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Suitland Parkway Volunteer Day

2401 Alabama Avenue Southeast Washington, DC 20020 2401 Alabama Avenue Southeast, Washington

Give back to the earth, exercise your body, spend time in nature and meet cool people with the Ward 8 Woods Conservancy. Known as a busy commuter route between central Washington to its eastern suburbs, the parkway is also a nature preserve, flanked on each side by over 300 acres...

Shepherd Parkway Community Clean-Up

555 Newcomb Street Southeast Washington, DC 20032 555 Newcomb Street Southeast, Washington

Give back to the earth, exercise your body, spend time in nature and meet cool people with the Ward 8 Woods Conservancy. Shepherd Parkway is the largest wooded area in Ward 8 at 197 acres, covering steep hillsides that separate Congress Heights and Bellevue from I-295. The parkway's rugged topography...

Virginia: Join a Cleanup!

Various locations

If you are interested in joining a Virginia Waterways Cleanup, please scroll through the list in the link and find one near you! Please be sure to contact the organizer to signup and get instructions on meeting place, what to bring, times, etc. https://www.cleanvirginiawaterways.org/join-a-cleanup  

Nurture & Nature Series w/ Pride Outside

Rock Creek Park Washington

Join Pride Outside & LO DMV's Nurture & Nature Series by celebrating community through the outdoors! Join Pride Outside and Latino Outdoors in Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and Latino Conservation week for the ParkVentures Nurture & Nature series. We'll gather at picnic tables and kick off with a wellbeing workshop,...

Free

DC Metro Area VoiCeS Class

Washington DC

Event Details This intensive multi-week program is held on six consecutive Wednesday evenings from 6:00-8:00 p.m., running from October 2 to November 6, 2024. Participants are expected to attend at least five of the six sessions. REGISTRATION REQUIRED Registration deadline: September 27, 2024 Join us for CBF's adult education program, Volunteers...

$20

Dam It: Partnering With Beavers to Restore the Planet

Virtual

Can we learn to embrace the much-maligned beaver? In his book "Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter," environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern conception of a healthy ecosystem is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once eliminated millions of beavers from North...