Come join us for a day filled with local art, food, and celebration of our planet! Explore various eco-friendly vendors and artists, participate in an upcycling collage workshop, and indulge in delicious locally sourced and vegan eats from our pop-up … Continue reading →

Grab your kids, some gardening gloves and your green thumb to build succulent gardens on April 21, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m at The Hotel at the University of Maryland (7777 Baltimore Ave., College Park, MD. 20740). We’ll … Continue reading →

Shoppers along the Route 1 corridor will no longer get disposable plastic bags at most stores, as a new county law went into effect this week. Continue reading →

You can legally swim in the Anacostia River for a few hours in September. Swimming has been illegal in the river since 1971 due to pollution, but infrastructure improvements and other efforts have improved water quality enough that D.C. is allowing the sanctioned swim. Continue reading →

The city will add 10 new stations with solar panels and living vegetation from Cool Green Shelters, an offshoot of the local business Living Canopies. Continue reading →

Mom’s Organic Market in College Park sells edible insects, part of a broader trend toward sustainable proteins. Continue reading →

This Earth Day, one of the best ways that residents of the Route 1 corridor can help the environment is to focus on the Anacostia River. Continue reading →