Stormwater Education Hits the Silver Screen

As part of an ongoing effort to reduce peoples’ contributions to stream pollution, the Rivanna Regional Stormwater Education Partnership has gone Hollywood.   The next time you arrive early for a movie, take note of the still ads that precede the conventional ads which precede the trailers which precede the actual movie.  You’ll see three eye-catching educational ads depicting usual activities -- caring for your lawn, washing your car, and taking your pet out for a bathroom break -- being done in an unusual place: on the water surface of a river or lake.  The take-home message of the ads is that -- because driveways and streets are often connected through pipes directly to streams -- whatever you do on the land ... you (effectively) do on the water.

These in-theater ads are being done as a pilot educational initiative to complement our other ongoing initiatives which include print ads, radio spots, workshops, K-12 outreach, and industry-specific initiatives.  The ads are being show in all Charlottesville Regal Cinema theaters between August 8 and September 4.

Click on the following to view the other 3 ads:

WATER FORUM:
Stormwater Runoff, Our Reservoirs and the Chesapeake Bay

Charlottesville/Albemarle League of Women Voters
Natural Resources Committee
 
WATER FORUM:
Stormwater Runoff, Our Reservoirs and the Chesapeake Bay
 
Wednesday, September 17, 5:30 pm
Ivy Creek Natural Area's Education Building

 


Speakers:
Dan Frisbee - Charlottesville Environmental and Storm Water Program Coordinator
Greg Harper - Albemarle County Water Resources Manager

Alyson Sappington - District Manager of the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District
 
This public forum is the fourth of the League's Treva Cromwell Memorial Series on water issues. It will focus on what happens to our streams and reservoirs when rainwater cascades into them laced with sediment and pollutants from parking lots, lawns, farms and construction sites. Come and learn what the major sources of "non-point pollution" are and what the City and County and TJSWCD do to combat this serious problem through stormwater management and preventative measures.
 
For further information contact Liz Palmer at lpalmerl@embarqmail.com

 

Watershed Education Lesson Plans

A collection of 38 lesson plans designed to provide local middle school teachers with interesting and practical SOL-based hands-on science activities. The activities were also chosen for their suitability for use in preparation for and reinforcement of meaningful watershed educational experiences (MWEE).