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Joel Salatin at Take Back Your Health on growing safe food
The seventh Take Back Your Health Conference began this morning in Arlington, Virginia with keynote speaker Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms ...
Moms Flock to U.S. Capitol for Climate Action Play-In
Nearly 500 people turned out for the second Moms Clean Air Force Play-In for Climate Action this morning in Upper ...
How to celebrate a safe 4th of July
Independence Day brings lots of great activities but also lots of opportunities to come into contact with toxins. Pregnant women ...
World Children’s Festival closes Thursday
The World Children’s Festival sponsored by the International Child Art Foundation wraps up its three-day array of free performances and activities on the ...
Join the 2nd annual Play-In for Climate Action
Since the recent papal encyclical on climate change from Pope Francis, many people are thinking about climate action as a ...
APS School Garden Meetup at Jamestown Elementary
The group that put together the April 6 Growing Green Schools event for Arlington staff, teachers, and parents interested in school gardens ...
Green Festival teams up with DC Parks & Rec for family fun
This is the second year that the Green Festival has made its East Coast swing during the spring rather than ...
Cesarean Awareness Month Shines Light on State of Birth in Northern Virginia
Every April, the International Cesarean Awareness Network, or ICAN, celebrates Cesarean Awareness Month to bring awareness to its work. ICAN is ...
Earth Day 2015 in Metro DC
Even for eco-minded families trying to live mindfully every day, Earth Day is a great opportunity to help kids get excited about ...
Trace Amounts about mercury poisoning screens on Hill
Trace Amounts, a new film about mercury poisoning, screened on the Hill Wednesday night at an event hosted by environmental ...
4th School Environmental Action Showcase draws 500 students to GMU
The fourth annual School Environmental Action Showcase (SEAS) last week brought out nearly 1000 people to the Fairfax campus of George Mason ...
Growing Green Schools inspires school gardens and nutrition programs
For anyone looking to start or expand a school gardening or nutrition program, the Growing Green Schools event at Fairlington ...
Enter spring! Prime time for environmental advocacy
What a relief to have some warm temperatures and sunshine to start off the week. It was no fun to have ...
Environmental Film Fest screens Project Wild Thing, concludes this weekend
When I heard that Julie Hantman, DC field organizer for Moms Clean Air Force, was going to be on a ...
Grow Your Health festival to screen GMO OMG
The Grow Your Health gardening, food & wellness festival seemed so important when it first launched in 2013, I left ...
Gardening takes off at 8th Rooting DC forum
Attending Rooting DC is enough to make a person want to dig under the snow to get started gardening! The 8th annual ...
Real Food for Kids brings young chef competition to Williams-Sonoma
Parents who care about Real Food couldn’t have asked for a better display of enthusiasm for cooking than that shown ...
Clean air advocates take their message to Richmond, U.S. asthma capital
At the Virginia Mama Summit, the first of the 2015 clean air advocacy Mama Summits organized by Moms Clean Air ...
Green Schools National Conference comes to Virginia in March
Anyone who thinks the words "environment" and "education" should go together: Virginia Beach looks like the place to be March ...
How clean is our air? Virginia Mama Summit wants it cleaner!
It's probably no surprise to anyone living here that the air quality in the Washington DC area is poor; it gets ...
Winter into Spring: gardening, health and wellness events at a glance
During this season of hibernation, bulbs are awaiting warm weather to shoot up through the earth and expose their colorful glory ...
Environmental educators convene at newly renovated Marshall High School
Leaders of Northern Virginia’s environmental education scene met last week to discuss recent renovations and sustainability initiatives taken at George ...
Moms keep up the fight against climate change and for clean air
Climate change has been all over the news in recent months, and moms are leading the charge. This summer, Moms ...
Return to Great Falls Park
Great Falls Park seemed like the perfect excursion on a sunny day during a long holiday weekend when we'd all ...
