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Small Steps to Change the World 

Environmental Action in Staunton, VA since 2019

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YMCA/New Hope Riparian Buffer Project completed

Funded with $9,000 Grant from Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission

A leading international non-profit organization dedicated to climate change education and grassroots advocacy. Founded in 2006 by Vice President Al Gore

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Earth Day Staunton 2026

Over 1,000 people reached. 40 Environmental Organizations teaching how to care for the Earth

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Cigarette Butt Clean up 4/19/26

Over 30 volunteers picked up nearly 1o,ooo butts in downtown Staunton

Join the Movement

Help Us Grow a Greener Staunton

Shenandoah Green is a volunteer-powered organization; we can’t keep these programs running without your help! Whether you have an hour to spare or a few dollars to give, your contribution stays right here in our community. As a non-profit, we rely on private benefactors and neighbors to fund our mission. Make an impact through a tax-deductible donation!

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Volunteer: We're looking for people to help our mission, for example:
Compost Station: Help us manage our three weekly drop-off locations and keep the bins contamination-free.
Tree Stewards: Join us for planting days, watering rounds, or "Tree ID" walks. Help us care for the thousands of trees that populate our city.

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Calling All Composters!

Compost Cooperatives: Encouraging Composting in Augusta County

About Us

Greening the Valley

Shenandoah Green is a non-partisan, grass-roots organization, working with local and scientific stakeholders to create an environmentally sustainable community through education, action, and advocacy.

Composting

1.2

Tons of food waste we've diverted from landfills monthly

Planting

2,746+

Trees planted as part of our Staunton Legacy Tree Project 

Educating

100+

Number of schools and events Flippy the whale visited teaching about plastic pollution

Trees, Please!

Staunton Tree Stewards

We were created to foster a legacy of tree care in Staunton. The trees from our Legacy Tree Project and many of the oldest trees in our city are being geolocated and assessed for what care they need to keep them healthy long into the future.

Activism

Climate Change is Real!

So what can we do? Each of us can take steps to lower our emissions, reduce or eliminate our plastic use, compost, and plant trees. Consider ways you can be active in the cause!  

Reduce Plastic Consumption

Compost

Food Scraps

Recycle Paper, Metal, & Plastic

Plant Trees

Carpooling

Vote

Climate Smart

Bike/Walk Instead of Driving

Eat Less Meat

Our Sponsors and Partners

Shenandoah is Only Green Thanks to Our Generous Community

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Our Friend Flippy

Flippy's S.W.A.P Mission

In 2019, a young, 15-foot whale washed ashore. He had been swallowing the abundant floating plastic trash in the ocean, until there was no room left in his stomach for real food. He starved to death with 88 pounds of plastic in his stomach.

Flippy is our 15-foot wire whale sculpture used illustrate where our discarded plastic ends up. Join us to follow Flippy's educational mission to students all over the Shenandoah Valley.

100,000

Yearly marine deaths from plastic pollution.

100+

Visits Flippy has Made

88

Pounds of Plastic Swallowed by young whale that inspired Flippy

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