Monday, March 13, 2017

Spring 2017 with The Green Scheme...

 Green Scheme is gearing up for a really exciting spring here in the District! Over the next few months our team will be collaborating with various groups and organizations to prepare for the city’s biggest event of the year: Broccoli City.  In the coming weeks we will be propagating seeds, participating in and leading community clean ups, garden builds, and guiding the maintenance of the different sites we work on within the District. Our team is going to be very busy over the next few months and we would love to see more community members come out and support the health and environmental justice movement! Here are a few upcoming opportunities for members throughout the DC Metro Area to get more involved with the movement:

March 18, 2017: Volunteers needed for Nats Stadium Garden project (9am-1pm) Contact: info@Thegreenscheme.org
March 25, 2017: Volunteers needed for garden build at Paradise     (11 am- 1pm) Contact: info@Thegreenscheme.org
April 8, 2017: Volunteers needed for garden build at Project Eden (Time TBA) Contact: info@Thegreenscheme.org
April 22, 2017: Volunteers needed for the Words, Beats and Life’s Community Clean Up (8am- 12pm) This is not a Green Scheme event but we will be involved in the event. Contact Green Scheme or Words, Beats and Life for more information!
April 29, 2017: Volunteers needed for the Brocooli City 5k at Anacostia Park. This is not a Green Scheme event, but if you have questions please contact Green Scheme or District Running Collective for more information
May 5, 2017: Volunteers needed for garden build, youth health fair and YMCA refresh at the Capital View YMCA (10am- 2pm) Contact: info@Thegreenscheme.org  
We are hopeful to see many of you come out and support our environmental justice and health initiative as we prepare for an eventful, energetic and successful spring with the Green Scheme!







                                                                        Broccoli City Festival 
As mentioned before, the largest health and environmental justice event of the year for the District is the Broccoli City Festival which aims to raise the attention of environmental sustainability and human health in urban communities. This year the event is featuring music artists Solange, Rae Sremmurd, 21 Savage, Lil Yahchty and many more talented stars. While the festival is on May 6, Broccoli City has so much more to offer in the District in addition to the Saturday concert! The festival events kick off on Saturday April 29 with the annual Broccoli City 5k at Anacostia Park. Green Scheme is looking for volunteers to help with the event as well as individuals who would like to participate in the 5k! Times will be announced within the next few weeks so please keep your eyes out for details from us on our blog in late March/early April. On Thursday May 4, Broccoli City will be hosting an art show called “BC All Night” which features emblematic, innovative and vocal expressions of music, art and wellness through the topics of health, sustainability, justice and social movements.  The festival will also allow for community members to get more involved in the health and environmental justice discussion that is gaining momentum in the DC area on May 5 at the Broccoli Conference. The conference will feature a panel of organizations and corporations such as Kellogg, Google DC,  and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History that will explore and analyze the effects large organizations and corporations have on effecting the food justice movement in America. We encourage our DC community members to get out to this event to not only listen to the panel, but to vocalize their own experiences in this integral justice movement DC has taken on. Green Scheme will be at the events leading up to the festival on Saturday and we will also have a booth at the festival so please feel free to join us, come chat with our team and get more involved in our work and the mission of Broccoli City! For more information on the event please visit: https://www.bcfestival.com/. Community members are encourage

2016 YMCA Cap View Garden Build with The Green Scheme and Broccoli City





 to come out and help environmental justice groups around the District prepare for Broccoli City in May! Please stay updated with us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to learn more about how you can get involved with  festival preparations! Our team will continue updating the community through our blog with upcoming events linked to the festival, along with how you can get more involved with sustainable living, environmental justice and our mission to engage and empower our communities across the District! #WeMakeGreenCool
-The Green Scheme Team                   #TheNewCool