Category Archives: Protests

Support us for our 6th Polar Bear Plunge to Save the Climate this Saturday!

On February 12th we’re taking the Polar Bear Plunge to Keep Winter Cold! We’re plunging in support of the work of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN). CCAN is the first grassroots, nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Their mission is to build a diverse movement powerful enough to […]
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Help Us Save Our Park

Lois asked me to share the following. I’m a little bit behind on it, so don’t waste time, please, if you want to sign the petition Greetings, I am part of the Foxhall neighborhood that is trying to save our Recreational Park in DC.The DC Councilmember, Mary Cheh, has decided to build a school on […]
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Climate March Info

  Information from the People’s Climate Movement and us about the Climate March. The best thing to do is text CLIMATE to 21333 so that you can get all the updates during the march. 11:00 AM — We line up to march. Walk, bike, Metro, or bus with your friends to the Capitol Build at […]
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Week of Action – actually Two (whoa – even more stuff is happening)

Major marches are coming up, and there will be more than a week of action here in DC, not only centered around the March for Science on April 22, the People’s Climate March (PCM) on April 29, and a May Day march for immigrant and worker rights on May 1. There will be loads of panel discussions, performances, teach-ins, […]
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Upcoming green-related events – MORE ADDED!

Green events in January 2017 We would like to note that though Green Neighbors is a non-partisan group, we are including information about protests of Trump’s inauguration because of his denial of climate change, the appointment of six key members of his cabinet who are climate-deniers or strong anti-environmentalists, and the multiple threats that this […]
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March and Rally against the Dakota Access Pipeline

HI all, We wanted to forward this email we received from Greenpeace.  The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is asking the Department of Justice to investigate the violence being exhibited towards peaceful protesters.  They will leading a march from the Department of Justice to the Washington monument, and then hold a rally this SUNDAY, beginning at […]
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