We’re excited to welcome seven founders to join our Spring 2021 Accelerator cohort! These diverse, motivated entrepreneurs are creating innovative solutions within the circular economy, expanding compost capacity within the region, reducing the carbon footprint of online fashion sales, increasing access to fresh and healthy foods and beverages, and developing distributed ledger technology to incentivize responsible purchasing.
Please join us for our Community Welcome Event via Airmeet next Thursday, January 21st at 4:30pm ET. During this virtual session, you'll hear from these founders and have a chance to network with some of the amazing individuals who make this community so special.
Join us Wednesday, January 20th at 4pm for a virtual talk with Christopher Marquis, author of Better Business: How the B Corp Movement is Remaking Capitalism. Hosted by Best for DMV and B Local: Mid-Atlantic Region.
Students are invited to join us Thursday, January 21st at 3pm to learn how businesses can become more socially and environmentally responsible. Learn about the B Corp Movement and different opportunities for students to get involved.
Check out our two upcoming Sustainability Series discussions on:
New Composting Legislation - Join us Thursday, January 28th to hear from Councilmember Glass and Councilmember Friedson on how farms, small businesses, and the community can benefit from Montgomery County's new Zoning Text Amendment 20-04.
Biking in Bethesda - Are you a cyclist in Montgomery County? Join us Thursday, February 4th for a discussion on the upgrades and improvements for cyclists in downtown Bethesda.
Meet Environmental Leader Meera Shroff
Bethesda Green’s Environmental Leaders Program is an experiential school-year long sustainability program targeting high school students in their senior year currently offered for Montgomery County high schools. The training focuses on environmental stewardship and community engagement with local organizations and businesses.
Meera is a Walt Whitman High School Senior. She is committed to combating the broad, daunting issue of climate change and its environmental repercussions. She believes working locally is essential to protecting the earth and building a better future. Check out her blog post on how the California Wildfires affected National Air Quality. Read it here.
Please Take a Moment to Fill Out Our Community Survey!
As we plan for next year, we want to know what types of sustainability projects you want to see! Please take a few minutes to fill out our community survey here.
