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When you really stop to think about it, aren’t Easter eggs a truly unusual holiday tradition? Just pondering the act of dying boiled eggs makes me ask the classic Seinfeldian question…”What’s the deal with Easter eggs?”

According to Wikipedia, Easter eggs are another fun activity inspired by the Pagans. Pagans believe Eggs are symbolic of the rebirth of the earth in spring. Over many centuries, other cultures and religions have adopted eggs into holiday traditions, including the Persians who painted eggs to celebrate spring equinox.

Now that we know where egg painting originates, lets dive into using natural products to dye this year’s Easter eggs.

Imagine waking up to the sound of elephants, lions and exotic birds. If you attend a Snore and Roar at the National Zoo, you can wake-up with the animals.

The Smithsonian National Zoo offers an incredible opportunity to sleep inside the zoo and get special private access to many of the exhibits at night. Snore and Roar is a summer program that begins with a two-hour guided tour of an …

If you live in the DC metropolitan area (DC, Northern Virginia, Maryland) you can now take your electronic waste (e-waste) to Goodwill locations around the area.

Dell and Goodwill are working together to collect e-waste and dispose of it properly. Both companies guarantee that the collected waste will not be sent to electronic dumping sites in China.

Collect all of your old cell phones, digital audio players, computers, monitors, TV’s, etc. and take …

Next weekend, November 8-9, the Green Festival returns to DC with 350 exhibits, green shopping, community networking, organic food and beer, live music and much more. The festival is a joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America, and all exhibitors must meet the standards set by Co-op America.

There will be 125 speakers including Andy Shallal of Busboys & Poets, authors Marion Nestle and Barbara Ehrenreich, Honest Tea’s Seth Goldman, and Parin Shah …