Blog

Nov 5, 20212 min read

Meet 2021 Annual Photo Contest Finalist: Rima Wahab

“Nurturing the Eco-Citizens of the Future” Co- Founder Ana led with a deep enthusiasm a group of volunteers, especially children, who got...

This Valentine’s Day, the DCEW Executive Board share what they love about the environment

dcecowomen

Feb 12, 20211 min read

This Valentine’s Day, the DCEW Executive Board share what they love about the environment

As most of America continues to deal with the effects of COVID and quarantining, it’s evident that we are all in need of feel good...

Five ways to find a green job during this pandemic

dcecowomen

Jun 28, 20204 min read

Five ways to find a green job during this pandemic

By Artisha Naidu Finding a green job is hard enough. Throw in a 14.7% national unemployment rate, along with a global pandemic, and right...

Can the COVID-19 pandemic help us learn how to save our planet?

dcecowomen

Jun 21, 20203 min read

Can the COVID-19 pandemic help us learn how to save our planet?

By Elizabeth Hogan My every day during this strange experience of quarantine and pandemic is largely spent – as it is for many of us – in...

Relearning our limits (don’t worry, not the calculus kind)

dcecowomen

Jun 13, 20203 min read

Relearning our limits (don’t worry, not the calculus kind)

By Rita Foth Empty shelves in the grocery store. Shortages of essential protective gear for frontline medical workers. Long delays on...

The Ginkgo Symbolizes Longevity. Can It Help Us to Find Balance Within Ourselves?

dcecowomen

Jun 8, 20205 min read

The Ginkgo Symbolizes Longevity. Can It Help Us to Find Balance Within Ourselves?

By Hannah Nelson Washingtonians have a complicated relationship with the ginkgo tree. The day I discovered the ginkgo outside my...

Everything you think you know about shark conservation is wrong

dcecowomen

Apr 6, 20204 min read

Everything you think you know about shark conservation is wrong

By Leah Kaplan As a child, I was terrified of traversing my room’s navy blue carpet in the dark to make it to the bathroom after watching...

Celebrate women and the environment this month

dcecowomen

Mar 22, 20202 min read

Celebrate women and the environment this month

By Kelley Dennings In the face of the climate crisis, young people are starting to question whether they should have kids. Many are...

#EachforEqual: International Women’s Day 2020

dcecowomen

Mar 8, 20203 min read

#EachforEqual: International Women’s Day 2020

By GraceAnne Casto What is International Women’s Day? International Women’s Day is a day when the social, economic, cultural, and...

Eight Black Women who have impacted the environmental movement in Washington, D.C.

dcecowomen

Mar 3, 20205 min read

Eight Black Women who have impacted the environmental movement in Washington, D.C.

By Dajah Massey In recognition of Black History Month, DC EcoWomen celebrates the following eight women for their accomplishments in...

Five Ways to Green Your New Year’s Resolutions

dcecowomen

Feb 9, 20202 min read

Five Ways to Green Your New Year’s Resolutions

By Callie Yow New Year’s Day has come and gone. After envisioning the joy of manifesting the amazing adventure that 2020 will hold — and...

dcecowomen

Nov 11, 20193 min read

Fight climate change with your fork

The holidays are almost here — which means that the season of eating is about to begin! DC EcoWomen board member Erica Meier shares how...

Five Steps to Make Your Wardrobe More Sustainable

dcecowomen

Oct 20, 20193 min read

Five Steps to Make Your Wardrobe More Sustainable

By Hana G. Fashion has a major impact on the environment. Each year, the United States, alone, sends about 21 billion pounds of textile...

dcecowomen

Sep 30, 20192 min read

DC Ecowomen help collect 6,365 pounds of trash

By Meagan Knowlton It only takes five second to produce a plastic spoon. It takes 500 years for that spoon to break down. That disparity...

Climate action must engage and benefit women and girls

dcecowomen

Sep 23, 20194 min read

Climate action must engage and benefit women and girls

As the United Nations 2019 Climate Action Summit gets underway today in New York, DC EcoWomen asked UN Women to send us their thoughts...

Five Rewarding Jobs for Women in the Environmental Field

dcecowomen

Jul 21, 20192 min read

Five Rewarding Jobs for Women in the Environmental Field

By Kyaira Ware, Community Conservation Manager at Potomac Conservancy Working in the environmental field can be a fun, rewarding...

How to Keep Inspiring Change for the Environment – Both Locally and Worldwide

dcecowomen

Jun 16, 20193 min read

How to Keep Inspiring Change for the Environment – Both Locally and Worldwide

By Tara Lundy, DC EcoWomen member We all know how important the health of our planet has become. Each year, startling statistics are...

dcecowomen

Apr 21, 20193 min read

Sustainable Baby Steps

By Cameryn Aliya Burnette, Co-Founder and Vice President, Howard University Water and Environment Association Going green can be...

dcecowomen

Apr 13, 20192 min read

A Reflection on 15 years of DC EcoWomen

By Nicole Bateman, DC EcoWomen Board Member Nearly two years ago, I arrived in D.C. from Seattle. Fresh out of graduate school, I was...

dcecowomen

Apr 6, 20192 min read

How DC EcoWomen Started: Story by EcoWomen Co-Founder Leda Huta

By Leda Huta, EcoWomen Co-Founder and Endangered Species Coalition Executive Director We had heard that other efforts to do something...