DOEE Green Zone Environmental Program

07/18/2024

A blast from the past with the GZEP Site Managers and Team Leaders!

07/18/2024

Embracing the new plant additions.. some more than others!

07/18/2024

Take a peek inside our session at Anacostia High School with our partners, Kavle Consulting, where we’re dismantling bikes and mastering their assembly process!

07/11/2024

Discovering the magic of nature with a goat at the Alice Ferguson Foundation with our GZEP team!

07/11/2024

Together, we are GZEP!

07/03/2024

Exploring the power of teamwork with the Team Leaders and Site Managers against the backdrop of nature’s beauty, gearing up for an exciting two-day team building experience with our amazing team and partners!

06/27/2024

Welcome GZEP Family! Here are several site managers and team leaders extending a warm welcome to the youth participating in the 2024 Green Zone Environmental Program (GZEP).

07/06/2023

Today was a field trip day for the GZEP Anacostia #2 cohort! They went to the Aquatic Resources Education Center where they learned and practiced how to fish in preparation for their upcoming field trip to Kingman Island!

06/29/2023

DOEE's 2023 GZEP program is in full swing! Here we have the cohort learning about catch-and-release fishing out of the Anacostia River. They also learned about the native and invasive species that inhabit the riverway .

06/29/2023

It was GZEP Orientation Week here at DOEE! We have Special Assistant Clothida Nwaete giving a demonstration to the team on CPR.

06/29/2023

It was GZEP Orientation Week here at DOEE! We have Dept Of Behavioral Health here with us, they explained the importance of mental health and consoling one another

06/27/2023

07/26/2022

DOEE Tuesday

It is DOEE Tuesdays here at GZEP!

As we come to an end to our summer, we want to highlight our amazing team!

Our staff has made a positive impact on our SYEP Summer Youth workers by ensuring they retain information on how to better sustain DC’s environment!

07/25/2022

07/21/2022

GZEP Participants enjoying our 2018 Solar job fair.

07/20/2022

Workshop Wednesdays

GZEP Participants had the opportunity to test water samples from the Anacostia to gain knowledge on potential toxic substances.

07/19/2022

It's DOEE Tuesday at GZEP!

Did you know?

DOEE’s Lead and Healthy Housing Division consists of a broad coalition of District agencies and some of the District’s most prominent medical providers, managed care organizations, non-profits, and environmental health professionals. Participating health providers and social service agencies serve as front-line responders, identifying children in distress due to lead poisoning, severe and poorly controlled asthma, and/or situations in which a pregnant woman is living in a hazardous home. The front-line responders refer these families to DOEE ‘s Lead and Healthy Housing Division.

After an intake process, participants receive a comprehensive home environmental assessment and energy audit, family education, an asthma management diagnostic and case management coordination. Once health and safety threats have been identified and systematically documented, DOEE creates a comprehensive Technical Assistance Report that serves as a time-sensitive roadmap for the correction of identified hazards and details the potential health issues related to those hazards.

07/18/2022

Monday

It’s a blessing to start a new week!

07/15/2022

This week our GZEP staff had the chance to explore and learn the history of Kingman Island (also known as Burnham Barrier)

Kingman & Heritage Islands are islands in Northeast and Southeast Washington, D.C., in the Anacostia River. Both islands are man-made, built from material dredged from the Anacostia River and completed in the early part of the 20th Century. Kingman Island, Kingman Lake and nearby Kingman Park are named after Brigadier General Dan Christie Kingman, the US Army’s Chief of Engineers who died in 1916 while the project was underway.

Kingman Island is bordered on the east by the main channel of the Anacostia River, and on the west by the 110-acre Kingman Lake, which is a side channel of the Anacostia. Heritage Island is surrounded by Kingman Lake. Both islands were federally owned property managed by the National Park Service until 1996. They are currently owned by the District of Columbia Government and managed by Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region. Kingman Island is bisected by Benning Road and the Ethel Kennedy Bridge, with the southern half of the island bisected again by East Capitol Street and the Whitney Young Memorial Bridge. Part of Langston Golf Course is located on Kingman Island north of Benning Road, while the southern half of Kingman Island and all of Heritage Island are largely undeveloped.



For more information please visit

https://www.kingmanisland.com/kingman-history

07/11/2022

Good Morning! Today is for GZEP!

07/07/2022

Throwback Thursday to our 2015 trip at the Alice Ferguson Foundation

More than 8,000 students participate in our Bridging the Watershed program at the Alice Ferguson Foundation which takes youth to national and state parks in the Potomac Watershed where they learn, hands-on, about how a watershed works and how to keep it clean. Another 10,000 volunteers participate in trash cleanups in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC.

Each year, Alice Ferguson Foundation helps thousands of people connect with nature by cleaning our river banks.

07/06/2022

Workshop Wednesdays

Our GZEP participants had a wonderful opportunity to partner up with Earth Conservation Corps.

“Earth Conservation Corps is a nonprofit organization which empowers youth from stressed communities in service learning through wildlife research, habitat restoration, and raptor education.”

Earth Conservation Corps is a nonprofit organization which empowers youth from stressed communities in service learning through wildlife research, habitat restoration, and raptor education.

07/05/2022

It is DOEE Tuesdays here at GZEP!

Today we’re highlighting DOEE's Watershed Protection Division (WPD)

Did you know?

DOEE's Watershed Protection Division (WPD) works to protect and restore the environmental health of the District’s rivers and streams. The division is comprised of two branches that work together to protect our watersheds from soil erosion, litter and debris, and other nonpoint sources of pollution

What is a Watershed?
A watershed – the land area that drains to one stream, lake or river – affects the water quality in the water body that it surrounds. Like water bodies (e.g., lakes, rivers, and streams), individual watersheds share similarities but also differ in many ways!

07/01/2022

This week our GZEP staff had the chance to explore the Anacostia River through the Anacostia Riverkeepers.



Who are The Anacostia Riverkeepers?



Anacostia Riverkeeper is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the Anacostia River for all who live, work, and play in its watershed. Established in 2008, Anacostia Riverkeeper has been a trusted name in the DC and Maryland metropolitan communities for over ten years. https://www.anacostiariverkeeper.org/about-anacostia-riverkeeper/

06/30/2022

Youth Development Training in 2019!

06/29/2022

Its Workshop Wednesday here at GZEP! Today’s spotlight goes to Mobilized Green!

“At Mobilize Green, we address the diversity leadership gap in green STEM by connecting organizations with top-tier diverse talent, which provides students with viable pathways to meaningful careers and helps public and private sector agencies fill their talent pipelines”.

https://www.mobilizegreen.org/about-us

06/28/2022

Today we’re highlighting Mold & Radon Awareness with Keith Keemer, Environmental Protection Specialist.

Did you know?

Radon is a naturally occurring, invisible, odorless gas that comes from deposits of uranium in soil, rock and water. Prolonged exposure to elevated levels of radon can be harmful when found in homes.

Let your friends and family know that District residents can obtain a free radon test kit by calling the radon hotline at (202) 535-2302.

06/24/2022

Every Friday, GZEP provides enriching workshops that provide education, skill building tools and resources to enrich their future.

This week our agency's very own Senior Deputy Director, Richard Jackson, lead an awesome presentation on Leadership. This presentation highlighted the different types of leaders and their effect on building a strong team and long lasting relationships!

06/23/2022

In 2016, GZEP partnered with East Capitol Urban Farm which is a multi-functional, three-acre farm located in Southeast. It includes community beds for gardening, an aquaponics system, walking trails, community art, and more. What an amazing experience!