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Feb 3, 20143 min read

Make The Most Of Your Interview By Following These 12 Steps

How to Shine: Interviewing Skills To Help You Earn That Dream Job Alexandra Gilliland Last summer when my company was hiring a new junior...

What You Need To Know About The Capitol Power Plant

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Jan 11, 20143 min read

What You Need To Know About The Capitol Power Plant

A Breath Of Fresh Air: Ending Coal Use In DC To visit the largest single source of carbon emissions for Washington, D.C., you don’t have...

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Nov 4, 20132 min read

Eco-Justice At Power Shift 2013

Extraction Has A Human Face Written by Caroline Selle, the Zero Waste Girl At Power Shift 2013, thousands of young people gathered to...

Take A Hike! The Ecowoman’s Guide to D.C. Hiking

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Oct 13, 20132 min read

Take A Hike! The Ecowoman’s Guide to D.C. Hiking

Getting the Most of Autumn: Where to “Hike Locally” By DC EcoBlogger Dawn Bickett The crisp air and changing leaves of autumn – along...

Furlough For Enviros: Five Earth-Lovin’ Activities For Your Staycation

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Oct 7, 20133 min read

Furlough For Enviros: Five Earth-Lovin’ Activities For Your Staycation

As a woman living in the DC area, chances are pretty good that you’re currently on an unexpected paid staycation, courtesy of the...

VegFest: A DC festival you don’t want to miss

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Sep 23, 20131 min read

VegFest: A DC festival you don’t want to miss

By DC EcoWoman Dawn Bickett DC Ecowomen take note: Vegfest is just around the corner. Never been? Then you are in for a treat. Or—if you...

Car Free, Care Free: How to Get Around in DC

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Sep 9, 20132 min read

Car Free, Care Free: How to Get Around in DC

Washington D.C.’s Annual “Car Free Days” are coming up soon, so it’s time to start planning! D.C. is one of the best cities in the world...

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Sep 2, 20132 min read

Get To Know The New Board Members!

Labor Day has come and gone, which means a new year of school, of Congressional hearings… and a new group of DC EcoWomen Board Members!...

Loving Locally: 5 Ways To Plan Your Green Honeymoon

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Aug 26, 20132 min read

Loving Locally: 5 Ways To Plan Your Green Honeymoon

By DC EcoWomen and Recent Honeymooners Lisa Seyfried and Dawn Bickett You did it! You planned a successful green wedding. You composted,...

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Aug 12, 20132 min read

The Great Outdoors: No Car Required

By DC EcoWomen blogger Dawn Bickett One of the reasons I love Washington DC is that its strong public transit and walkable neighborhoods...

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Aug 5, 20133 min read

Making the Most of your Local Veggies

The dinners I remember best are the ones I threw together with odds and ends of ingredients. There was the lentil barley salad made with...

DC Net Impact: Bringing People Together at Happy Hour

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Jul 22, 20132 min read

DC Net Impact: Bringing People Together at Happy Hour

By DC Net Impact President Mikael Baker DC Net Impact is extremely excited to partner with DC EcoWomen to co-host a networking happy hour...

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Jul 18, 20133 min read

Do Summer Vacation – Eco Style

Originally published on Redefining Eco, and cross-posted here with their permission. It’s summertime. It’s hot, it’s sticky, it’s heavy....

Water in Washington: At Risk from Fracking?

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Jul 15, 20132 min read

Water in Washington: At Risk from Fracking?

This water has weathered miles of travel. It may have been recycled and treated hundreds of times over; from a sink in New York City,...

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Jul 8, 20133 min read

Have Yourself a Green Ramadan!

By DC EcoWomen Board Member Lina Khan As the month of Ramadan begins this week for Muslims, many of us are preparing both physically and...

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Jul 3, 20131 min read

Happy Independence Day from DC EcoWomen

It’s the Fourth of July. The 237th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence… and a day to relax and celebrate in the...

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Jun 27, 20131 min read

Winners of the 2012 Photo Contest

Winners of the 2012 Contest: Women and the Environment: ‘Jill on the Turner River’ by Sarah Hackney Photos of women exploring the natural...

DIY For Summer: Revamp Your Old Furniture

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Jun 13, 20133 min read

DIY For Summer: Revamp Your Old Furniture

Good As New – Tips on Revamping and Fixing Up Your Old Furnishings Odds are that you’ve got a lot of old furniture around the house. You...

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Jun 6, 20132 min read

Rachel Carson: Ultimate EcoWoman

By DC EcoWomen Board Member Stephanie Madden On May 29, 2013, 13 DC EcoWomen gathered to celebrate the birthday of ultimate EcoWoman...

Organizing Your Life: Creating an Eco-Friendly Office

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May 20, 20134 min read

Organizing Your Life: Creating an Eco-Friendly Office

The following is a cross-post from Penny Catterall’s blog Order Your Life. Penny presented the “Organizing Your Life” workshop at the DC...