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.

Living Earth Festival 2019: Farm to Table: Sustaining Our Future through Indigenous Knowledge

April 15, 2019

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is hosting its annual Living Earth Festival April 26–28 at its museum in Washington, D.C. Living Earth brings together Native innovators and practitioners […]

Opening event: Living Earth Festival 2019


The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is hosting its annual Living Earth Festival April 26–28 at its museum in Washington, D.C. Living Earth brings together Native innovators and practitioners […]

Weekend Round Up April 19, 2018

April 19, 2018

Filmfest DC gets rolling Thursday, April 19, screening 80 films from 45 countries through Sunday, April 29. And it’s a big weekend at the Folger, which will bring “The Winter’s Tale” to a close and celebrate the Bard’s birthday Sunday.