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DC Sierra Club Supports Eastern Downtown Protected Bike Lane
March 15, 2016
Today, the Sierra Club's Washington, DC Chapter released a letter supporting the concept of a protected bicycle lane in the Eastern Downtown/Shaw area. The bicycle lane is an integral part of the bicycle network included in the District...
DC Environmental Film Festival 2016
March 11, 2016
The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, March 15-26, is the largest and longest-running environmental film festival in the country and the largest film festival in Washington, D.C. The 24th annual Festival presents over 140...
My First SCPRO Hike
February 23, 2016
On Saturday, February 20, as a recently certified outings leader, I led my first hike with the Sierra Club Potomac Region Outings (SCPRO) group. It was a simple out-and-back hike along the C&O Canal Towpath (so no one could get lost),...
H Street streetcar will carry passengers on February 27
February 19, 2016
Excerpted from article published byby Dan Malouff on February 18, 2016 of Greater Greater Washington at: http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/29803/breaking-h-street-streetcar-will-carry-passengers-on-february-27-says-...
National Sierra Club Elections are Underway - VOTE!
February 19, 2016
A Democratic Sierra Club Demands Grassroots ParticipationThe annual election for the Club's Board of Directors is now underway.Those eligible to vote in the national Sierra Club election will receive in the mail (or by Internet if you chose the...
National Park Service Centennial
February 10, 2016
The Sierra Club is celebrating the Centennial of the National Park Service. Sierra Club kicked off our celebration in January with NPS Director Jonathan Jarvis, Michael Brune, Allison Chin, and the founders of Outdoor Afro and Latino Outdoors...
DC Sierra Outings are now on Meetup!
February 8, 2016
You can also find both DC Sierra Club Outings calendars on Meetup.com:Potomac Regional OutingsInspiring Connections OutdoorsOnce you sign up for the respective Meetup groups, you can opt into email notifications about upcoming Outings or about...
The Latest on 16th St. Bus Lanes
February 4, 2016
Excerpted from the website of the Coalition for Smarter Growth (see http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/2041/t/0/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1341580), posted February 3:Following up from the January 21 public meeting, DC officials are reviewing...
Sierra Club launches a 100% renewable energy campaign
February 1, 2016
The Sierra Club's new Ready for 100 campaign kicked off with a surprise action during the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C. held from January 21-23, with a bold challenge: to get 100 U.S. cities to commit to 100...
What the new Styrofoam ban means for DC's environment
January 22, 2016
Excerpted from http://www.wastedive.com/news/what-the-new-styrofoam-ban-means-for-dcs-environment/411737/By Kristin Musulin | January 8, 2016 On January 1, the District of Columbia said goodbye to foam coffee cups and...