We’ve got an exciting February for you!

We’re looking for an Environmental Educator who is passionate about conservation and eager to join us in seriously making sustainability fun! The Environmental Educator will create and implement conservation education programs for K-12 students and adults in school, community, and park settings. They will also build and maintain partnerships with schools and community organizations, lead scientific research at our native meadows, and collect program impact data. This is a remote position with significant in-person work in Fairfax County and Winchester, Virginia. Please spread the word!

We’re also looking for two dynamic and motivated interns to join our team as Summer Program Educators for our Guardians of the Green program serving middle- and high-school students in Fairfax County, Virginia. The selected candidates will play a key role in the development and implementation of an 8-week environmental science summer program, a unique opportunity for aspiring educators to gain hands-on experience in curriculum development, teaching, and mentorship within a dynamic and engaging environment.

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P4A is next weekend!

The Project for Awesome (P4A) is an annual fundraiser that takes place on YouTube. In 2022 and 2023, your votes landed us among the top 30 participating organizations, winning us more than $30,000 each year!

This year, we’ll be asking for your support once again. P4A funds have played a critical role in helping us launch programs like EcologiGALs, where we work to close the gender gap in environmental science by bringing classroom education and hands-on learning to middle- and high-school girls.This year, winning the P4A will help us expand that program, reach a new community of students in Winchester, and launch exciting new partnerships to help show more people that it’s possible to help the environment while also improving our own lives. Mark your calendars and get ready to vote February 16-18!

Winter Sowing Workshop 2/10

Join us and our host the City of Winchester for a seed-sowing workshop in Jim Barnett Park, the future home of the Sustainability Matters Native Meadow! Our education team will teach you a no-fuss way to sow vegetables and pollinator-friendly native perennials in milk jugs this winter. Plus, get a tour of our future native meadow site from the staff of Winchester Parks & Recreation. You'll go home with free seeds and new like-minded friends! Please register in advance so we know how many supplies to bring.

Conscious Cooking: A Roadmap to Reducing Kitchen Waste

Almost 40% of the entire US food supply ends up in landfills, costing the average American family more than $1,600 per year in wasted groceries. When combined with our reliance on single use packaging, kitchens are undoubtedly the most environmentally harmful room in our homes. But what if we could change that?

On Monday, February 26th at 7pm EST, join Mike Neese (self-taught zero waste guru), Nan McCarry (crop wild relatives expert), and Kenny Barnes from Sustainability Matters to learn how you can create a more eco-friendly kitchen, saving yourself money and reducing your waste. Innovative ways to reuse produce containers, easy hacks to use up every part of your ingredients, and why eating locally may not be quite as impactful as we’ve been led to believe are just a taste of what we’ll cover. Seriously… we’ll even show you how to make cat litter from leftover peanut shells. By the end, we promise you’ll never want to throw away food “scraps” again!

ICYMI Socials

Buy Single Bananas Do yourself and your planet a favor by buying single bananas next time you’re grocery shopping.

Reuse Berry “Clamshell” Containers Reuse your berry containers to grow and propagate plants!

Onion Peel Powder Don’t let the most nutritious part of your onions go to waste… make onion peel powder instead!