Calendar of Events

If you know of any events of interest please reach out to calendar@onemontgomerygreen.org

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

    virtual

    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!

  • Electrifying Our Buildings: Challenges and Solutions

    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 […]

  • OurEnergyPolicy webinar on utility decarbonization with Con Edison CEO!

    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 […]

  • Maryland Climate Matters: A Moral Imperative

    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 […]

  • June 2021 Conservation Café: Take Action with ANS Advocates

    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 […]

  • OurEnergyPolicy Webinars

    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.  

  • OurEnergyPolicy Webinars

    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 […]

  • OurEnergyPolicy Webinars

    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 […]

  • Summer in the Parks

    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 […]

  • Bringing Offshore Wind to Market

    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 […]