Washington DC Environment Meetup Group

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	Meetup	Location	RSVPs
Mar 11 6:30 PM	Washington DC Environment March Meetup 2 attended (est.) – No rating yet location Starbucks Coffee 2101 P St NW Upstairs Washington, DC 20037 202-452-8420 Change Place How to find us "Upstairs" This is a get together of members to meet each other and discuss issues of mutual concern. Three members of the DC Environment Meetup have RSVPed to attend, and three members of the Washington DC Alternative Energy Meetup have also signed up to attend. Do not go to the DC Chamber of Commerce, it will be closed. I may not (probably not) be able to attend because I am helping a friend finish preparing their condo apartment for rental during the inauguration. Please send me an email through the email link on the Meetup site as to how the event went. Thank you.	Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup	2 Yes 0 Maybe
Mar 6 6:00 PM	Eco/Justice Café 2 attended (est.) – No rating yet Please j oin us for the next Eco/Justice Café on Friday, March. 6 from 6 to 10 pm Live music, fine food, beer, coffee, pool, ping pong and much more! Suggested donation $15/ $10 students/$5 kids ( Includes f ood and drink) UDC Firebird Inn , 4200 Connecticut Ave., NW, Building 38, B-Level . Van Ness/UDC Metro. Wheelchair accessible. A great professional networking opportunity for the public interest community! All ages event; child activities provided – and powered by kids! NEW: Photo Exhibit by Nancy Shia (ASL '75) Panel Discussion: Nuclear Power is Not the Answer to Global Warming 6:30 to 7:00 pm with: Kevin Kamps - Beyond Nuclear - to talk about the link between nuclear power and nuclear weapons & the problems with radioactive waste and environmental pollution. www.beyondnuclear.org Michael Marriotte - Nuclear Information Research Service - who will talk about the plans to build a new reactor at Calvert Cliffs MD and what is being done to stop it. www.nirs.org Jennifer Nordstrom - Institute for Energy and Environmental Research - who will talk about the book "Carbon Free, Nuclear Free; A Roadmap for US Energy Policy" which details how with current lifestyle and technology we can phase out coal and nuclear and greatly decrease CO2 emissions. www.ieer.org MUSIC David Rabin, Darren Schultz, Mike Bowers, Kristen Arant and more! Percussion jam to close Cafe! SHABBAT: at 7 PM. MASSAGE Free massages by Lisa Bregman ! (I know this is hard to believe, but it's true...) And (I think) Randy Goldberg! TABLING ORGANIZATIONS (There is no charge for tables and still more room. Contact Marie at Marie@earthrights.org to reserve a table!) The Eco/Justice Cafes are held on First Fridays : Future Cafes: Friday, April 3 F riday, May 1 Friday, June 5 Friday, July 10 .... etc. Help us spread the word - forward this e-mail. FACEBOOK GROUP: http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?gid=38193448737 TO VOLUNTEER email Joe Libertelli at JFL@udc.edu . TUITION-FREE LAW SCHOOL FOR ACTIVISTS! The Eco/Justice Cafe is h osted by UDC's David A. Clarke School of Law , the District's public interest law school. For information on our full-tuition three-year Advocate for Justice Scholarships, go to http://www.law.udc.edu/prospective/ afj.html	Firebird Inn @ UDC Washington, DC, 20008	2 Yes 1 Maybe
Feb 6 6:00 PM	Eco/Justice Café 5 attended (est.) – 5.001 Please join us for the next Eco/Justice Café on Friday, Feb. 6 from 6 to 10 pm Its Building 38, B-Level on the UDC campus. Live music, fine food, beer, coffee, pool, pingpong and much more! A great professional networking opportunity for the public interest community! Suggested donation $15/ $10 students/$5 kids (Includes food and drink) All ages event; child activities provided – and powered by kids! NEW: Panel Discussion on "Slow Food" from 6:30 to 7:00 pm with: - Ayize Sabater, a founder of the pathbreaking raw food restauraunt Delights of the Garden, now a youth education activist and a minister. See M.O.M.I.E.'s TLC http://www.momiestlc.com/ - Ed Bruske, a Washington Post reporter in a former life who is now a chef, caterer, urban gardener and compost maven. Check out his blog at http://www.theslowcook.blogspot.com/ - and Leigh Haughter, a longtime activist, and an organic farmer at the Bullrun Mountain Farm CSA in Virginia http://www.bullrunfarm.com/ and a founder of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's From the Ground Up CSA. MUSIC Mike Bowers: http://www.mdbmusic.com/music.html Scott Trowbridge http://www.americansinner.com/ Free massages by Lisa Bregman! (I know this is hard to believe, but it's true...) TABLING ORGANIZATIONS Capitol Hemp Chesapeake Climate Action Network/One Sky Organic Consumers Association Ecolocity DC Students for a Sensible Drug Policy UDC Clarke Schoool of Law UDC Sustainability Society Washington Peace Center (There is no charge for tables and still more room. Contact Joe at JFL@udc.edu to reserve a table!) The Eco/Justice Cafes are held on First Fridays: Friday, February 6 Friday, March 6 Friday, April 3 Friday, May 1 .... etc. Even if you can’t join us, help us spread the word!	Firebird Inn @ UDC Washington, DC, 20008	5 Yes 0 Maybe
Jan 17 8:00 PM	Cool Inaugural Ball Jan 17 8-midnight $75 1 attended (est.) – No rating yet What: Cool Inaugural Ball 17th 8-midnight $75 When: January 17, 2009 8:00 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Meetup Description: Josephine Butler Parks Center Tickets: $75 (Advance) 2437 15th Street NW $100 (At Door) Washington, DC 20009 (Columbia Heights on the Green & Yellow Lines) (from Metro go to 15th then 4/12 about blocks south - toward downtown) All Proceeds go to support the Sierra Club and Cool Capital Challenge. www.washingtonparks.net/cool_inaugural_ball Drink • Eat • Dance • Celebrate • Sing • Change • Party • Groove Featuring Live Band: Northeast Corridor YOU MUST RESPOND TO THE SITE BELOW TO REGISTER FOR $75, at the door it is $100 www.washingtonparks.net/cool_inaugural_ball All proceeds benefit Cool Capital Challenge and the Sierra Club! Don't miss out on the Coolest Inaugural Ball in honor of President Barack Obama. Come eat, drink, and be merry with your local grassroots volunteer environmental organizations. Tickets are now available. Celebrate as Cool Capital Challenge and the Washington DC Chapter of the Sierra Club join forces to help stop the climate crisis right here in the nation's capital. Rock out with us as we groove to Northeast Corridor, the band that helped put this president into office with their "Sing for Obama - Karaoke We Can Believe In” Fundraisers. And, with an extra donation you can take a turn as lead singer of the band! So, where will all this fabulously cool fun be happening? At the historic and swank Josephine Butler Park Center in Columbia Heights! The dress code is "Cool" so don't be square, and we'll see you there!	Josephine Butler Parks Center Washington, DC, 20009 38.922501,-77.034912	1 Yes 0 Maybe
Jan 17 8:00 PM	The Cool Inaugural Ball 3 attended (est.) – No rating yet - January 17th 2009 8pm-Midnight! (Closest Metro: Columbia Heights on the Green Line) LIVE BAND - Northeast Corridor Dancing! Drinks! Food! Don't miss out on the Coolest Inaugural Ball in honor of President Barack Obama. Come eat, drink and be merry with your local grassroots volunteer environmental organizations. Tickets available from www.washingtonparks.net/cool_inaugural_ball. Celebrate as Cool Capital Challenge and the Washington DC Chapter of the Sierra Club join to help stop the climate crisis right here in the nation's capital. Rock out with us as we groove to Northeast Corridor, the band that help put this president into office with their "Sing for Obama - Karaoke We Can Believe In" Fundraisers. And, with an extra donation you can take a turn as lead singer of the band! So, where will all this fabulously cool fun be happening? At the historic and swank Josephine Butler Park Center in Columbia Heights! The dress code is "Cool" and we'll see you there! Proceeds will benefit the Cool Captial Challenge and DC Sierra Club www.coolcapitalchallenge.org	Josephine Butler Parks Center Washington, DC, 20009 38.922501,-77.034912	3 Yes 6 Maybe
Jan 14 6:15 PM	Washington DC Environment January Meetup new location 3 attended (est.) – No rating yet location Starbucks Coffee 2101 P St NW Upstairs Washington, DC 20037 202-452-8420 Change Place How to find us "Upstairs" This is a get together of members to meet each other and discuss issues of mutual concern. Three members of the DC Environment Meetup have RSVPed to attend, and three members of the Washington DC Alternative Energy Meetup have also signed up to attend. Do not go to the DC Chamber of Commerce, it will be closed. I may not (probably not) be able to attend because I am helping a friend finish preparing their condo apartment for rental during the inauguration. Please send me an email through the email link on the Meetup site as to how the event went. Thank you.	Starbucks Coffee Washington, DC, 20037 38.909630,-77.046661	3 Yes 0 Maybe
Jan 12 6:00 PM	Energy Policy In Light of Obama & the New Congress 1 attended (est.) – No rating yet Energy Policy In Light of a New President & Congress January 12th, 2009, 5:30 - 8:30pm\The L'Enfant Plaza Hotel 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20024 Presenters: House Energy Issues Staff and David Hawkins from NRDC Free, but optional buffet dinner is $10 starting at 5:30pm see: www.energyconversation.org They request registration, but will admit you without it To enter the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel from the L’Enfant Metro stop: 1) Exit the Metro at the L’Enfant Plaza (9th & D Streets) exit. This exit is on the Huntington/Branch Ave. side of the Green/Yellow tracks. Look for signs & ask station managers for hotel exit as it can be confusing. 2) If landmarks help you, the Huntington/Branch Ave. track is distinguished by a mural of an astronaut against a white background above the exit. Follow the white—this is the exit to the Hotel Promenade. 3) Go up the escalators and pass through doors to the right of Au Bon Pain. From there, follow Hotel Lobby arrows along the ceiling to stairs or elevators that will take you to Hotel Lobby. Uncle Sam posters will lead you from there.	L'Enfant Plaza Hotel Washington, DC, 20005 38.883230,-77.025750	1 Yes 0 Maybe
Jan 10 12:00 PM	Polar Bear Plunge Jan 10 + 1 attended (est.) – No rating yet Polar Bear Plunge at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Philip Merill Environmental Center at the Chesapeake Bay. Joint activity of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Chesapeake Climate Action Network. See the Polar Bear Plunge site at www.keepwintercold.org RSVP to http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/423/t/3322/event/index.jsp?event_KEY=46664 as well as here. When RSVPing to meetup please list whether you can offer a ride or need one. Also, on January 12 2009 5:30-8:30 pm www.energyconversation.org Energy Policies of the New Administration Location L'Enfant Plaza Hotel 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20024 United States Contact 703-824-2833 Email: sarah@energyconversation.org Register: http://www.energyconversation.org/index.php?q=civicrm/event/register&id=66&reset=1	Philip Merill Environmental Center - CBF Annapolis , MD, 21403	1 Yes 0 Maybe
Jan 9 6:00 PM	Eco Justice Cafe 3 attended (est.) – 3.503 Eco/Justice Café Friday, January 9, 6-9pm. Celebrate life, make friends, network, flirt, wink, nod and/or conspire with justice and eco activists each month at the Eco/Justice Café! $15 donation covers food and drinks - including beer. ($10 low-income; $5 kids). Video, ping pong, beer, massage, giant puppets, pool, live entertainment and more! UDC Firebird Inn, 4200 Conn. Ave. Building 38, B-Level (Van Ness/UDC Red Line Sta.) from 6-10 pm. 1/9, 2/6, 4/3 3/6, 5/1 and 6/5. Tablers welcome, but must e-mail Joe at JFL@udc.edu. The café is the first phase of MetNet 2.0, which is building a comprehensive DC-area on-line progressive calendar and resource guide. To join the café list and find out more, go to www.dcslf.org/metnet.html.	Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup	3 Yes 1 Maybe
Dec 08 10 2008 7:00 PM	11th Hour Pre-Xmas Meetup 1 attended (est.) – No rating yet Please go to the DC 11th Hour site to sign in http://11thhour.meetup.com/2/calendar/8871709/ Project Updates - Web Development for Manual - Free Lecture Series - Legislative "litter" bill - Local Shops/Restaurants incentive - Solar Power for DC Residences DC 11th Hour has a $5 one time fee	Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup	1 Yes 0 Maybe