DC Greenworks labors hand-in-hand with community leaders, inner-city residents, students, neighborhood organizations, and small businesses to bring about creative solutions to the problems of environmental pollution. Real life discovery and participation are at the heart of it, and the approach is practical: work together on cutting-edge solutions that are cost-effective, eco-friendly, and socially beneficial, and create awareness in the process.
Residents develop community gardens and adopt, plant, and care for hundreds of trees yearly through the DC Treekeepers program; parks departments, volunteer service corps, and nurseries make use of “green collar” horticultural job training; and underserved adults are trained to install low-impact stormwater management systems, including greenroofs, tree plantings, and rain gardens – helping the environment and acquiring marketable job skills at the same time. In these very practical ways, DCG participants learn that keeping our urban environment healthy not only helps green things grow, but grows business opportunities, neighborhood cohesiveness, and healthy residents at the same time. This is self-help at its interdependent best; your participation makes it even better. Sheila Hogan,
WISH LIST $150: one 2-inch caliper street tree in a DC neighborhood; $500: 2 RainKeeper Workshops for student communities; $1,000: scholarship for an underserved job seeker. |
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