About Seth
Seth is a writer, photographer and technical guru. He is passionate about the outdoors and enjoys sailing and paddling the Potomac river.
- by Seth on Wednesday, September 23, 2009
This coming Saturday is the annual National Public Lands Day which is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands we enjoy.
Whether it’s building trails, cleaning up trash, removing invasive species, or even building a butterfly garden, here is a chance to give back and make the outdoors even more enjoyable.
City Renewed contributor, and Trail Voice editor, Ian Edlind covers …
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- by Seth on Saturday, May 9, 2009
Using energy smarter, is an easy way to reduce your electric bills.
Many people will set their home thermostat and then forget to change it when they leave their house or go to bed. Forgetting to reset your thermostat wastes huge amounts of energy and costs residents hundreds of dollars a year in heating and cooling bills.
Adding a programmable thermostat is a great way to save on energy costs.
Installing a new thermostat …
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- by Seth on Thursday, May 7, 2009
If you always wanted to live in a green condo but had a hard time finding one, now you have an opportunity to design your future home from the inside out.
The Menkiti Group, a real estate development firm that builds affordable housing is working on 16 condominium units in a renovated building four blocks from the Columbia Heights Metro. But The Menkiti Group is not designing the condo units on …
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- by Seth on Tuesday, May 5, 2009
On earth day, DC rolled out an updated website detailing their ‘green agenda’.
The site is organized into seven main areas, including Homes, Schools, Neighborhoods and Community, Parks and Natural Areas, Transit and Mobility, Business, Jobs and Economic Development, and City and Government Operations.
This site gives residents a clear understanding as to the projects and priorities the DC government has for greening the city.
The site contains answers to thousands of your green …
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- by Seth on Sunday, May 3, 2009
The District and Casey Trees are running a program until the end of the month whereby you plant a tree on your property and you’ll get a $50 rebate. It’s a great opportunity for homeowners to beautify their property and get money back.
The rules are simple:
You plant a tree
You promise to care for it
You fill out a form, and mail it to Casey Trees
Casey Trees sends you a check for the …
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