Nonprofit looks to green 14th & U from the ground up

Within eight years, an organization aims to turn two square blocks surrounding the intersection of 14th and U Streets NW into a national model of environmental sustainability. Read More

Retrofitting a DC Neighborhood to Become an Environmental Model

Via Kaid Benfield, NRDC Switchboard – Having already begun a comprehensive energy and environmental retrofit of a key part of Denver’s Lower Downtown, the nonprofit organization Living City Block is now looking to do the same in a neighborhood in the heart of Washington, DC.  It is a fantastic project that stands to become a model for the greening of mixed-use urban neighborhoods across the country.

The DC location is one of the city’s Read More