The Monroe Technology Center in Leesburg is holding its fall plant sale this week! I am a failure as a gardener, but the plants I bought at MTC’s spring plant sale held up better than the rest of my attempts. I have found the students, staff and volunteers working past plant sales to be courteous and […]
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Woodend Sanctuary 8940 Jones Mill Road Chevy Chase, MD 20815 301−652−9188 We love the Audubon Nature Fair, and look forward to attending each year. We picnic with friends, shop for gifts for upcoming events, meet bee keepers, learn about invasive species, find little creatures in the pond, make cardboard binoculars, enjoy performances geared at both […]
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Valerie Cook of Better Choices, a vendor participating in Earth Day @ Loudoun 2009, asked me to pass the following announcement along: EarthDay@Loudoun 2009 Family Festival will be held on Sunday, April 26th from 11–3 at the Willow Creek Farm by Clyde’s, 42920 Broadlands Blvd. Vendors will be offering green services and goods. Local artists will […]
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We visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium on our recent trip to California and were introduced to the Sea Food Watch program there. The program seeks to educate little and grown folks alike about the environmental impacts of our fish choices through their interactive exhibit and website. Sea Food Watch also offers a well-researched and regularly […]
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Happy belated Thanksgiving! We snagged a great book from the library recently! In A Plump and Perky Turkey (written by Teresa Bateman and illustrated by Jeff Shelley) the turkeys all skip town before Thanksgiving and the town-folks try to trick them back, but (after pages of engaging illustrations and rhymes that please me) they end […]
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If you’re looking for a way to simplify your hunt for local foods in Virginia, you’ll want to check out the buylocalvirginia.org site created by the Piedmont Environmental Council of Charlottesville, VA. The site contains a wealth of information, including: why it is a good idea to buy local events and news concerning the local food scene a searchable database […]
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GreenerLoudoun is a blog for all you local folks interested in greening your lives. It covers a wide range of topics — from information on reuse and recycling, to how our choices affect local wildlife, to educational events suitable for children. The blog is interspersed with fascinating photographs, as well. Have a look!
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Small Change 1629 Washington Plaza Lake Anne Village Center Reston, VA 20190 (map it) (703) 437‑7730 Hours: Tuesday — Saturday, 10 — 5 There’s nothing like a used children’s shop right next to a used book store to draw folks like us! I love visiting Lake Anne and recently shopped at Small Change. I walked in and found exactly […]
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