Woman of the Cloth: Diverting fabric from landfills one pair of pants at a time
WASHINGTON—The average American tosses upward of 70 pounds of T-shirts, jeans, sweaters and towels into the garbage. Each year. Do the math in the nation’s...
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Rx for Appalachia: Non-profit restoring native forests to mountains devastated by coal mining and logging
DURBIN, WEST VIRGINIA—Near the top of Cheat Mountain, bulldozer operator Bill Moore grimaces at the wreckage littering the steep slope below. It looks as if...
A Brush with Conservation: Artists draw on storm drains to protect the Anacostia River
WASHINGTON—The Anacostia Watershed Society asked local artists to go wild in D.C. neighborhoods. So they did. Literally. And the results are impressive, colorful and yes,...