Environment and Natural Resources Division Earth Day
April 28, 2011
Marking the eighth annual Earth Day Service Celebration today, Deputy Attorney General James Cole and Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno commended volunteers from the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) as they began work on a future Community Greening Center near Marvin Gaye Park in Northeast Washington, D.C.The Community Greening Center will be a neighborhood-based nursery for plants and trees as well as an environmental education resource center.
Blog: http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/1326
Website: Justice.gov/enrd
EPA.gov/earthday
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Assistant Attorney General Moreno addresses Earth Day volunteers.Photo credit: ENRDAssistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno addresses volunteers from Washington Parks & People "DC Green Corps" and the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division. -
ENRD Volunteers plant trees and begin constructing a fence.Photo credit: ENRDENRD Volunteers plant trees and begin constructing a fence for the new Marvin Gaye Greening Center at 50th Street and Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave. N.E. -
Lisa A. Hayes, of the American Constitution Society of Law and Policy, speaking to volunteers.Photo credit: ENRDSpeaking to volunteers, Lisa A. Hayes, Director of Development and Senior Counsel at the American Constitution Society of Law and Policy. Ms. Hayes is also the daughter of Earth Day Network founder Denis Hayes, who coordinated the first Earth Day in 1970. -
Volunteers listen to welcoming remarks before beginning work on the new Marvin Gaye Community Greening Center.Photo credit: ENRDVolunteers listen to welcoming remarks before beginning work on the new Marvin Gaye Community Greening Center. -
Deputy Attorney General Cole speaks to volunteers before work begins on the new Marvin Gaye Community Greening Center.Photo credit: ENRDDeputy Attorney General James Cole speaks to volunteers from Washington Parks & People "DC Green Corps" and the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division before work begins on the new Marvin Gaye Community Greening Center. 
Volunteers walk to new site of the Marvin Gaye Community Greening Center at 50th Street and Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave. N.E.Photo credit: ENRDVolunteers walk to new site of the Marvin Gaye Community Greening Center at 50th Street and Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave. N.E.
