Please sign the petition to hold Apple acountable to workers in factories in China.
Keep up with changing traffic
patterns on the Virginia Beltway.
Many farmers'
markets have closed for the winter. But a few are open year round,
including some of the FRESHFARM Markets
and the Arlington
Farmers' Market . You can search for more markets at localharvest.org
Here's quick links to the Presidential
candidates' sites.
2012 - the year of helping others
resolution
ideas:
Go vegetarian or vegan.
Switch to clean electric power.
Start a simple living program.
Washington Auto Show
Jan. 25 - Feb. 5
Toyota
will introduce another variant of the Prius, the Prius c, in 2012. It's
lighter, more efficient, and less expensive than the regular Prius. The
EPA rating is 53 city/46 highway. (photo credit - Toyota)
other
Earth friendly cars that are new or upcoming:
Prius Plug-in Hybrid
electric
version of the Ford Focus video
Mitsubishi MiEV You can see
the rollout schedule on their FAQ
page .
Toyota will sell an electric version of the RAV4
to the general public.
Watch "Revenge of the Electric Car" .
VIDEO
Stuff the Bus food drives in Fairfax County - Feb. 4, 11, and 18
The deadline for signing up to participate in World Book Night is Feb. 6. They're giving away a million free books (including ones like I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ) and they need volunteers.
DC Fashion Week Feb. 20 -26
Capital
Home and Garden Show Feb. 24 -26
Fairfax
County Electric Sunday electronics recycling event for county residents Feb. 26
DC Independent Film Festival Feb. 29
- Mar. 4
Washington Home and
Ggarden Show Mar. 9 - 11
DC Environmental
Filmfest Mar. 13 -25
Gaithersburg Book Festival
May 19
Yoga on the Mall May 19
(tentative date)
National Cherry
Blossom Festival Mar. 20 Apr. 27
You can
order
your own Yoshino cherry tree(s) to plant in your yard.
National
Cherry Blossom Festival Parade Apr. 14
Sakura
Matsuri Japanese Street Festival Apr. 14
Filmfest
DC April 12-22
VIDEO
Earth Day April 22 Here's
highlights from Earth Day 2010.
World Book Night Apr. 23
Do Good Summit presented by Think Local First, for entrepreneurs May 11-12
for
more events and resources, please check:
thinklocalfirstdc.com
livegreen.net
Arlingtonians
for a Clean Environment
bethesdagreen.org
Weatherize
DC
Chesapeake
Climate Action Network (CCAN) events
Find
a
local Sierra Club chapter.
Washington DC Fair Trade
Network
Potomac
Conservancy
events
