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Let’s Talk Freezers! A conversation with the Freezer Challenge Sponsors

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Join our conversation with the Freezer Challenge Sponsors Wednesday, May 26th 8 AM PST/ 11 AM EST/ 4 PM BST Join My Green Lab for a free virtual event to get to know the Freezer Challenge better and to ask your pressing questions to the speakers from important lab cold storage manufacturers. This is a fun, casual event to encourage more scientists and laboratories from around the world to participate in the 2021 International Laboratory Freezer Challenge, which has been taking place this spring and ends July 1, 2021. It is not too late for additional labs to participate! The panel includes one representative from each of the following companies which help My Green Lab and the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) fund and promote the Freezer Challenge: Eppendorf, Stirling Ultracold, Thermo Fisher Scientific, PHCbi, Elemental Machines, B Medical Systems. The Freezer Challenge focuses on encouraging scientists to implement best practices with their lab refrigerators and freezers for the purpose of promoting energy efficiency, sample integrity, and sample accessibility. Here is more information about the Freezer Challenge: https://www.freezerchallenge.org/about.html We look forward to seeing you on May 26!

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Eco Evenings with DEP and OMG

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“Eco Evenings with DEP and OMG,” a series of virtual town halls open to all County residents to discuss relevant environmental topics that are important locally, will continue its successful run at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26th. Once again Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich will make opening remarks to kick off the town hall. […]

Montgomery County Releases Draft Vision Zero 2030 Action Plan & Announces Listening Sessions to Gather Community Input

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Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has released the Draft Vision Zero 2030 Action Plan and Fiscal Years 2022-23 Work Plan for public review and input. The Vision Zero 2030 Action Plan builds on the County's previous Vision Zero and Pedestrian Safety plans and lays out the work ahead to eliminate traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries by 2030. Feedback on the […]

Ask An EV Owner Zoom

Ask An EV Owner Zoom An open invitation meeting to the EVCurious public to drop in and ask questions. First Wednesday of every month at 7:30pm https://evadc.wildapricot.org/Ask On the 1st Wednesday of the every month join the Electric Vehicle Assoc of Greater Washington DC (EVADC) for our on-line Ask An EV Owner event.  Are you shopping […]

Electrifying Our Buildings: Challenges and Solutions

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The move to clean energy and renewable sources of power is driving a move to electrification in the building stock. One of the real-world challenges facing owners and managers is that in a typical building, a substantial part of a building’s load is for heating and cooling – typically provided by fossil fuels such as […]

Facts and Future of Forest Conservation in MD

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Join us for a conversation to learn more about the importance of forests in general, the impacts of forest conservation and tree canopy legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly in the 2021 session, current forest preservation and planting programs in Montgomery County, and an update regarding efforts to ensure a policy of no net […]

Stream Team Leader Training

If you love Rock Creek and want to help protect it, you can become a Stream Team Leader and be an ambassador to your community for Rock Creek and the stormwater runoff that threatens it. You must be trained as a Stream Team Leader before hosting any events with Rock Creek Conservancy. Two part training: Monday June […]

OurEnergyPolicy webinar on utility decarbonization with Con Edison CEO!

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Nine of the ten largest U.S. electric utilities have announced plans to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 or a similar commitment. These plans are a sizable reduction for a sector responsible for 25% of the United States' greenhouse gas emissions. This conversation will examine how utilities are working to meet these goals and overcome barriers […]

DC EcoWomen :June 2021 EcoHour

Join us on Tuesday, June 15th at 6:30pm for DC EcoWomen's signature EcoHour for a conversation with Carolina Powell, Primate Keeper at Smithsonian's National Zoo and Mentorship Director and founding member of the Association of Minority Zoo and Aquarium Professionals (AMZAP). ABOUT CAROLINA:  Carolina Powell is a first-generation college graduate born to Colombian parents and raised by her […]

Webinar Series: Clean Energy & Career Opportunities

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Clean Energy & Career Opportunities Series CWEEL Career Advancement Program Four-part Webinar Series: May 5, May 19th, June 2nd and June 16th This series will examine emerging initiatives and trends in technology, policy, etc. under the Biden Administration coming up in 2021 to help guide people in their prospective career moves and the opportunities that […]