In the Media

• Solar panels love green roofs!
  

• A pairing of art and environmental responsibility! Read "Bognet to build Brookland apartments"
  

• Check out Maryland's new Genuine Progress Indicator!
  

• Click here to learn how the Department of Defense is helping protect endangered species!

• Did you know that North America's largest living roof can be found at the Vancouver Convention Center? Click here to read more about the "green" home of the XXI Winter Olympics!

• Click here to read an article from Scientific American about how green roofs help mitigate the urban heat island effect!

• Check out Elizabeth Shogren's article "Byproducts Of Urban Life Smother Chesapeake Bay" to learn more about stormwater runoff and its negative effects on the Chesapeake Bay!
• Cintia Cabib's new documentary is currently in production! Through the voices of young people, senior citizens, immigrants, garden volunteers and educators, the one-hour documentary, “A Community of Gardeners ,” will explore the vital role of seven community gardens in Washington, D.C., not only as sources of fresh, nutritious food, but as outdoor classrooms, places of healing, centers of social interaction, and oases of beauty and calm in inner-city neighborhoods

Around DC

• Windmill on the Potomac

By Kristin Lake, Social Media Manager

MARCH 11, 2009 – Residents of a small, seaside community in Charles County have erected a wind turbine 
in hopes of sparking renewed interest in green technology among their neighbors as well as other county residents. Swan Point Homeowners Association President Ken Robinson and his wife Dr. Sheryl Elliot have worked tirelessly for several years to make their dream of having an active wind turbine on their property a reality.  The windmill will be providing their home with electricity through renewable wind energy and at times they will be earning a credit on their electric bills and actually be providing energy to the grid.  A costly initial investment of $23,000 was necessary, but Mr. Robinson will be receiving federal incentives as well.  Their costs were also multiplied since the distance from their home where the windmill sits is in excess of 500 feet.  At this time, Mr. Robinson is now down from 15 cents per kilowatt hour to about 7.5 cents per kilowatt hour.  The location on their private island on Cuckold Creek is truly perfect for a 33-foot tall windmill, but other Swan Point residents are considering placing smaller wind turbines on their docks.  Mr. Robinson has truly been an inspiration to this county by making green technology more accessible to other residents.

King the Amish Horse that erected the windmill