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Green Ops
 Public Hearings on the Purple Line
Learn about the proposed Purple Line and alternatives to ease east-west traffic congestion in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties. Then weigh in!
Green Festival
November 8-9, 2008
Saturday 10AM - 7PM
Sunday Nov. 11AM - 6PM
Washington D.C. Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Find out about DC environmental initiatives; and learn how neighbors, community nonprofits and city departments are working together to make their cities healthier places to live.
Energy Efficiency For The Home
Monday, Novemeber 3, 2008
7 p.m.
Gaithersburg Public Library
18330 Montgomery Village Ave.
The Going Green at Home program offers free expert presentations focusing on ways homeowners can reduce energy costs and lessen their impact on the environment.
Green Home Remodeling: Working With A Green Architect
Monday, November 3, 2008
7 p.m.
Kensington Public Library
4201 Knowles Ave. Kensington
The Going Green at Home program offers free expert presentations focusing on ways homeowners can reduce energy costs and lessen their impact on the environment.
October
Green Home Remodeling: Working With A Green Architect
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
7 p.m.
Gaithersburg Public Library
18330 Montgomery Village Ave.
The Going Green at Home program offers free expert presentations focusing on ways homeowners can reduce energy costs and lessen their impact on the environment.
Energy Efficiency For The Home
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
7 p.m.
Kensington Public Library
4201 Knowles Ave. Kensington
The Going Green at Home program offers free expert presentations focusing on ways homeowners can reduce energy costs and lessen their impact on the environment.
Strawbale Construction comes to Washington D.C.
May 24 – October 13, 2008
U.S. Botanic Garden
Joining a summer-long exhibition at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington D.C., Builders Without Borders (BWB) will create a straw-bale eco-house to demonstrate energy-efficient design and green building techniques. The exhibit will be on display from Memorial Day through Columbus Day, Saturday May 24 - October 13, 2008.
The U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) is on the National Mall, across the street from the U.S. Capitol. (click here for a Capitol map.)
The USBG is producing this exhibition, called One Planet--Ours! to showcase earth-friendly techniques and technologies including edible school yards, urban orchards, a solar greenhouse, photovoltaic panels, a vertical wind turbine, green roofs and rainwater harvesting.
The Builders Without Borders display will focus on affordable construction with natural materials, including straw bales, clay, wood and bamboo. Visitors will step inside a small building with walls of stacked straw bales, with wooden ceiling and wainscoting, finished with smooth clay plaster.
They may also relax under a bamboo shade trellis to view informational panels tracing America’s traditional green-building heritage, from cliff dwellings and adobe pueblos of the Southwest, to an historic straw-bale church still standing strong in the Nebraska sandhills.
The BWB team will also offer hands-on workshops during the summer on special Family Days hosted by the USBG. Dates include Saturday June 21, July 19, August 16, and September 27. Kids of all ages will be invited to stack some straw bales and get their hands dirty plastering with mud. Just follow the aroma of cookies baking in a solar oven.
September
FREE Bethesda Green Showcase Event!
September 24, 2008
Hyatt Regency Bethesda
7400 Wisconsin Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20812
- Learn about the latest Bethesda Green initiatives promoting increased recycling, energy efficiency, and ways to reduce the community environmental footprint at home, school and in the business district.
- Educate yourself about accelerating the transition to a sustainable economy.
- Network with business and government leaders promoting environmental products and services.
- Browse numerous information tables showcasing nonprofit environmental initiatives serving the local community.
- Share ideas with fellow citizens.
- Join the growing army of Bethesda Green volunteers and supporters.
“Design your Yard with Trees” Workshops for DC Residents
Casey Trees
September 17 and 23, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
1123 11th Street, NW, #3
Washington, DC 20001 (Mount Vernon Square Metro)
Check out the Citizen Forester classes hosted by Casey Trees, a local non-profit with the mission to restore, enhance, and protect the tree canopy of the Nation’s Capital.
Learn where and how to plant, and receive a free tree for your yard when you attend one of the Homeowner Design Workshops. Space is limited. Pre-registration required. Be sure to bring measurements and photos/drawings of your yard to the workshop. Learn more.
National Building Museum’s National Refrigerator Art Exhibition
National Building Museum
August 25 - September 2, 2008
Washington, D.C.
National Building Museum’s National Refrigerator Art Exhibition, "The Art of Recycling, "August 25 through September 2. This exhibit will feature old refrigerators inventively decorated for the ENERGY STAR Recycle My Old Fridge Campaign.
Green Cleaning Products
Brookside Gardens
Wheaton, MD
Saturday, July 19, 10-11:30am
Visitors Center Auditorium
In this informative lecture, Mark will offer all natural alternatives to toxic, caustic, and flammable cleaning products.
He’ll provide information on how to make your own cleaning products, plus discuss some natural products that are available in stores. Mark will bring samples of both caustic and natural products for comparison.
Course number 51700
Fee: Free; registration required
Call 301-962-1451 to register
June
Green Kitchen and Bathrooms
Monday, June 30, 7 p.m.
Gaithersburg Library
18330 Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg
Learn about developing good room design, taking advantage of natural lighting, and using recycled materials and resource-conserving appliances.
Presenters:
Jason Holstine, President, Amicus Green Building Center and
Lisa Rigazio, AIA, LEED, AP
Free Energy Audit for DC residents!
June 18, 2008 • 7:00 p.m.
Chevy Chase (DC) Branch Library
5625 Connecticut Ave, NW
If you're a resident of the District of Colombia, come down to the Chevy Chase Library and attend a program that will give you information on energy saving tips for the home, plus the opportunity to sign up for a free energy audit at the end of the night!
Space is limited, so reserve your seat: info@mdhomeperformance.org. For directions, please call the Chevy Chase Branch Library at 202-282-0021
This meeting will include updated information from the Open Houses held this past winter and be the last round of large public meetings before the Alternatives Analysis/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (AA/DEIS) is released this fall.
Purple Line Open House
Wednesday, May 14 • 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
East Silver Spring Elementary School
631 Silver Spring Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Did you know that American homes come in second to Chinese factories as the biggest wasters of energy on the planet?
Help design a project that best serves your community! Give your feedback on
· Updated Travel Times, Costs, and Ridership
· Ridership by Station
· Results of the Environmental Impact Statement
· Purple Line Options Serving Your Community
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