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Salt Watch Webinar

Salt Watch Webinar Join us for this Clean Water Webinar to learn how Salt Watch is changing! We will be going over our new data submission process, how to get started with Salt Watch, some fun activities you can bring to your community, and what to look forward to this year! Register for the webinar.
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Smart Salt Applicator Training

Smart Salt Applicator Training Aug 22 and 30, 9am-2pm, Virtual Hosted by the Izaak Walton League of America, the City of Gaithersburg, and Bolton and Menk, Inc, this event will teach contracted road salt applicators how to save money and protect water resources by using less salt while keeping roads, parking lots, and sidewalks safe. The tons of salt used every year to manage snow and ice da...
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Smart Salt Applicator Training

Working Toward a World Without Food Waste

The Climate Mobilization Webinar: Working Toward a World Without Food Waste Thursday, July 20, 7:30 - 8:30 pm Please join The Climate Mobilization on July 20 at 7:30–8:30 pm to learn what Maryland, Montgomery County, and you can do now to help reduce and recycle food waste to address climate change. This information will be useful to homeowners, condo owners, and renters. There wi...
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Montgomery County Greenfest in the Gardens

The Montgomery County GreenFest is the largest annual environmental festival in Montgomery County, MD. GreenFest is expanding this year by taking place at two different locations over one weekend. GreenFest in the Gardens, Brookside Gardens – April 22, 2023, 11am – 4pm. This event will focus on protecting and preserving the natural environment. Topics covered will include land use, food consu...
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Conservation Cafe: Eroding History – How We Talk about Environmental Justice

Eroding History - How We Talk about Environmental Justice Thursday, January 19, 7:00 - 8:30 pm, virtual Every community deserves clean air and water and an opportunity to tell their own stories. The Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative seeks to create an engaged and informed community around environmental inequities. And to address them to build a more equitable future. Register for ...
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A SAPPlings Webinar – Saving the Chesapeake Bay: What Part Will You Play?

Rick Mittler is the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's (CBF) Virginia Student Leadership Coordinator. In this role he educates and engages high school students from across Chesapeake Bay Watershed in support of clean water, clean air, and healthy communities. Prior to his current role, Rick managed two other environmental education programs at CBF, was an educator with the Blue Sky Fund, led Youth Conser...
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DC EcoWomen EcoHour Speaker Series: Emma Robbins

Join us for EcoHour on February 15 for a conversation with Emma Robbins, a Diné artist, activist, and community organizer with a passion for empowering Indigenous women. As Director of the Navajo Water Project, part of the human rights organization DigDeep Water, she is working to create infrastructure that brings clean running water to the one in three Navajo families without it. In addition to...
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2020 Clean Water Art Contest Deadline

2020 Clean Water Art Contest Deadline 4 pm EST, April 30, 2020 Did you know that most storm drains in Montgomery County lead directly to our streams? No? You are not alone! There is a BIG misconception that the water and trash that enters storm drains will be cleaned. The truth is that the trash, pollution, chemicals and yard waste that flow into our storm drains eventually also flow in...
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Saving Our Streams: The Clean Water Adventure

Saving our Streams: The Clean Water Adventure Sun. Feb. 16th, 2:00 - 3:30 pm National Wildlife Visitor Center, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD 20708 Ages 10+, registration required Oh no! Our water is being polluted and only you can help! Manage stream health like a natural areas manager with this interactive lesson. Some programs require advance registration by calling 301-4...
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