For Washingtonians, Screen on the Green is an institution that provides the only excuse to visit the national mall on a hot, sticky summer night.A few months ago everyone was heartbroken when HBO decided to pull funding for this annual tradition, stealing one more excuse to drink wine from plastic cups and get frisky in public.
Guess what…Screen on the Green cannot be kept down by the man. The Washington Post reported …
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Everybody knows DC is full of lobbyists, grassroots advocates and activists trying to influence Congress. But what about our own local government? One of the biggest challenges in a town like this is getting people to care about what is happening here at home and not just in the federal government.
If you want to take an active role in shaping Washington’s environmental laws, Friends of Rock Creek’s Environment is organizing an …
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The District Department of the Environment was in a bragging mood yesterday when it announced that the US Fish and Wildlife Service chose DDOE’s low-impact development proposal as the recepient of an $800,000 clean-up grant.
The proposal outlined the District’s plan to implement stormwater runoff controls to prevent further pollution of Rock Creek, the Chesapeake Bay and drinking water supplies. The grant money will be spent on green roofs, vegetation, porous pavement …
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When a recession hits, one of the first things to go is unnecessary pleasure like smoothies. Let’s face it, smoothies are expensive, especially good ones from places like Juice Joint and Java Green.
In addition to being expensive, smoothies are also really good for you. With crazy illnesses like swine flu flying around, building up your immune system and making sure you’re getting proper nutrition is important.
So how can you have a …
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The National Mall is meant to be “America’s Front Yard.” But while most Americans have embraced recycling, our official front yard has been stuck in the pre-recycling era. Finally, that’s about to change.
This summer, the National Park Service and Coca-Cola are working together to study how much of the garbage on the National Mall can be collected and recycled. By October, NPS will begin distributing recycling bins in locations where they’ll …
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