Tuesday, September 7 – DC Mayoral Candidates’ Forum on the Environment
5:30-7pm, Harriet’s Family Restaurant
436 11th St, NW
DC Environmental Network has organized a forum where you can listen and engage candidates for DC Mayor on the environmental concerns that matter most to you!
For more information and to register, click here.
Thursday, September 16 – World Water Monitoring Day
Hains Point, Washington, DC
At this day-long event for schoolkids, Anacostia Riverkeeper will present an exhibit about trash and its effects on water quality.
Friday, September 17th – Park(ing) Day 2010
DC’s local chapter of Park(ing) Day will hold a day-long event setting up temporary parks in under-utilized public spaces in the District.
For more information: http://www.parkingdaydc.org/2010/08/parking-day-2010-planning-underway/
Wednesday, September 22 – AFF Trash Summit
Anacostia Riverkeeper will attend the 5th Annual Alice Ferguson Foundation Trash Summit.
http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/trash_initiative/trash_summit.shtml
Saturday, September 25 – International Coastal Cleanup
9:00am – 2:00pm
The 25th annual International Coastal Cleanup is slated for Saturday, September 25 — with additional cleanups scheduled throughout the months of September and October. All year long, organizations and individuals across the globe take part in Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup to remove trash and debris from the world’s beaches and waterways, identify the sources of that debris, and change the behaviors that allow it to reach the ocean in the first place.
During the amazing signature event each September, hundreds of thousands of volunteers from countries all over the world spend a day picking up everything from cigarette butts and food wrappers to lost fishing nets and major appliances. Because trash travels to the ocean by way of storm drains and waterways, they don’t just work along ocean beaches; these dedicated folks slog through mud and sand along lakes, streams, and rivers, too, often working far inland.
The Ocean Conservancy, Anacostia Watershed Society, NOAA, and EPA will be in Anacostia National Park cleaning up trash.
Contact us if you’re interested – volunteers will be needed!
Saturday, September 25th – DC Clean Boating Workshop
Dottie Yunger will speak about our programs, alongside speakers on safe and clean boating.
http://www.cleanmarinadc.org/
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