Ever wondered how much Congress can do to enact the change we need?  Or how progress on issues like the environment gets made?

Representative Henry Waxman (D – Ca.), sponsor of the recently passed American Clean Energy and Security Act, will be talking next Wednesday about what it means to be a watchdog for citizens and consumers, and how he’s managed to pass legislation dedicated to protecting the …

Drinking local wine can be fun, it can also be eco-friendly!

Twenty of Northern Virginia’s best wineries are participating in the first annual Wine Country Food and Wine Festival from July 10-12. The Festival is being held at the Historic Whitehall Manor in Bluemont, Virginia.

Each night, a wine pavilion will be open for tastings and live music starting at 6:00pm and ending at 9:00pm. The wine tastings are conducted by wine ambassador …

Want to reduce your carbon footprint?  Stop mowing!  Carbonfree DC is sponsoring a No-mow, No-water Landscaping workshop this Saturday at the Fairlington Community Center.

Each year, over 25,000 beaches in the United States are closed or posted as unhealthy . To remedy this, Barefoot Wine and Surfrider Foundation encourage local residents to volunteer at cleanup and restoration events across the country to help make these beaches “barefoot-friendly.”

In celebration of Surfrider Foundation’s 25th Anniversary, Barefoot Wine and the Surfrider Foundation are rescuing, renewing, and restoring 25 beaches this summer.

The Washington, DC event will be held on …

In case you’ve been thinking that the only thing green about Crystal City is the reflection off the office windows on a particularly dull afternoon, think again. Of late, Crystal…