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Environmental Film Fest on the Way
Break out the organic popcorn — the Environmental Film Festival is coming. From March 16-28, you can see up to 155 films from 31 countries. This year’s theme is the connection between food and the environment. Going Green DC has a good wrapup of the festival’s global and local highlights. A Road Not Taken, which [...]
More »Guns at Great Falls and Other National Parks
‘Limberger’s Victory (cinema 1915)’courtesy of ‘New York Public Library’ Today, a new law goes into effect that allows firearms in many national parks. Previously, guns were generally prohibited in national parks, except for some in Alaska and in parks that allow hunting. Now, the national parks — there are nearly 60 in this area — [...]
More »Nowhere to Run…or Bike
Heading out to the towpath this weekend, I didn’t expect to see it plowed. But I was surprised to see it wasn’t packed down. In some areas, like near Fletcher’s Boathouse, there is plenty of loose snow not suitable for running or biking, and not all that easy for walking, either. (Hint: Snowshoes ROCK.) The [...]
More »Get On This Bus: Fresh Food for All
Here’s a heartwarming video for a snowy day. Yesterday, the BBC ran a piece on The Farm to Family Bus, a farmers market on wheels that serves neighborhoods in Richmond, often in low-income areas, that don’t have easy access to grocery stores and quality, organic food. The piece also highlights Josh Viertel, president of Slow [...]
More »Homeless Shelter to Be Warmer Now
Yesterday, about 20 people gathered downtown to make a homeless shelter cozier — good news for those who will spend Snowpocalypse II there. Participants weatherized the doors at Gospel Rescue Ministries to block drafts and keep the inside warmer, which will save the shelter precious money on heating, too. They also brightened rooms with a [...]
More »Extra Swampy on Roosevelt Island
If you’re a fan of Theodore Roosevelt Island, you know it doesn’t normally look this wet. Ye olde Potomac has flooded in, raising water levels to within about a foot of the boardwalk in places. Lots of ducks and geese are paddling around on the island, and a flock of seagulls is picking snacks out [...]
More »Getting Polluted: These Guys Wrote the Book
Call it a science project for grown-ups. One day, as a joke, longtime buddies Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie, environmental advocates from Canada, decided to marinate themselves in everyday chemicals for a week — innocent-looking things like shampoos, canned food, sofas with stain-resistant coating — and see what happened. Why? They had been involved with [...]
More »DC Omnivore 100: #90, Criollo Chocolate
It’s time for another item on the DC Omnivore 100 list of the top one hundred foods every good omnivore should try at least once in their lives. Finding that the Omnivore 100 contained a chocolate I’d not met was a cause for celebration. After all, most any chocolate is good, right? A quick search [...]
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