News & Stories Archive
April 9, 2014
By Clara Elias, Program Manager, Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative Litter is in our communities, parks, and waterways in large part because someone chooses to drop their trash on the […]
April 4, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2014 CONTACT: Alena Rosen Communications Coordinator Tel: 202-417-3523 Cell: 202-580-9045 arosen@old-ferguson.lndo.site “Spring Cleaning” of Potomac River to Provide Key Data for Next Steps in Battle […]
March 26, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 26, 2014 CONTACT: Alena Rosen Tel: 202-417-3523 Cell: 202-580-9045 arosen@old-ferguson.lndo.site MEDIA ADVISORY 15,000 Volunteers Expected to Participate in Regional “Spring Cleaning” of the Potomac River […]
March 3, 2014
By Lori Arguelles, Executive Director, Alice Ferguson Foundation Have you ever stood on Mount Vernon’s portico and partaken of the pastoral panorama across the Potomac River? Have you ever wondered […]
February 25, 2014
By: Emily Drobenak, Schoolyards as Classrooms Project partner teacher at Accokeek Academy In early February each year, there is a convergence of minds in Ocean City, MD from an endless […]
January 28, 2014
By Brenda Wright, Hard Bargain Farm Education Center Coordinator “Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, […]
January 22, 2014
By Albert Arevalo, Community Outreach Liaison Before we rang in the New Year, I made my last 2013 visit to one of the communities I will be working in, Hechinger […]
December 13, 2013
By Everette Bradford, Community Outreach Liaison Walker Mill Middle School officially adopted the Trash Free Schools project in the fall of the 2012-2013 school year, which gave momentum for the school […]
October 28, 2013
Guest post by Miriam Gennari, read more from her blog styrofoammom.com The 8th Annual Potomac Watershed Trash Summit happened on October 18th, 2013 at the University of District of Columbia. […]
September 23, 2013
By Karen Miles, Land Use/ Facilities Manager Things are in full swing at the PWSC construction site. There are contractors on-site for concrete work, geothermal hookups, electric and plumbing hookups […]