One Montgomery Green

2021 LATINO CONSERVATION WEEK EVENTS: Bird Fest at Patuxent Refuge
2021-07-17 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | National Wildlife Visitor Center at Patuxent Research Refuge, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD, 20708, United States
Join us for a morning filled with activities, art, and crafts about migratory birds!
Many family activities:
• Discover how wings work
• Bird Art and Crafts
• Learn to identify birds
• Bird Hurdles Obstacle Course
• Bonus 9am Early ‘bird’ walk (pre-register)

¡Si se Puede!- Caminata familiar por la Naturaleza / Nature Walk
2021-07-17 09:00 - 11:30
Únase a ANS ,CHEER , Friends of Sligo Creek, One Montgomery Green, Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection, y Montgomery Parks en una emocionante caminata familiar por la naturaleza en el sendero del arroyo de Long Branch durante el inicio de la Semana de la Conservación Latina (Latino Conservation Week). Nos reuniremos en el centro comunitario/ piscina de Long Branch y luego cruzaremos Piney Branch Rd y continuaremos la caminata por la naturaleza a lo largo del sendero del arroyo de Long Branch. Después regresaremos al parque de Long Branch-Garland Neighborhood y donde su familia puede visitar las mesas de nuestros socios comunitarios y participar en sus actividades.

Join ANS ,CHEER , Friends of Sligo Creek, One Montgomery Green, Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection, and Montgomery Parks, for a morning of fun and learning along Long Branch! We’ll take a family-friendly nature walk along the Creek to celebrate the start of Latino Conservation Week. We will meet at the Long Branch Community center/pool area then cross over Piney Branch Rd and walk along the Long Branch stream trail. Following the nature walk, We’ll return to Long Branch-Garland Neighborhood Park where your family can visit with project partners and participate in different educational activities.

Para más información visite / for more information visit: http://conservationblog.anshome.org/si-se-puede/

Maryland Climate Matters -- Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay
2021-07-14 18:30 - 20:00 | virtual
Wednesday, July 14th, we’re thrilled to be hosting our second Maryland Climate Matters panel with Governor Martin O’Malley. The panel will focus on the threat Climate Change poses to our state’s natural resources — specifically the Chesapeake — and what YOU can do to protect the Bay.

Bringing Offshore Wind to Market
2021-07-14 12:00 - 13:00 | virtual
At the OurEnergyPolicy event in December 2019, panelists discussed “New York’s Emerging Offshore Wind Market”. In the ensuing 18 months, momentum has gathered behind proposed projects up and down the Atlantic Coast (including the Vineyard Wind project, which has received its key federal approval). Almost 8GW of offshore projects already have been awarded under State contracts and more are in the pipeline. The Biden administration and certain state governments have recently announced efforts to open lease areas off the West Coast and the Gulf Coast along with the expansion of the lease areas in the Northeast. While siting and permitting matters remain as major hurdles that projects need to clear (especially for projects off the California Coast), the industry is increasingly focusing on the supply, logistics, installation, servicing, financing, and associated economics that need to be tackled in order to bring projects to market. Supply and services contracts are moving forward for equipment and services such as turbines and maritime services. This conversation will discuss the opportunities and challenges that are unique to bringing offshore wind projects to market in the Northeast in the near term and other coastal areas in the medium term.
Opening Remarks By: Congressman Jerry McNerney (D-CA-9)
Featuring: Samantha Buechner Director, Renewable Energy & Environmental Finance Wells Fargo João Metelo Clean Energy Leader and Chief Executive Former CEO, Principle Power Will Roberts President Foss Maritime Company
Moderated By: Benjamin Huffman, Partner SheppardMullin

Summer in the Parks
2021-07-09 17:00 - 20:00 | fort circle parks, South Dakota Ave NE & Gallatin St NE Washington, DC, 20017
Join Rock Creek Park and Rock Creek Conservancy for Thursday evening Summer in the Parks events in July at Fort Circle Parks in NE DC. Music from DJ Lance Reynolds and themed activities for each night will bring the Rock Creek community together to celebrate our urban oasis and #RecreateResponsibly in our parks.
Register here!
Registration is not required to participate in this event, but will ensure you receive updates and reminders.

EcoWomen Washington D.C 2021 - 2022 Board Recruitment
2021-07-09
Thank you for your interest in the DC EcoWomen board! Whether you attended our virtual Q&A or not, please take a moment to complete this form before July 9th, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
We will be in touch to schedule follow-up interviews with committees and vice-chairs. All board vacancies will be filled by July 29th, 2021. Please be patient as we conduct our review process and we will respond to all applicants as soon as possible.

OurEnergyPolicy Webinars
2021-06-30 12:00 - 13:30
Many people have predicted that carbon capture will play a key role in meeting emissions-reductions goals set forth by the Paris Climate Agreement. Others have been skeptical about the technology and economics around CCUS. Join us for a conversation science, financial and policy issues involved in whether CCUS may soon become important in hard-to-decarbonize sectors such as manufacturing and heavy industry. Co-hosted By: Amanda Eversole Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer American Petroleum Institute Moderated by: William Lese Managing Partner, Braemar Energy Ventures Featuring: Lee Beck International Director, Carbon Capture Clean Air Task Force Ryan Edwards Low Carbon Policy Advisor
-Wed, June 30, 12 pm: The Long-Awaited Promise of Carbon Capture, co-hosted by American Petroleum Institute

DOE Better Buildings: What's Hot with Heat Pumps?
2021-06-29 15:00 - 16:00
Interested in heat pumps but not sure what to do next?

Join this webinar for an overview of heat pump technologies and a discussion of current state policies surrounding them. Speakers will examine how those policies are designed to help consumers and small businesses maximize market opportunities for cost savings, energy efficiency, grid benefits, and cleaner air. A discussion and Q&A will follow.

You can register here:

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8092214679880743693?source=bbsc-W4

OurEnergyPolicy Webinars
2021-06-29 12:30 - 14:00
Our partner, OurEnergyPolicy, will be holding webinars with two members of Congress – Senator Edward J. Markey and Congressman Dan Crenshaw – on #infrastructure, #cybersecurity, the #energytransition, and #carboncapture #CCUS, with co-host Broadscale for Tuesday, June 29, and co-host The American Petroleum Institute for Wednesday, June 30.
-Tues, June 29, 12:30 pm: The State of the Energy Transition, co-hosted by Broadscale.

OurEnergyPolicy Webinars
2021-06-29 11:00 - 12:30
Our partner, OurEnergyPolicy, will be holding webinars with two members of Congress – Senator Edward J. Markey and Congressman Dan Crenshaw – on #infrastructure, #cybersecurity, the #energytransition, and #carboncapture #CCUS, with co-host Broadscale for Tuesday, June 29, and co-host The American Petroleum Institute for Wednesday, June 30.

Montgomery County (Moco) Green Futures Career Event
2021-06-28 10:00 - 12:00 | virtual
In this webinar, you will hear from speakers in various green jobs about their career journey. Speakers will talk about their current roles and how they entered the field. The session is geared towards high school students to learn from experts in the field.
Background:
There is an opportunity to achieve three of the vision statements in making Montgomery County more equitable and inclusive – a thriving county for youth and families, a growing economy, and greener county, by implementing a green career pathways event. In order to meet the challenges posed by climate change, we will need a trained workforce to work in the emerging industries that address the challenges and provide innovative new solutions.
Developed by Evolve Green and Mansa Colabs, MoCo Green Futures is a green jobs awareness fair that provides youth and adults an immersive experience into the opportunities that are ahead in this burgeoning sector. By bringing the jobs, skills and practitioners under one roof in Montgomery County, we will inspire and connect a diverse set of young people to the jobs of the present and support the infrastructure of the future.
MoCo Green Futures partners include Leaders In Energy, Waterford Inc., and Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection.

OMG 2021 Gala - In Person / Virtual Hybrid
2021-06-24 16:00 - 20:30 | Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD, 20902, United States
To find out more, visit:
https://onemontgomerygreen.org/index.php/gala-2021/
and to purchase tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-gala-2021-hybrid-tickets-158506498203

USGBC MD, NCR, & VA Present: Local Government Leadership Panel
2021-06-24 10:00 - 12:00 | virtual
With many powerful competing interests operating at the national and state level, the past decade has shown that innovation in green building policy has often occurred at the local level of government. Across DC, Maryland and Virginia local policymakers, advocates and building industry stakeholders are working more closely than ever to find creative, economically viable solutions for meeting energy and climate goals in an equitable fashion. As more and more elected officials across the region make ambitious climate, energy and equity commitments at the local level, the challenges of funding programs and changing the status quo becomes more apparent.
From green building codes and LEED incentives to benchmarking regulations to climate action plans, DC, Maryland and Virginia local governments have successfully implemented some of the most progressive sustainability agendas in the country. This leadership panel will feature local government leaders from cities and counties across DC-MD-VA region who will discuss their experiences in crafting and implementing some of the most aggressive building codes, policies and incentive programs in the nation.

Speakers:

Adriana Hochberg, Assistant Chief Operating Officer, Montgomery County, MD Government
Casey Studhalter, Program Analyst, DC department of Energy and Environment
Louisa Rettew, Project Engineer, Baltimore County
Nell Boyle, Sustainability/Outreach Coordinator, City of Roanoke, VA
Moderator: Cliff Majersik, Senior Advisor, Policy and Programs, Institute for Market Transformation

Join the Circular Economy Working Group to take on microplastics!
2021-06-23 18:00 - 19:00
The next Circular Economy Working Group meeting will focus on the issue of microplastics with a presentation from Beth Gingold. Beth is the founder of Recycle Leaders, where she has worked on waste reduction with hundreds of custodians, teachers, students, parents, and community partners in more than 100 public and 30 public charter schools.
She invites you and any educators or high school students you know to join the pilot “EveryWear Counts” action research course this Plastic Free July, a partnership with Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS) designed to catalyze action on microplastic pollution from laundry.
Learn more about our speaker and our Circular Economy Working Group here.

VIRTUAL EVENT: Summer in the Parks: A Legacy of Parks and People
2021-06-23 17:30 - 19:00 | virtual
From 1968 until 1976, the National Park Service ran a popular public program series known as Summer in the Parks. Designed primarily to bring underserved African American youth and other diverse audiences into DC’s parklands, Summer in the Parks was free and occurred at sites around the city.
Join us for a virtual conversation exploring these programs. The event will feature a conversation with Noel López, Regional Cultural Anthropologist for NPS; Gregory “Sugar Bear” Elliott, a go-go performer and iconic DC musician; and Charles Stephenson, who was involved in the events. The conversation will be moderated by Kym Elder, Program Manager for Civil War Defenses of Washington with NPS

LGBTQ+ Pride in the Outdoors: Virtual Solidarity Event & Sierra Film Club Panel
2021-06-22 19:00 - 20:30 | virtual
Celebrating the LGBTQ+ and environmental movements, recognizing its leaders, and exploring the important relationship between the LGBTQ+ community and nature!
In solidarity with the Pride in the Outside Solidarity Event, the Sierra Film Club will move its panel discussion to 6/22 at 7 PM and will feature the film
VENTURE OUT!
Venture out is a 2020 short documentary about The Venture Out Project (TVOP). TVOP was founded by Perry Cohen to bring LGBTQ folks together outdoors on wilderness trips. Sierra Club and our LGBTQ community will highlight the healing quality of nature and vital community bonds that are forged in the great outdoors. Stay tuned as we finalize our discussion panel

Powered from Above: A Solstice Seminar for Congregations in Montgomery County
2021-06-21 12:00 - 13:30 | virtual
Monday, June 21st at noon
Since the fall day twelve years ago when a young priest climbed up to the roof of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church to bless their solar panels, “our newest stained-glass windows,” while the choir sang from the parking lot below, over a hundred faith communities in our region have taken climate action by shifting their sanctuaries to solar power. Now, Montgomery County Green Bank is offering a new solar financing product that makes it easier for solar developers to arrange no-money-down solar projects for Montgomery County congregations and organizations. Since the program’s launch in February, the Green Bank has been working with a half dozen faith-based institutions to explore financing solar projects with no out-of-pocket cost to them.
At noon on the longest day of the year, join Interfaith Power & Light and the Montgomery County Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (MCFACS) to explore what the power of sunlight could do for your community: we’ll learn about solar financing for non-profits, hear testimonials from congregations that are powering their buildings with energy “from above,” and receive an invitation from the Montgomery County Green Bank to explore or re-explore a fully financed solar project for our own buildings. Please invite the financial and operations decision-makers from your congregations to join us, too!
Register at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuce2przsiHdTvvL6yE218vawQTMLQerxQ

Bethesda Weed Warriors
2021-06-18 15:00 - 17:00 | 7700 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Get outside this summer and help us pull some weeds! Bethesda Green and Bethesda Urban Partnership are working together to keep downtown Bethesda beautiful, and we need your help. Join us to pull weeds from sidewalks and tree boxes all throughout Bethesda. No prior knowledge needed – team leaders will help distinguish between weeds and wanted plants! Participants will be provided with tools, water, and lunch. SSL hours available for students.Register for one (or more!) of the following sessions
Friday, June 18th, 3pm-5pm
Saturday, July 17th, 10am-12pm
Friday August 20th, 3pm-5pm
Saturday September 18th, 10am-12pm
Meet at Bethesda Urban Partnership Inc (7700 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA).

June 2021 Conservation Café: Take Action with ANS Advocates
2021-06-17 19:00 - 20:00 | virtual
Thursday, June 17, at 7 pm, please join me and Ari Eisenstadt, our DC Conservation Advocate, for a virtual evening all about advocacy! We will share news and updates on what we’re working on now all around the DC region, in Northern Virginia, central Maryland, and Washington, DC. There’s a lot going on. We’ll make sure you not only understand the basics of each issue, but know how you can join us to take action and make your voice heard right away:
Getting plastic bottle pollution out of DC’s waterways
Making sure Washington, DC’s major energy utilities actually help meet the District’s Clean Energy DC Plan
Fighting irresponsible, climate-harming expansions of the Beltway & I-270
Getting redevelopment of Rt. 1 Right in Fairfax County
Protecting Fairfax’s drinking water and remaining agricultural lands
How ANS is approaching our region’s housing crisis in alignment with our sustainable land use priorities.
You’ll have opportunities to take real, impactful action right there during the Café, and learn how you can use your voice to support conservation priorities around the region. Join us!
There will be plenty of time for audience questions, too!

Climate Finance Working Group Meeting
2021-06-17 17:00 - 18:00 | virtual
The next Climate Finance Working Group Meeting is on June 17th from 5 to 6 pm EDT where we will be discussing the topic of ‘ESG Reporting and Ratings’. Our guest speaker is Eugene Okun. He is the founder of SuscoScore, a ratings agency providing combined financial & ESG reports, ratings, and scores for global publicly traded companies and savvy business investors.
To sign-up for the meeting, register here. Marty Silber, Leaders in Energy, is the Chair of the Climate Finance Working Group. For any further questions, he can be contacted at msilber@ecoitnow.com.
The purpose of the group is to further collaborate on opportunities to develop financing frameworks, tools, and platforms focused on increasing investment in renewable energy and sustainability to the Mid-Atlantic region.
Learn more about our Climate/Green Finance Program here.

Maryland Climate Matters: A Moral Imperative
2021-06-16 19:00 - 20:00 | virtual
We are excited to announce the launch of our new series “Maryland Climate Matters.” The first event, “A Moral Imperative,” hosted at Greater Mt. Nebo AME Church on June 16th, will examine how Maryland’s faith based communities are embracing the climate challenge, and will feature leaders from across our state, including AME Second District Bishop James Davis, and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.
Join us in person on Wednesday, June 16 at 7:00pm at Greater Mt. Nebo AME Church – 1001 Old Mitchellville Rd, Bowie, MD 20716, or tune in on Facebook Live.

Stream Team Leader Training
2021-06-16 17:00 - 18:30, 2021-06-14 17:00 - 18:30
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 14th AND Wednesday June 16th, 5-6:30 PM [register here]

You can invite friends, neighbors, schools, scout troops, and community groups to join at any time, and we encourage you to work with groups with an interest in Rock Creek. These trainings will also prepare you to be a site leader for our annual Extreme Cleanup event!
Stream Team Leaders are community ambassadors who support a healthy Rock Creek by engaging their communities in stormwater mitigation and park restoration. As a Stream Team Leader, you are responsible for:

Organizing at least two cleanup events per year
Visiting your stretch of stream or designated patch of watershed regularly to observe changes
Notifying RCC (and the appropriate authorities) of any issues observed
Conducting outreach; presenting at two or more community functions or hosting community education events
Reporting activities, data, and volunteer service hours to Rock Creek Conservancy

Webinar Series: Clean Energy & Career Opportunities
2021-06-16 15:30 - 16:30 | virtual
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 may be provided in the future.
• Session 4, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 3:30 – 4:30 pm
How to take advantage of these opportunities and trends to advance in your career
Moderator, Janine Finnell, Leaders in Energy
Speakers, Dr. Beth Offenbacker, Instructor of Green Career program and Nathalie Osborn, Chief Energizer and Founder of her consulting firm on Positively Powered Leadership.

Register: Click Here

DC EcoWomen :June 2021 EcoHour
2021-06-15 18:30 - 19:30
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 single mother. Growing up, Carolina witnessed the hardships her mother went through and was always given the same advice: “Go to school so you can be successful and don’t have to endure what we are now.”
Because of this, she was conflicted when she decided to change her career aspirations from veterinarian to zookeeper. The journey to becoming a keeper was difficult and often filled with doubt. However, she was given her “big break” when she was offered a position at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore in 2014.
Including her time as an intern, Carolina has been in the zoological field for eight years and currently works as a primate keeper at Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Throughout her career, she has worked with a variety of species ranging from goats and cows to lemurs, chimpanzees, leopards, gorillas, and orangutans. As a keeper, Carolina is in charge of record keeping, medicating, training, and basic animal husbandry such as feeding and cleaning. One of her favorite parts of her job is getting to train animals to participate in their own medical care. Behaviors like voluntary injections, ultrasound, and blood draws are all extremely important to monitoring the health of these animals.
Carolina is also passionate about helping individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups get into the field and was thrilled when she was approached by curator, Craig Saffoe, to join him as a founding member of the Association of Minority Zoo and Aquarium Professionals (AMZAP). Since its inception, Carolina has taken on the role of Director of Mentorship, where she focuses on helping aspiring zoo and aquarium professionals get matched with mentors currently within the field.
*Please note: DC EcoWomen EcoHours are open to women and those who identify as women, including members of the LGBTQ community and gender fluid individuals.

OurEnergyPolicy webinar on utility decarbonization with Con Edison CEO!
2021-06-15 12:00 - 13:00 | virtual
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 to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future.
Co-hosted By: USGRDCO Featuring: Timothy P. Cawley President and Chief Executive Officer Con Edison Julie Tighe President New York League of Conservation Voters

Facts and Future of Forest Conservation in MD
2021-06-09 19:00 - 20:30 | virtual
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 loss of forest in Montgomery County. There will be time for questions and answers after the presentation.

Panelists include :
Sarah Anderson, Director of Career Pathways, American Forests
Ben Alexandro, Water Program Director, Maryland League of Conservation Voters
KristIn Taddei, Forest Conservation Planner Coordinator, Montgomery County Planning Department
Denisse Guitarra, MD Conservation Advocate, Audubon Naturalist Society

Electrifying Our Buildings: Challenges and Solutions
2021-06-08 15:00 - 16:00 | virtual
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 natural gas. Building owners are struggling to find solutions that meet their needs and are cost-effective. This panel discussion will explore options available today and different approaches to meet carbon goals, featuring building owners and design teams that are leading the market to achieve electrification goals. Speakers: Paul Donohoo-Vallet, DOE; Christos Chrysiliou, Los Angeles Unified School District; Kent Peterson, P2S Inc

Ask An EV Owner Zoom
2021-06-02 19:30 - 20:30
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 for an EV? Do you have questions about your new EV? Or are you just curious about EVs? If you can answer yes to any of these questions then this event is for you.

Montgomery County Releases Draft Vision Zero 2030 Action Plan & Announces Listening Sessions to Gather Community Input
2021-05-26 19:00 - 20:30 | virtual
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 plan starts today and will run through early June. Between April 28 and May 26, five virtual listening sessions will be held to gather input on the plan.
“We need to be innovative in using more low-cost interventions to improve more roads and intersections every year. This plan does that by expanding Vision Zero into more of the County’s maintenance programs. We need to hear from County residents to make the Vision Zero Plan stronger and meet the needs of everyone regardless of how they get around the County.” – County Executive Marc Elrich
Vision Zero Coordinator Wade Holland will lead the series of virtual listening sessions. Each session is focused on one of the regional service areas of the County. Residents do not need to live in the service area to attend. Each listening session will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held via Zoom (registration is required):
May 26 – East County
A copy of the plan, access to the feedback survey, and details on how to register for each listening session are available at: montgomerycountymd.gov/visionzero/2030plan.html
