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A craftsman splits a piece of slate at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall (June 24-June 28 and July 1-5). Webcasts begin June 25. festival map more pics

Spring and summer are great times to have a family or neighborhood yard or garage sale... or to be thrifty and pick up items at one. You can advertise or find one at the Post's site.

You can find a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) at localharvest.org. You chip in with money and get a weekly basket of produce.

A lot of farmers markets will be opening up around May. Some are already open now. This is a great way to buy local. Check localharvest.org

Bikes for the World will have lots of collection events over the coming months. Bikes for the World has donated more than 20,000 bicycles to ten partner agencies in eight countries, as well as to several programs serving youth and adults in the Washington DC metropolitan area.

free Summer Concerts in Bethesda May - July

The Toyota Prius has been completely redesigned, both on the exterior and under the hood. Here's an excellent comparison with the brand new, less expensive, Honda Insight hybrid.

AT&T National Golf Tournament sponsored by Tiger Woods June 29 - July 5

Screen on the Green (movies on the National Mall) has been saved, thanks to a new sponsor. Monday nights, starting July 20, through August 10, starting at sunset. (BYOP)

The End of the Line, a movie about how the oceans may be depleted of fish in just a few decades, will be screened at the World Bank on July 30. Some restaurants are already taking certain fish off the menu since the limited release of the movie started. also: Five Food Choices for a Healthy Planet Which food did the UN Food and Agriculture Organization choose as the best food to feed a world with 6 billion people?

Great Green Places: U Street from National Building Museum on Vimeo.

Here's the 2nd installment of Great Green Places from the National Building Museum.

Asian Festival in Reston Aug. 1-2

The End of the Line, a movie about how the oceans may be depleted of fish in just a few decades, opens at Landmark E-Street in Alexandria Aug. 14.

Maryland Renaissance Festival starts Aug. 29

Global Mala Yoga for Peace events will be planned nationwide for Sept. 19 or 20; see globalmala.org for details as they become available.

Silver Spring Jazz Festival Sept. 12

Burke Centre Fall Festival Sept. 12-13

Takoma Park Folk Festival Sept. 13

Adams Morgan Day Festival Sept. 13

PICNIC 09 highlights creativity and innovation, particularly in media, entertainment and technology. (in Amsterdam) Sept. 23-25 (See a previous runner up: a solar panel that attaches to a windowsill - Veranda Solar.)

Brita Climate Ride travels from New York City to Washington, DC Sept. 26-30

Art on the Avenue Alexandria, VA Oct. 3

Solar Tour of Homes Oct. 3-4

Green Festival Oct. 10-11 (Watch video of last year's speakers at greenfestivals.org/tv.)

Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in October. VA Tech will be among the schools competing. Most of the teams need financial support to be competitive. You can find out how to support a team on their website. Oct. 9-13 and 15-18 (photos from the 2005 Decathlon photos from the 2007 Decathlon)

Fawna Xiao of the University of Maryland is ready for the next round of visitors at the 2007 Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The Maryland team took second place in the architecture portion of the competition. (Credit: Kaye Evans-Lutterodt/Solar Decathlon)

Microsoft Windows 7, the replacement for Vista goes on sale October 22. Some PC manufactures may be selling PCs with Vista, with coupons for a free upgrade to Windows 7, before October 22.

International Day of Climate Action Oct. 24

Election Day Nov. 3

Al Gore has a follow up book to An Inconvenient Truth scheduled for release in November. It's called Our Choice, and will be published by Rodale Books.

for more events, please check:

Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment

bethesdagreen.org

Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) events

Going Green At Home from the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission

CarbonfreeDC events

Northern Virginia Green Drinks

find a local Sierra Club chapter

Potomac Conservancy events