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• Government Eco-Action Mon.: Groundbreaking of “Green Street” to Transform Tiny Town

  30 Nov 2009 | Cynthia Bosnian

  Don’t let the tiny town of Edmonston, Maryland fool you. Despite its size, P.G. County’s minute municipality is on the cutting edge of environmental awareness – as evidenced by the groundbreaking of its new “green street” last week.

  The $1.1 million Recovery Act project (issued through the EPA) will fund the reconstruction of Decatur Street, saving energy, reducing water pollution to the adjacent Anacostia River and Chesapeake Bay, and improving local air quality.

  The project came about as the town’s main thoroughfare started approaching its “expiration date.” Edmonston’s Mayor Adam Ortiz, the city Council and residents began exploring alternates to just repaving or resurfacing the road – which had experienced years of devastating floods from the Anacostia due to poor environmental practices.

  Plans for the green street include planting dozens of native trees, installing rain gardens and porous paving to filter rainwater and reduce flooding, building bike

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  Organic Recipe: Pumpkin-Ginger Ravioli

  30 Nov 2009 | Gaby

  Winter Squash: Take Two
  Another Thanksgiving has come and gone, and odds are pretty good that you crossed paths with a pumpkin pie. But did you get to enjoy pumpkin any other way? This winter squash makes delicious soup, chili, pancakes, muffins, cookies and gnocchi. And it is fantastic as a ravioli filling. This week, I made a somewhat labor-intensive but scrumptious pumpkin ravioli and tomato sauce (onion, garlic, red wine, canned tomatoes, bay leaf, dried oregano and basil), and used the shortcut miracle that is wonton wrappers.

  Pumpkin-Ginger Ravioli

  Serves 6

  • 1 small/medium pumpkin (five or six pounds), halved and seeded
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 shallots, minced
  • 2 tablespoons ginger, minced
  • 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan
  • 1 package wonton wrappers (48)

  Homemade tomato sauce

  Preheat oven to 375. Place squash cut side down in a baking dish. Pour in water to a depth of a quarter inch. Bake until fork easily …

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  Send Us Your Pics

  30 Nov 2009 | Brandon Fuller

  Taking pictures in and around the DC metro-area? Send them our way and we may feature them alongside our blog posts.

  Simply email your pictures to brandonf@cityrenewed.com

  Specifically, we’re interested in pictures that feature anything renewable, sustainable, green, natural, outdoorsy, etc.

  If we choose your picture, we’ll give you photo credit on the post and we’re happy to link to your collection of photos.

  Photo Credit: Flickr CC User Shermeee

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  Green Holiday Card Alternative

  30 Nov 2009 | Brandon Fuller

  Every year we pull out the big address book and start compiling a list of Christmas/Holiday card recipients. It’s a great tradition because it allows us to reach out to friends and relatives we rarely communicate with. Unfortunately, it’s also a tradition that places a great demand on important resources like trees and petroleum.

  Last year I presented myself with a challenge: Create an alternative to traditional Christmas cards that mirrors the authenticity of the real thing.

  The most obvious choice for this project was the electronic card, or ecard. These are greeting cards that are sent via email. They can be simple, featuring a picture with a message, or complex, featuring animation with music.

  The complexity of the ecard is up to you, I wanted something that combined my eco-message with some holiday music and animation. I chose THIS …

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  Black Friday, Green Gifts

  27 Nov 2009 | Brandon Fuller

  You might have some greenies on your shopping list this year. They can be kind of hard to shop for.

  If you’ve already helped them become carbon neutral with a TerraPass, you’ve adopted them an endangered species from the National Zoo, and you’ve ordered them a great green book, what more can you do to satisfy their organic desires?

  How about a kit that will save them $460 in energy bills and 7,442 pounds of carbon per year? Earth Aid Enterprises has put together a great array of gift packs for environmentally conscious folks on your shopping list.

  At Earth Aid Enterprises‘ website, you can design a kit of products that conserve resources and cut utility costs at the same time. Among some of the products you can choose from …

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