Rachel Kaufman

Freelance writer, editor, and blogger in the Washington, D.C. metro area

Archives for the ‘Environment’ Category

Feathers at Your Nest: Spotting Wild Birds

By Rachel • Jun 27th, 2008 • Category: Condo Living, Environment, New and Cool

MARY PFAFFKO was on her way back from the gym, walking down Connecticut Avenue, and there it was. A wood thrush, common in the East but rarely seen outside deeply wooded areas. But there it was, right on the street. The only problem was that it was dead.
In her role as president of the D.C. [...]



One For Me, One For You

By Rachel • Feb 1st, 2008 • Category: Environment, More

No matter how well-meaning but misguided, you’d never toss a holiday gift (not even the heinous reindeer coffee mug from the office Secret Santa). And the whole re-gifting thing can be a serious faux pas if you get caught. But that doesn’t mean you should relegate those unmentionables to catching dust in the far corner [...]



Blues, Jazz fest to go green

By Rachel • Jun 29th, 2007 • Category: Environment, More

Erie Times-News
Published June 29, 2007
by Rachel Kaufman
Erie Art Museum’s annual Blues and Jazz Festival is pioneering three environmentally friendly initiatives that could make Erie a cleaner, greener place to live.
The festival, which takes place in Frontier Park the first weekend in August, will sell “green tags” to fund the purchase of new trees, offer a [...]