BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:The Ellen Pickering award\, presented by AlexRenew and the Env ironmental Policy Commission\, recognizes community members that have had significant\, positive impacts on our environment. Join us at the Del R ay GardenFest\, hosted by the Del Ray Citizens Association\, to celebrate the award recipient's achievements in helping protect our environment an d enjoy a fun\, free\, educational afternoon of garden-centric demonstrat ions\, informational booths\, and activities! \nAward presentation will o ccur at 1:00pm. \nLocation: Colasanto Park Baseball field\, 2600 Mount Ve rnon Avenue\, Alexandria VA 22301 \nhttps://delrayalx.wixsite.com/garden fest2025\n METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN SUMMARY:Ellen Pickering Environmental Excellence Award on Apr 27\, 2025 VERSION:2.0 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Ellen Pickering Environmental Excellence Award on Apr 27\, 20 25 X-WR-CALNAME:Ellen Pickering Environmental Excellence Award on Apr 27\, 20 25 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Awards CATEGORIES:Community Outreach CATEGORIES:Del Ray CATEGORIES:Earth Day CATEGORIES:Eco-City CATEGORIES:Environment CATEGORIES:Environmental Policy Commission (EPC) CATEGORIES:T&ES Events DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=58920\n\nThe Ellen Pickering award\, presented by AlexR enew and the Environmental Policy Commission\, recognizes community membe rs that have had significant\, positive impacts on our environment. Join us at the Del Ray GardenFest\, hosted by the Del Ray Citizens Associatio n\, to celebrate the award recipient's achievements in helping protect ou r environment and enjoy a fun\, free\, educational afternoon of garden-ce ntric demonstrations\, informational booths\, and activities! \nAward pr esentation will occur at 1:00pm.\nLocation: Colasanto Park Baseball field \, 2600 Mount Vernon Avenue\, Alexandria VA 22301 \nhttps://delrayalx.wi xsite.com/gardenfest2025\n\n\nLocation: No Location Specified\nContact P erson: Melissa Atwood\nContact Email: melissa.atwood@alexandriava.gov\nAu dience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Awards\, Community Outreach\, Del Ray\, Earth Day\, Eco-City\, Environment\, Environmental Policy Commission (EPC )\, T&ES Events\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alex andriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58920\n\nWeb resources:\n\nEllen Pickering Environmental Excellence Award\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/ea rth-day/ellen-pickering-environmental-excellence-award\nThe award is name d in honor of Ellen Pickering's lifelong dedication to preservation and c onservation in the City of Alexandria. Mrs. Pickering was a longtime City activist who first gained recognition for her lobbying efforts more than 40 years ago that ultimately helped create the Mount Vernon Trail betwee n Alexandria and Washington\, DC.\n\nEnvironmental Policy Commission\nhtt ps://www.alexandriava.gov/EPC\nEstablished in 1970 by the Alexandria City Council under Chapter 4\, Article M\, of the City Code\, the Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission (EPC) advises and makes recommendations t o the City Council and\, where appropriate\, to the Planning Commission a nd City Manager\, on matters relating to the following as defined in the EPC Bylaws:\nThe Climate crisis and its effects\nClean air\nLand use\nNoi se pollution \nPesticides\, herbicides and contaminants\nSolid waste\nWat er quality and supply\nOther topics relating to conservation and protecti on of environmental conditions in the City of Alexandria\, and\nSuch othe r matters as may from time to time be referred to it by the City Council. \n\n\nEarth Month Events\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/EarthDay.html\nJoi n us to celebrate and recognize Earth Day as we take "Steps to a Greener Alexandria." Each week of Earth Month focuses on our Eco-City principles and initiatives as we celebrate a month focused on Transportation\, Wate r Resources\, Energy & Climate Mitigation\, Air & Land\, and Solid Waste. \n\nDel Ray GardenFest\nhttps://delrayalx.wixsite.com/gardenfest2025\nGar denFest is a fun\, free\, educational afternoon of garden-centric demonst rations\, informational booths\, and activities! Celebrate sunshine and s pringtime by learning about all sorts of gardening topics\, including at- home composting\, growing native plants\, beekeeping\, and much more!\n DTEND:20250427T200000Z DTSTAMP:20250409T180905Z DTSTART:20250427T160000Z SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Ellen Pickering Environmental Excellence Award TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:c7e5d24e-167e-4087-ad72-2952eec229b9 URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/earth-day/ellen-pickering-environmental-e xcellence-award X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandri ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=58920
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The Ellen Pickerin g award\, presented by AlexRenew and the Environmental Policy Commission\ , recognizes community members that have had significant\, positive impac ts on our environment. Join us at the Del Ray GardenFest\, hosted by the Del Ray Citizens Association\, to celebrate the award recipient?s achiev ements in helping protect our environment and enjoy a fun\, free\, educat ional afternoon of garden-centric demonstrations\, informational booths\, and activities! \n
Award presentation will occur at 1:00pm.\n
Location: Colasanto Park Baseball field\, 2600 Mount Vernon Avenue\, Ale xandria VA 22301 \n
https://delrayalx.wixsite.com/gardenfest2025\n< br />\n
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Location: No Location Specified\n
Contact Pers on: Melissa Atwood\n
Contact Email: melissa.atwood@alexandriava.gov\ n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: Awards\, Community Outrea ch\, Del Ray\, Earth Day\, Eco-City\, Environment\, Environmental Policy Commission (EPC)\, T&\;ES Events\n
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Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&\ ;si=58920
\nEllen Pickering Environmental Excel lence Award
\nThe award is named in honor of Ellen Pickering'\; s lifelong dedication to preservation and conservation in the City of Ale xandria. Mrs. Pickering was a longtime City activist who first gained rec ognition for her lobbying efforts more than 40 years ago that ultimately helped create the Mount Vernon Trail between Alexandria and Washington\, DC.
\nEnvironmental Policy Commission
\nEstablished in 1970 by the Alexandria City Council un der Chapter 4\, Article M\, of the City Code\, the Alexandria Environment al Policy Commission (EPC) advises and makes recommendations to the City Council and\, where appropriate\, to the Planning Commission and City Man ager\, on matters relating to the following as defined in the EPC Bylaws: \nThe Climate crisis and its effects\nClean air\nLand use\nNoise pollutio n \nPesticides\, herbicides and contaminants\nSolid waste\nWater quality and supply\nOther topics relating to conservation and protection of envir onmental conditions in the City of Alexandria\, and\nSuch other matters a s may from time to time be referred to it by the City Council.\n
\nEarth Month Events< br>\nJoin us to celebrate and recognize Earth Day as we take ?Steps to a Greener Alexandria.? Each week of Earth Month focuses on our Eco-City pr inciples and initiatives as we celebrate a month focused on Transportatio n\, Water Resources\, Energy &\; Climate Mitigation\, Air &\; Land\ , and Solid Waste.
\nDel Ray GardenFest
\nGardenFest is a fun\, free\, educationa l afternoon of garden-centric demonstrations\, informational booths\, and activities! Celebrate sunshine and springtime by learning about all sort s of gardening topics\, including at-home composting\, growing native pla nts\, beekeeping\, and much more!
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