sustainable lives, Sustainable Blacksburg partners with local groups and organizations to put on events throughout the community. Most notably, we partner with the Town of Blacksburg and Virginia Tech every September to celebrate Sustainability Week. All events are free - click here for the event schedule.

Local ecologist Dave Tallamy is fed up with invasive species and sterile landscapes, and urges Americans to go native and go natural!  Read his fascinating article in the Smithsonian magazine - click here. 

 Master Naturalist and Luther Memorial congregation member Rebekah Paulson shares her list of Virginia-native plants. Click here to download the list.   She also offers tours of her yard’s Monarch butterfly habitat - please call the church office if you are interested!

There are many ways to become a "Creation Care Congregation."  We can start at home as well - here are some ideas...

• Replace all incandescent bulbs
• Recycle as much as possible
• Reduce paper use
• Purchase green cleaning products
• Make Earth-friendly food choices
• Eliminate the use of Styrofoam
• Develop Earth-friendly lawn care

Info on being a Creation Care Congregation

Caring for God's Creation

Stewarding the Gift of Water

The Web of Creation was established to foster the movement 

for personal and social transformation to a just and sustainable 

world from religious perspectives. This site can:

• connect you with ideas, resources and strategies for doing eco-justice
• inform, inspire, encourage, educate you about eco-justice
• support you in your efforts to live, work and pray in ways that promote eco-justice

The Web of Creation has also been developed to provide information and connections for theology students interested in environmental ministry.

 Equal Exchange and Lutheran World Relief (LWR) are strongly committed to furthering Fair Trade and environmental justice together with Lutheran congregations across the U.S.  As a participant in the LWR Coffee Project, you make a positive impact on the planet and on the people who grow 

our food.  For every bag of rich, delicious LWR Farmers Market Coffee 

you buy, a farmer receives a strong, up-front price for their coffee beans and shares in the profit of the final sale.

 Equal Exchange's mission is to build long-term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally sound, to foster mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and consumers and to demonstrate, through our success, the contribution of worker co-operatives and Fair Trade to a more equitable, democratic and sustainable world. 

 Watch this video to learn about the current items that may be recycled locally. For example, did you know only plastic bottles with a 1 or 2 in the triangle recycling symbol can be recycled? All others 3-7 must go in the trash. Visit BlacksBurg, VA Public Works Recycling Information page to find out about schedules and locations.