Environment

After suspending campus composting without explanation last June, the city restored funding last month for the organics recycling component of the DCPS Recycles! Program. In response to a DC Council oversight hearing in February where…

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF), a nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization, recently ranked Washington among the top 10 cities in the U.S. recognized for “taking concrete steps to address” challenges urban areas…

Though Krista Schlyer’s work as a conservation photographer and writer has taken her all over the country and into Mexico, in recent years she’s been focused on a landmark closer to home: the Anacostia River. Schlyer, who lives in Mount…

An Earth warrior lives among us. Nestled near some thick trees in the Kalorama Triangle neighborhood is the home of Rafe Pomerance and his wife, Lenore. “We’ve lived in the same house since 1975,” Rafe said. Forty-four years, three kids…

Two years after introducing a new curriculum that uses the humanities to teach sixth-graders about climate change, DC’s Lowell School is looking to help others replicate the program. “I was looking for a topic in social studies that…

The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital — which goes by the acronym DCEFF — celebrated its 27th year with last month’s impressive program of over 160 films that included two notable standouts by local filmmakers: Larry…

District residents and commuters may have access to more places to charge electric vehicles in a few years, if the DC Council adopts a new bill mandating additional charging infrastructure. The bill from Ward 3 Council member Mary…

DC green thumbs can skip the long waitlists for community garden plots and connect instead with underused growing spaces through Shared Roots, a city-run summer program. “There are people who want to garden. There are spaces that need…

As we celebrate another Earth Day, it is clear that the District of Columbia is living up to its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. In December, Mayor Bowser signed the CleanEnergy DC Omnibus…

At Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School, we like to say that for us every day is Earth Day. With the international perspective gleaned from our unique-to-Washington pre-kindergarten-through-fifth-grade…