News & Stories Archive
January 24, 2017
by Julia Saintz, Community Outreach Coordinator At the beginning of a new year, we pause to reflect on recent successes of the Alice Ferguson Foundation’s Trash Free Potomac Watershed […]
October 10, 2016
Local Oktoberfest Celebrates Community & Benefits Environmental Education Accokeek, MD – The Alice Ferguson Foundation opened its doors Saturday, October 8 for its 34th annual Oktoberfest at the Hard Bargain […]
September 13, 2016
This summer 70 teachers from across the region received environmental education training from the Alice Ferguson Foundation education team in a variety of exciting locations, everywhere from the grounds of […]
June 9, 2016
Community comes together for 28th Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup Drawing from results collected on AFF’s Trash Network, nearly 10,000 volunteers collected 334,952 pounds of trash at 265 sites throughout […]
June 7, 2016
Tim Murphy Coordinator, Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative A major step was taken this year by the District of Columbia and neighboring jurisdictions, Prince George’s County and Montgomery County to […]
November 19, 2015
By Karen Jensen Miles Sponsored by the United States Green Building Council, Greenbuild is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. The green building community gathers annually […]
October 29, 2015
By JOHNATHON CLINKSCALES jclinkscales@somdnews.com October 29, 2015 Imagine a futuristic building that can work in harmony like species in an ecosystem and mimic the beauty, resourcefulness and efficiency of […]
October 23, 2015
State-of-the-Art Environmental Education Center Opens in Maryland Thousands of students from around the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area will begin using one of the world’s greenest, most energy efficient buildings today […]
October 23, 2015
For fans of the movie Back to the Future II, October 21, 2015 is a notable date. When the film was released in 1989, that date seemed light years away. […]
October 22, 2015
Back-to-school time on the farm is exciting for staff and animals alike, as we enjoy the return of visiting children. The entertainment value goes both ways between students and animals. This […]