The Story of Stuff Project has teamed up with the Think Outside the Bottle Campaign and several other leading water groups to bring to you much-anticipated animated short “The Story of Bottled Water!”

The viral video premieres March 22, 2010 on World Water Day. For old times sake, Green Mondays will take place to watch this short documentary and talk about the issues at GlobeHopper Coffee House and Lounge at 6 pm. Read more >

Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities will continue offering its guided walks on the Slave Trail throughout March and has added a new walk to see the growing nesting colony of Great Blue Herons in the James River Park.

The guided walks along the Slave Trail will be offered on the remaining Saturdays in March at 2 p.m. These are emotional walks that originate at the docks at Ancarrow’s Landing in the James River Park and cross the river to conclude at the site of Lumpkin’s Jail and the Reconciliation Statue. Read more >

Has anyone tried the new pizza place? Had it delivered?

From a reader:

What is the story behind those 2 beautifully restored train cars that show up at the foot of the 14th Street Bridge from time to time, and just sit there for a few days? I see cars parked, and people inside, but I never see it get moved!

Any thoughts?

Betsy at the Richmond Landscape Design Examiner looks around the region for Best Gardens for Weddings and includes the Edgar Allan Poe Museum Enchanted Garden in the top 3:

The word that best describes this garden space is intimate. The elegant enclosed garden can accommodate 125 people but it feels like a gathering of close friends and loved ones. Although the museum is in the middle of the city, the courtyard garden is completely enclosed so it’s very private.

geistweg has a set of photos from todays protest & counter-protest outside of the Holocaust Museum.

In response to Westboro Baptist Church’s scheduled visits to Richmond today, a local group called Pennies in Protest is calling all Richmonders to donate money to the targets of the anti-gay and anti-Jew protests.

Pennies in Protest has set up a Facebook page and a website to collect donations, but encourages Richmonders to give any way they feel comfortable, including giving directly to the organizations impacted by Tuesday’s protests.

According to NBC12.com, Pennies in Protest have already collected more than $6,000.

Save the date to celebrate Richmond’s environmental community with bands, green exhibitors, vendors, and activities. For more information see the Falls of the James Group Sierra Club’s March/April newsletter and stay posted for ways to get involved.

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Another scoop from Tobacco Avenue:

Jesus Christ, the Son of God and man who died to save the sins of humanity, returned to Earth last night for a brief moment to have the meatloaf at popular downtown restaurant LuLu’s.

Fountainhead Properties and the WVS Companies announced today that they’ve formed a joint venture, Fall Line Capital LLC, to purchase and develop the Reynold Plant along the Canal Walk. The developers plan to convert the 6 acre property into a mixed-use space. The first phase will begin in January of next year. [via]

via LaDiff’s twitter: Awesome TRIPLE TRAIN CROSSING spotting this morning outside LaDiff! 

The schedule for the crazies of the Westboro Baptist Church indicates that they will be spreading their hate at the Virginia Holocaust Museum on March 2:

Virginia Holocaust Museum 2000 E. Cary St. THIS IS THE DAY you silly Jews had better obey the Lord Jesus Christ. THIS IS THE DAY, yea let Israel say, THIS IS THE DAY that you must OBEY! Isaiah 11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

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At 6:00 p.m., the architects from O’Dell & Associates will give Quoit Club a tour of their award-winning new offices in the American Tobacco Company Lucky Strike Power Plant building in Shockoe Bottom.  Originally built in 1930, the Power Plant has been redesigned to create a multi-level studio environment, retaining key historical features of the building including the exterior glass and masonry envelope and skylights that provide natural light to the open studio.  A reception at the new offices of Glavé & Holmes Architecture, a few blocks east of Lucky Strike in a newly-renovated cigar factory that was part of the Edgeworth Tobacco warehouse complex, will follow.  If the weather cooperates,  enjoy the city views from the new roof deck.  Hors d’oeuvres will be provided by White House Catering.

For more information, contact the Quoit Club at 804.643.7407 or quoitclubrva@gmail.com.

Tricycle Gardens will be hosting a free showing of DIRT! this Sunday, February 28th, at 6PM at the TG headquarters at 211 West 7th Street:

The film offers a vision of a sustainable relationship between Humans and Dirt through profiles of the global visionaries who are determined to repair the damage we’ve done before it’s too late. There are many ways we can preserve the living skin of the earth for future generations. If you care about your food, water, the air you breathe, your health and happiness… it’s time to see DIRT! the Movie, roll up your sleeves for action and Get Dirty.

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