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Eat-Sleep-Love Hosts 2015 DC Birth & Babies Fair
This year’s Birth & Babies Fair returns to The Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital in Eastern Market on Sunday, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Welcoming winter!
The winter solstice is coming on Sunday, December 21, and there are lots of great opportunities for reflection. So many ...

Super Food Cards debut! (+ giveaway)
Long before launching the new Nourish Schools Super Food Cards this past October, Katherine Sumner has been an inspiration on ...

Fall wellness recap!
This fall I've had the opportunity to attend several events at which I've learned great information on health and wellness ...

Waldorf schools host magical fall events
There may be a lot of fall festivals and holiday bazaars, but there's nothing quite like an event at a ...

Freedom for Family Wellness Summit returns to Reston this weekend
When the Freedom for Family Wellness Summit came to town in 2010, it was an impressive gathering, to say the ...

Paleo Parents release third book: Real Life Paleo (+ giveaway!)
Different diets work for different people, but there is certainly a growing interest in grain-free eating these days, especially for ...

Take Back Your Health Conference returns to Arlington in November
The local conference phenomenon known as Take Back Your Health is coming back to Arlington on November 1 and 2 ...

Kirtan performer Jai Uttal brings family-friendly experience to Arlington
To hear Takoma Park mom and strategic consultant Grace Ogden talk about attending a kirtan with Jai Uttal, one gets the impression ...

Holistic Moms Network to host Natural Living Conference
Holistic Moms Network is a cool enough group for local and online support for living holistically, but it's even more fun ...

Inspiration abounds at first National Kids Yoga Conference
A YogaKids DVD was the first television I allowed my son some seven years ago. Since then, he and his little sister ...