Earth Day Interview: Richard Jackson, Head of the D.C. Department of Energy and Environment   
• April 12, 2023

As Earth Day, April 22 is just around the corner, we chatted with the city’s agency head most responsible for environmental protection in the District, Richard Jackson, interim director of […]

Tudor Tots: How Do We Help the Earth?
• February 9, 2023

Earth Day is April 22nd, but it’s never too late for our Tots to show their appreciation for the planet. There will be outside activities for young learners, aged 18 […]

Weekend Round Up, April 21 – 24
• April 21, 2022

This weekend is full of lots of things to do, including Saturday’s Georgetown House Tour, FilmFestDC and a celebration of Atlas Performing Arts Center’s anniversary. We also have a special […]

50 Ways to Go Green
• April 14, 2021

By Susan Bodiker, Christopher Jones and Kate Oczypok It’s not your imagination — the weather is more unpredictable. Our climate is changing. “There’s no Planet B” is the environmental movement’s […]

People Power! Citizen Scientists and the Smithsonian
• April 9, 2021

As we lead up to Earth Day, meet Smithsonian researchers and volunteers involved in two citizen science projects. eMammal uses motion-activated game cameras to understand and track the diversity of […]

Coming Up in Our April 14 Issue …
• April 8, 2021

In The Georgetowner’s next print issue, you can read up on the global and local impact of climate change and learn what you can do to live more sustainably.

Virtual Earth Day Event
• April 2, 2021

Virtual Earth Day Event Thursday, April 22, 2021, 1:30-2 p.m. Celebrate Earth Day and join Jessica Bonilla, director of horticulture, for a virtual tour of Hillwood’s conservation efforts. www.HillwoodMuseum.org  4155 […]

National Museum of the American Indian Celebrates Earth Day With Its Annual Living Earth Festival
• March 26, 2021

Online Festival Features Native American Business Representatives, Films and Youth Leaders on Sustainability and Innovation in Indigenous Agriculture In celebration of Earth Day, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian […]

Taking Earth Day to Heart
• April 22, 2020

The spring, the summer, The childing autumn, angry winter, change Their wonted liveries, and the mazèd world, By their increase, now knows not which is which — “A Midsummer Night’s […]

Earth Day Is the Earth’s Day, All Around Us
• April 22, 2019

Especially in this April time, walk the neighborhoods, go to the zoo, sit on a park bench, march on the trails in the city parks and forests, where light mixes with dark.