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A butterfly lands on some goldenrod, one of the flowers native to the D.C. area that DMV student groups planted as part of the first Wild Visions Habitat Creation Challenge hosted by Garden for Wildlife. (Courtesy of Trisha Singh/Garden for Wildlife)

DMV Students Grow Native Plant Gardens in New ‘Wild Visions’ Contest

by Kayla Benjamin May 8, 2024May 8, 2024

As part of a river cleanup guided by Living Classrooms, Sheree Pendleton paddles along the Potomac with children Olivia Grace and Hannah Bell during a family day at Kingman and Heritage Islands October 2023. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Mothering with Mother Earth

by Kayla Benjamin May 8, 2024May 8, 2024

Google Street View image of Rodgers Brothers Custodial Services, Inc. demolition waste site in 2011

Ward 5 Trash Facility Ordered to Pay $100,000 for Polluting D.C. Waterways

by Kayla Benjamin April 29, 2024April 29, 2024

Air quality in D.C. and nationally is getting better, but vulnerable communities continue to bear the burden of harmful pollution. (Pixabay/Pexels.com)

American Lung Association Report: People of Color Breathe Dirtier Air Nationwide

by Stacy M. Brown and Kayla Benjamin April 25, 2024July 3, 2024

Rock Creek, as seen from Meadowbrook Local Park in Silver Spring, Maryland, where Nature Forward held a launch event April 18 for its new “State of the Streams” report (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Five DMV Creeks Do Just OK on New ‘State of the Streams’ Report Card

by Kayla Benjamin April 22, 2024April 22, 2024

Volunteers and event attendees stop by a clothing/item swap station at a March 30 Zero Waste DC Community Fair hosted by D.C.'s Department of Public Works and Department of Energy and Environment. (Cleveland Nelson/The Washington Informer)

D.C.’s New Plan to Slash Its Trash

by Kayla Benjamin April 17, 2024April 17, 2024

worms eyeview of green trees

Environmental Issues and Environmental Action: They’re Everywhere

by Kayla Benjamin April 17, 2024July 3, 2024

Artwork by Environmental Justice Artivist Sherri Lumpkin (Courtesy of Lumpkin)

D.C. Nonprofit Launches 9-Month Fellowship for Environmental Justice Artivists

by Kayla Benjamin April 17, 2024May 1, 2024

New York City skyline as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey (Joanne Wan/Flickr)

Earthquake Centered in New Jersey Causes Tremors as Far as Baltimore

by Kayla Benjamin April 7, 2024April 8, 2024

The plot of land on Howard’s campus that had been the Halo G.R.E.E.N. Garden for 13 years, shortly after university administration dismantled the garden, removing plant beds and uprooting fruit trees. (Courtesy of Halo G.R.E.E.N. Garden Club)

Howard University Demolishes Garden Bison Tended for 13 Years Following Rat Complaints

by Asha Taylor and Kayla Benjamin April 3, 2024April 3, 2024