Category Archives: events

BECAUSE. EARTH. PARTY. Sat the 29th, 2-5:30 pm. Petworth.

HI all, It’s back on!!! After being potsponed last week due to rain, it’s on this Saturday, 2 – 5:30 pm, during the Petworth Porchfest (2 bands on my porch! 2 bands across the street!) Co-host is Max Broad. What in the world does B.E.P. mean? 1 pm – backyard party begins (right around the […]
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LIGHT OUTS, DC – March 25th – for one hour.

Green Neighbors DC has joined as a supporter of International Dark Sky Association’s planned event – Lights Out Hour DC. It’ll be on the evening of March 25th, from 8:30-9:30 pm. As International Dark Sky Association says – “We believe that it’s high time that DC participated.  We want to see this Capital city join […]
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How to get Solar from the City

GREEN NEIGHBORS DC PRESENTS….. EMAIL GREENNEIGHBORSDC@GMAIL.COM for the zoom link! More info: DOEE Partners with Organizations to Install Solar Panels for DC Residents The DC Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) is partnering with local organizations to install solar on single-family homes and develop community solar projects for renters. Through a partnership with the DC […]
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Celebrate the Sweeter and Woodier Sides of Fall

Cider and Woodworking Workshop!! DC Tool Library Pavilion, Twin Oaks Community Garden, 1380 Taylor St NW, 1 – 3 pm. Hello all! Let out your frustration (or relief) about politics by pressing cider with one of our two cider mills. We’ll have apples, but feel free to bring your own. (We’ll clean down the machine […]
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Fall/Winter Garden Prep, Sat 2-3:30, at 1380 Taylor St NW

Come join us this Saturday, 2 – 3:30 pm, for a workshop on how to prep your garden for fall & winter, led by Carol Herwig, a long-time Petworth area landscaper and arborist. It’ll be at under the covered pavilion of DC’s newly jumpstarted Tool Library, in the Twin Oaks Community Garden, 1380 Taylor ST […]
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A Joint Fall Happy Hour – GNDC/DC Tool Library, Friday, 5:30 – on, at the Coupe!

Green Neighbors DC and the Tool Library volunteers are having a joint Fall Happy Hour at The Coupe at 3415 11th St. NW from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. Come meet new and familiar faces over drinks and bites. Feel free to bring others! See you there!

We’re Going to the Fair! The DC State Fair, this Sunday the 11th.

Green Neighbors DC will be having a booth at the DC State Fair, on the Saint Elizabeth campus in Anacostia this Sunday! 10 am to 5 pm. There will be 8000 – 10000 attendees!! Yowzer. Where: Gateway DC at Saint Elizabeth’s East (Google map to entrance), and our spot is D1, as shown here: MAP When: […]
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Sharing Best Practices

Yesterday (June 30, 2022), Annette Olson, Catherine Sen, and David Schwartzman of Green Neighbors DC (GNDC) had the privilege of meeting with a delegation of Brazilian environmentalists, journalists, civic authorities, and members of the Indigenous Youth Leadership Program (IYLP) in a zoom hosted by the Meridian International Center/ Department of State.  The group, organized by Maddie Orange […]
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GNDC Tours the Anacostia River by Boat – Spots Open – July 22nd and Aug 12th!

UPDATE: Both boats are full – but we are starting a waiting list for July 22nd (Friday’s) – we think we can also squeeze in 2 more people. August’s tour is now full with a waiting lists. —– Pick a Date!: Tour 1: Friday, July 22nd at 2-4 PM for 18 people    Tour 2: Friday, August 12th at […]
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Our first Tool Library How-to-Use-the-Tools Workshop! Saturday 10 AM – 12 PM

So there’s not much to add to this photo, except that here are some of the tools we will show people how to use: table saw, miter saws and circular saws, and sawzall sanders, powerdrills, and impacters weedwhackers, posthole diggers, and scufflehoes soil test kits and compost bucket designs pressure washers (!) solar oven (!) […]
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