The Capitol Power Plant (CPP) continues to periodically burn coal though it has been outfitted to burn natural gas. While coal is a dirty ...

DC Mayor Vincent Gray is set to sign the Sustainable DC Act of 2012 on Wednesday, January 16 th , 2013 at 10:00 am. The specific lo...

St. Jude's Ranch for Children will take your holiday ...or other occasion cards ..and make new ones out of them. You can also purchase ...

According to DC DPW residents should place  trees on the curb/alley along with their normal waste and recycling beginning December 31st. ...

While there's nothing most of us can do to keep us from going off the Fiscal Cliff, you can make some green resolutions for 2013.  You...

Support recycling...and reuse all those yogurt containers you've recycled through the years by giving Preserve Products to your favori...

Well, 'tis the season, so over the next weeks, I'll provide some green gift ideas.  Now that Mayor Gray has declared Uturns across...

It's winter, it's dry, and my skin starts to resemble something between fish scales and chicken skin. It's not pretty, and I hav...

OK, I've done it! I'm a recent convert to the No Poo Shampoo Movement!  I read Beth Terry's book Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the ...

At the DC GreenFest a couple of weeks ago, I came across the Dr. Bronner's booth. A long time favorite, that is both FairTrade and USDA ...

If you're like me, you can't wait until the election is over.  The ads are enough to drive anyone nuts, and in the District, we'...

Yoohooo out there….you may have stopped by the DC Sustainable Energy Utility (the DC SEU) at the DC GreenFest.   They just received a $17M ...

On a recent foray to Whole Foods, I spied a stainless steel tiffin.  Tiffins, also known as dabbas or bentos, are stackable lunch kits. At ...

I liked this book as it put CO2 emissions in terms that translate to my life...and makes me think about things from a new perspective.  Su...

One of the blogs I followed it Beth Terry's " Plastic Free Life ". It's a great blog, that is informative, humorous, and...

I love the solar tubes that I have in my house....but as I've tried to keep my electricity bill under control this summer, I have noti...

It's baaaaack!  Yes, after a wonderful weekend reprieve from the high temps, the DC forecast says the high will be 100 degrees on Mond...

Minimize the use of your clothes dryer and other large machines that generate heat to a minimum. In addition to generating heat, every drye...

Studies show that 10-30% of cooling and heating bills is due to leakages around windows and doors.  Window shades and blinds can reduce th...