Welcome to the Hampton Roads Environment and People VCC. The main mission of our community is to utilize virtual tools to better engage with all societal stakeholders in Hampton Roads and to have a broad dialog about the future we want for Hampton Roads.
[Sep. 15, 2025] Solar Schools: What’s Possible?: Third Act Tidewater and Partners Sierra Club, Environment VA, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, and VA League of Conservation Voters are promoting Solar Schools in Hampton Roads. The Event takes place on Saturday, October 18, 2025, 10:30 - 12:00, at Norfolk Academy. During the interactive event, tour the solar installation, listen to speakers and ask questions. For more information and to sign up go to Action Network.
[Aug. 26, 2025] Measure the Muck 2025:
The 2025 sessions for Measure the Muck have been announced. The dates are September 13 and October 11, 2025. See the announcement with a link for registration. Volunteers are needed!
[Jun. 13, 2025] Every Day is NO KINGS DAY: On Saturday, June 14, 2025 there were three "No Kings Day" actions in Hampton Roads. But that day was not THE No Kings Day. Actions go on because every day must be a No Kings Day!
[Feb. 24, 2026] New Scenario for 2028 Points to an AI-related Highly Undesirable Future for Economy: Aisha Down and Dan Milmo discuss in their article “‘A feedback loop with no brake’: how an AI doomsday report shook US markets” the scenario study “THE 2028 GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CRISIS A Thought Exercise in Financial History, from the Future” by Citrini and Alap Shah posted on February 22, 2026 on Substack. This study points out that the financial system of today was optimized over decades for a world of scarce human minds. AI changed this: “This is the first time in history the most productive asset in the economy has produced fewer, not more, jobs. Nobody’s framework fits, because none were designed for a world where the scarce input became abundant. So we have to make new frameworks. Whether we build them in time is the only question that matters.” The authors point out that the economy could find a new equilibrium, and “getting to this new equilibrium is one of the few tasks left that only humans can do. We need to do it correctly.”
[Feb. 12, 2026] Are we already at or close to a Point of no Return?: Damian Carrington raises this question in his article in the Guardian titled “Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say.” The most recent paper by Ripple et al. assesses “The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory,” and the author's conclusions are pointing to an increasing probability of Earth moving into a hothouse state. The assessment should be an alarm bell for all of us. Continuing on the current path of our economy and society comes with the high risk of mass extinction, and the current uncertainty could soon turn into certainty.
