VORS 2024 Call for Presentations, Workshops, and Tours is open!
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18th Annual Vermont Organics Recycling Summit
COMPOST… Nature’s Climate Champion!
April 29th-May 3rd, 2024
(a “kick off” event, one week before International Compost Awareness Week)
The 2024 Vermont Organics Recycling Summit (VORS) will be held from April 29th through May 3rd. As a kick-off event for International Compost Awareness Week (May 5th-11th), the VORS 2024 theme is Compost…Nature’s Climate Champion!
The Call for Presentations, Workshops, and tours is open!
Submission deadline: Friday, January 12th, 2024
Are you passionate about the role of compost in climate change adaptation and sustainability? VORS 2024 will highlight the many roles of composting and compost use in climate change adaptation through sequestering carbon in the soil, enhancing soil health, promoting sustainable agriculture practices, promoting water conservation, reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers, and nurturing biodiversity. Local management of food scraps and organic resources empowers communities to take action and build resilience in the face of climate challenges.
All proposals related to these themes and organics management, composting, and compost use, in general, are welcome. See the table below for suggested topics. More than one proposal may be submitted online or by email to Natasha@CompostingVermont.org.
New in 2024: As part of our week-long event, we are bringing back a full day of in-person events! Monday’s program will include a hybrid plenary in the morning followed by lunch and in-person-only discussions, workshops and demonstrations; the day will conclude with a social networking event. Tuesday through Friday will be primarily virtual, with the possibility of some additional in-person afternoon events.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
Please fill out this google form or download the RFP here and email it to Natasha@CompostingVermont.org.
Submission deadline: Friday, January 12th, 2024
Interested in exhibiting or sponsoring VORS 2023?
We have three levels of sponsorship available:
“Black Gold” Sponsor: $1,500 (includes most prominent placement of logo/link and additional acknowledgement)
Sustaining Sponsor: $500 (includes more prominent placement of logo/link)
Exhibitor Sponsor: $200
Logos and website links for Sponsors are included in promotion, on event and organization websites, and through our social media. We estimate VORS annual electronic promotion reaches 10,000+ individuals.
For more information, contact Natasha@CompostingVermont.org
VORS is hosted by the Composting Association of Vermont and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation.
The Composting Association of Vermont (CAV) is a nonprofit organization that promotes organics recycling that protects and benefits the environment.
The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation (ANR/DEC) is dedicated to protecting and improving the health of Vermont’s people and ecosystems and promoting the sustainable use of Vermont’s natural resources.