About TREE 

TREE is a local grassroots organization that plans, organizes, and executes programs in an attempt to reduce Virginia Tech’s ecological footprint so that we may become an environmental steward.  To protect the environment, we must also focus on our personal consumption habits.  TREE works to raise awareness about the individual's impact on the environment, as well as devoting ourselves as a watchdog organization.

We feel that only a student group, with no political affiliations with the university, can effectively and objectively keep a close eye on Virginia Tech to assure that we maintain high environmental standards and continue to push towards improving our environmental protection and energy management technology. TREE seeks to work with Virginia Tech officials and the local community to ensure a healthy, safe, and sustainable future for everyone.

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Toms Creek Basin Sewer Public Hearings

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Brush Mt Considered for a Federal Wilderness Designation

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Post-Consumer Recycled Paper

We are concerned by the environmentally destructive purchasing practices of our University. We insist that Virginia Tech purchase office paper containing a minimum of 30 percent post-consumer recycled content thereby adhering to the federal mandate for all government agencies and the recommendations set forth by the EPA.  Learn more...

Recycling Education

Our group is committed to increasing the amount of recycling in the campus community while reducing the volume of waste.  To make recycling easier, we work work with people in the University to increase the number of recycling bins and correct labeling of bins. Learn more...

Critical Mass Bike Rally

Concerned bicyclists take to the streets to raise awareness of bicycling and its many benefits over driving cars.  Learn more...

Coal Boiler Filter and Cover for the Coal Pile
The 1955 coal boiler in downtown Blacksburg does not meet current emission standards and the uncovered coal pile results in coal dust permeating the close buildings. In the past, TREE has worked on getting Virginia Tech to filter the coal stack and cover the coal pile.  Learn more...

AEP 765kV Power Line

In the past, TREE has worked with the local grassroots group FORCE to raise awareness of and opposition to this line which would harm Southwest Virginia economically, aesthetically, and environmentally.  Learn more...
 

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