Watts Going On?
The region is jammed with electrification, green energy, and climate-friendly events. Want to list your event? Contact info@electrifydc.org!
Environmental Film Festival
Location: At venues throughout the DC area
Date: March 20-26, 2025
District of Columbia
“Electrifying the District” Short Film Premiere
Location: The Festival Center - 1640 Columbia Road NW, Washington D.C. 20009
Date: Sunday, March 30th, from 5:00-7:00 PM
Green Drinks DC’s April Happy Hour!
Much needed in-person connections for professionals, students, and enthusiasts who care about the environment by our friends at Green Drinks.
Location: 1606 20th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20009
Date: Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 6:00 pm
2025 Nancy Weiser Ignatius Lecture on the Environment
Location: American University, 3498 Nebraska Ave NW Washington, DC 20016
Date: Tuesday, April 1 · 5:30 - 7:30 pm EDT
The School of International Service (SIS) is thrilled to welcome Katharine Hayhoe, Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair in Public Policy in Public Law, Department of Political Science, Texas Tech University, to deliver this year’s Ignatius Lecture.
Maryland
2025 Montgomery County Energy Summit
Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
Date: April 8-9, 2025
Location: Silver Spring Civic Building
Virginia
Sustain Fairfax Challenge: Empowering a Greener Future
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 25, 6:30 p.m. ET
A livestream event for residents to learn how the new web-based platform is making it simple, easy and fun to take action to save money, reduce carbon pollution and create a healthier, sustainable future for Fairfax County. The webinar will be livestreamed on Fairfax County’s YouTube channel as well as OEEC’s Facebook page.
Register to get updates and alerts about this event: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/environment-energy-coordination/sustain-fairfax-challenge-empowering-greener-future
Resources
The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative has published a Whole-House + Electrification Playbook to help state and local implementation of energy efficiency and healthy housing to maximize health, safety, and energy benefits. Download the playbook for free.
Our friends at Beyond Gas recently released a report detailing dangerous nitrogen dioxide levels in DC and Maryland kitchens. Read the alarming report on the 700 kitchens tested by community scientists in Cooking Up Danger.
DMV Climate Partners, a Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments initiative, laid out 10 steps for you to start reducing emission in and around your home. Check out the What Can YOU Do? slideshow - it’s easier than you think, and you can get started today!
The brilliant minds at Rewiring America released an informative report – Breathe easy: Household electrification as a public health intervention to improve outdoor air quality – which models the health benefits of electrifying America’s homes. This report lays out how electrifying our homes will yield billions in health benefits, and significantly reduce the number of hospital admissions, ER visits, asthma attacks, premature deaths and days of missed work.
