About Environment Virginia

Over the past 21 years, the Environment Virginia Symposium has provided the Commonwealth with a forum for the exchange of information, technology, and ideas pertaining to Virginia's environment. The aim of this annual symposium has been to support an cooperative approach to identifying and adressing our environmental challenges and opportunities.  In 2009, management of the the symposium transfered from the VMI Research Laboratories, Inc. to the Virginia Military Institute under the direction of the staff of the Center for Leadership and Ethics.

Below are the conference themes for the past 20 Symposium.

1990 A Symposium for Virginia Localities on Waste Management and Groundwater Protection

1991 The Second Annual Symposium for the Protection and Management of Air, Land, and Water Resources

1992 A Forum on Pollution Prevention and Economic Implications

1993 Preventing Pollution Pays

1994 Environmental Management & Pollution Prevention: Products and Technology

1995 The State of the Environment and Pollution Prevention in Virginia

1996 Environmental Management and Pollution Prevention

1997 Public and Private Partnership for Environmental Progress

1998 Virginia’s Future Environment: A New Focus

1999 Virginia’s Environmental Sustainability

2000 Beyond Compliance to Environmental Excellence

2001 The Environmental Century, the Age of Innovation

2002 Common Ground for Our Commonwealth

2003 Water: Securing Virginia’s Future

2004 Planning for Growth and Environmental Quality

2005 Environmental Strategies for One Virginia

2006 Linking Economic and Environmental Health It’s Everybody’s Business 

2007 Leadership, Strategies, Action!

2008 CommonWealth - Accelerating Solutions in a Rapidly Changing Virginia  

2009 Sustainability: Nexus of Economic Prosperity & Environmental Stewardship