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Sustainability Initiatives in Communities

People engaging in sustainable activities, such as gardening and discussions on environmental practices, showcasing community involvement.

Office of Water - One Planet Ours: Sustainability for the 22nd Century , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton, other Department of Interior officials at tree-planting and related outdoor events around National Mall, Washington, D.C., marking final days of Norton tenure

Activities at the National Football League's pre-Super Bowl XLII interactive theme park, The NFL Experience, in Glendale, Arizona, where Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., joined Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Americcan Recreation Coalition President Derrick Crandall, and other officials for outdoor recreation promotions

Installing the Inverter which changes Direct Current (DC) electricity into Alternating Current (AC) electricity. Installation of a residential wind turbine is filmed for an episode of the DIY network show ""This New House"". Bob Hayes of Prevailing Winds and his crew install a Dyocore SolAir 800 I wind turbine which integrates two small solar panels into its design and is capable of producing up to 800 Watts at 12 mph. The two solar panels produce up to 45watts. Redondo Beach, Ca, USA

Base Camps - 26-HK-66-25. LA Plaquemines Camp--FEMA civilian walking through camp -- by Andrea Booher, FEMA. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator - Madison, Wisconsin , Environmental Protection Agency

Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, left, and Environmental Protection Agency head Christine Todd Whitman, center, inspecting example of wildlifereintroduced into the Anacostia River Watershed, during visit for groundbreaking event for Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, a public-private partnership project

Office of the Administrator - Fresno, California , Environmental Protection Agency

FEMA Disaster Survival Assistance Team (DSAT) member John Snyder reviews information on flood impacted from his I-pad. The team delivered disaster assistance information door to door in the Lower Onion Creek neighborhood; an area that was affected by the Halloween Day flood. Residents impacted by the recent flooding may register for disaster assistance or get information about their application by calling 1-800-621-3362 (FEMA); TTY 1-800-462-7585.. Texas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Los Angeles County, California, where he observed the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history ("The Great Southern California Shake Out"). The Secretary joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a press conference, watched preparedness drills in schools, and discussed peparedness measures with students, educators, emergency operations personnel, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff including USGS Director Mark Myers

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Public assistance site. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Tree planting ceremony, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Finance Robert Lamb and other senior officials, honoring the late Sky Lesher, long-time Office of Financial Management Director

Executive producer Billy Frank from Make it Happen Productions and Ed Begley Jr. Ed Begley Jr. (noted actor and environmentalist) and his wife Rachelle Carson-Begley are building their new home under LEED Platinum Certified standards in an attempt to become one of North America's greenest, most sustainable home. It is also being filmed for their web series ""On Begley Street."" Studio City, California, US

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in Los Angeles, California, joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, and PacifiCorps Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel at signing ceremony for the Klamath Basin Hydropower Agreement in Principle, under which the Department of the Interior, the states of California and Oregon, and PacifiCorp established a framework for addressing the potential removal of four Klamath Basin hydropower facilities in parallel with proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Act provisions for reliable water supply, low-cost power, and protection of species listed under the Endangered Species Act

Office of the Administrator - Los Angeles, California , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - 2010 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3)_EPA at 40 , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Aspen , Environmental Protection Agency

Members of the Last Generation and other climate activists discuss loudly with Robert Habeck (Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, The Greens) at the dialogue format on the topic: What it's all about: Protecting freedom and democracy, renewing prosperity in the dialogue forum at Demokratie feiern. / The Basic Law turns 75, together it will be a celebration, Berlin, 25.05.2024

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Green For All's "Dig In" at Riverside Valley Community Garden with actor Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO of Green For All , Environmental Protection Agency

Hurricane Katrina

Mongolian Prime Minister and NASA Deputy Administrator Meet. NASA Earth Science Division Director Karen St. Germain, left, talks with Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai of Mongolia, as they tour NASAs Earth Information Center, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. The Earth Information Center is a new immersive experience that combines live data sets with cutting-edge data visualization to show NASA data can improve lives in the face of disasters, environmental challenges, and our changing world.

Office of Research and Development - 2008 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

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Events at Main Interior and surrounding area marking 50th anniversary of the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and its National Park Service partnership, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, U.S. Geological Survey Director Mark Myers, Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, and SCA founder Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam among the dignitaries joining more than 500 student environmental leaders from around the nation. Students participated in the SCA's EarthVision, a first-of-its-kind youth conservation summit.

LEWISVILLE, Texas (Aug. 2, 2022) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Operations Chief Tim MacAllister explains erosion issues at Lewisville Lake to U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D., Representative serving Texas' 26th Congressional District. Rep. Burgess, during a visit to the lake. Rep Burgess and staff, met with Col. Jon Stover, commander of the Fort Worth District, and staff, at Lewisville Lake for a tour of the Lewisville Dam and an update on the Lewisville Dam Safety Modification. The Dam Safety Modification is a result of a March 2014 risk assessment where Lewisville Dam was confirmed as a high-urgency dam primarily due to potential loss of life consequences. The potential for internal erosion, embankment instability, or spillway instability or uplift could all result in a significant loss of life if they adversely affected the integrity of the dam. The likelihood of those failures occurring is low and will be lower still after the project, but risk will re

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - San Antonio , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, for tour of Virgin Islands National Park and other natural and developed sites, discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials, and press conference at the National Park Service Dock Visitor Center concerning acquisition of land for new school construction

Image on display at Department of Interior Museum exhibit of contemporary and historical photography of National Parks

Visitors participate in a tour at Conemaugh River Lake during a Dam Safety Day led by Park Ranger April Richards in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, Aug. 13, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District operates the reservoir to provide flood risk reduction to the Conemaugh, Kiskiminetas, lower Allegheny and upper Ohio River valleys. Recreationally, Conemaugh River Lake offers residents and visitors with biking and hiking trails, fishing and picnic areas.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Earth Day - EPA at 40: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and EPA , Environmental Protection Agency

Earth Day - EPA at 40: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and EPA , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - 2010 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Los Angeles, California , Environmental Protection Agency

Earth Day - EPA at 40: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and EPA , Environmental Protection Agency

Activities at the National Football League's pre-Super Bowl XLII interactive theme park, The NFL Experience, in Glendale, Arizona, where Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., joined Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Americcan Recreation Coalition President Derrick Crandall, and other officials for outdoor recreation promotions

Earth Day - EPA at 40: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and EPA , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - 2010 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he toured, met with Yosemite Superintendent Mike Toillefson and other Yosemite staff, and joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar at a press conference announcing more than 200 proposed "ready to go" projects to be undertaken in National Parks around the country as part of the National Park Centennial Initiative. The Initiative, launched the previous August, is designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.

Office of Research and Development - 2008 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

Wildfires, San Diego, California, October 24, 2007 Lee Rosenberg, Task Force Leader at Qualcomm Stadium, explains FEMA programs to CNN reporter Thelma Gutierrez. The Southern California wildfires, concentrated in San Diego County and the Los Angeles County mountains, generated a major disaster declaration by the President today. Michael Raphael/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Severe Storms and Flooding, Methuen, MA, May 19, 2006 Local Firefighter Michael Hughes, left, shows Small Business Administration representative Daniel Castillo, damage caused during recent heavy rains during a Preliminary Damage Assessment that is taking place with local and state emergency officials on May 19, 2006. Jocelyn Augusitno/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of Research and Development - 2010 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Aftermath - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-46-55. numerous evacuees on interstate overpass under 10 West Baton Rouge and 10 East Slidell signs, date stamped 3 202pm. Hurricane Katrina

Secretary Gale Norton, other Department of Interior officials at tree-planting and related outdoor events around National Mall, Washington, D.C., marking final days of Norton tenure

Secretary Gale Norton, other Department of Interior officials at tree-planting and related outdoor events around National Mall, Washington, D.C., marking final days of Norton tenure

Office of Research and Development - 2008 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - 2008 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Volunteers prepare to begin their part of the International Costal Clean-Up effort at North Ave. Beach in Downtown, Chicago.

Office of the Administrator - Fresno, California , Environmental Protection Agency

5th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo, Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Santa Barbara , Environmental Protection Agency

Using an iPad and a sign language interpreter, FEMA Disaster Survival Assistance Team (DSAT) member John Snyder assists Marcus Vahalib with questions about disaster assistance following the Halloween Day flooding in the Onion Creek neighborhood. Residents impacted by the recent flooding may register for disaster assistance or get information about their application by calling 1-800-621-3362 (FEMA); TTY 1-800-462-7585.. Texas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Postal Service's Patrick Donahoe, Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, Parks Craig Manson, Refuge Centennial Commission Chairman William Horn, Fish and Wildlife Service's Steve Williams, right to left, among attendees at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, Sebastian, Florida centennial ceremony

Office of the Administrator - Columbia, Missouri - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boonslick Gateway Farm , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education - River Cleanup , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton, other Department of Interior officials at tree-planting and related outdoor events around National Mall, Washington, D.C., marking final days of Norton tenure

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Dewitt Jones, co-author of The Nature of Leadership , Environmental Protection Agency

Mementos to Steve Irwin at Australia Zoo. Queensland. AUSTRALIA. These photos were taken a few weeks after his death.

Office of Internal Affairs - Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), Sixteenth Regular Session of the CEC Council, Meetings of the Joint Public Advisory Committee , Environmental Protection Agency

A woman recycling trash at Gerardmer, France.

Office of the Administrator - Los Angeles, California , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - EPA-RTP Facility - Administrator Gina McCarthy's visit to the EPA-Research Triangle Park (RTP) facility in Durham, NC , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Madison, Wisconsin , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Children's Environmental Health Champions. Protect Children, Protect Our Future , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Oil from BP spill coats beach and jetty at Grand Isle State Park, Grand Isle, LA. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Los Angeles County, California, where he observed the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history ("The Great Southern California Shake Out"). The Secretary joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a press conference, watched preparedness drills in schools, and discussed peparedness measures with students, educators, emergency operations personnel, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff including USGS Director Mark Myers

Earth Day - EPA at 40: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and EPA , Environmental Protection Agency

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

Creator: Wise, Ross. Subjects: Fire; education and Education outreach; CA; Klamath Basin NWRC. . 1998 - 2011.

Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education - River Cleanup , Environmental Protection Agency

Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher, International Green Diesel Technology, EPA Ariel Rios Courtyard , Environmental Protection Agency

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Orlando's Sea World , Environmental Protection Agency

President George Bush appearing at the Jackson County Fairgrounds, Central Point, Oregon, for address on the Healthy Forests Initiative and environmental policy, following his visit to the site of the Squire Peak forest fire

Office of Research and Development - 2010 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Events at Main Interior and surrounding area marking 50th anniversary of the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and its National Park Service partnership, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, U.S. Geological Survey Director Mark Myers, Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, and SCA founder Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam among the dignitaries joining more than 500 student environmental leaders from around the nation. Students participated in the SCA's EarthVision, a first-of-its-kind youth conservation summit.

Tornado - Pratt City, Ala. , Jan. 17, 2012 Nearly nine months after the deadly tornadoes struck the Southeast, rebuilding is still occurring. David Myers, director of the DHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships talks with Doug Murrell of Habitat for Humanity and Rabbi Yehuda Sarna of NYU. Jewish and Muslim NYU students are volunteering at a job site where 2 new homes are being built. FEMA funding and coordination with volunteer agencies helped make this happen. FEMA photo/Tim Burkitt. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

Hurricane Katrina

Earth Day - EPA at 40: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and EPA , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Brownfields 2009 - Sustainable Communites Start Here , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Aspen , Environmental Protection Agency

Criminal Investigation Division, Training Facility in Brunswick, Georgia , Environmental Protection Agency

President's Environmental Youth Awards, National Winners - White House, President G. W. Bush, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman , Environmental Protection Agency

National Public Lands Day ceremony at This Is The Place Heritage Park, Salt Lake City, Utah, honoring members of the American Frontiers--A Public Lands Journey teams trekking on U.S. public lands between the Canadian and Mexican borders

Criminal Investigation Division, Training Facility in Brunswick, Georgia , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Aspen , Environmental Protection Agency

Volunteers, recycling and discussion for project, outdoor and team with trash bag or waste disposal. Forest, clean up and people with social responsibility, talking and community service in woods

Office of the Administrator - Aspen , Environmental Protection Agency

Dru Pearce, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Alaska Affairs, and colleague with poster from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation thanking Pearce for her work on behalf of the Perenosa Bay Project on Afognak Island, Alaska. Afognak, whose north shore fish and wildlife populations were damaged as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, has been the focus of conservation and recovery efforts undertaken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in partnership with the state of Alaska and nonprofit organizations.

Dru Pearce, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Alaska Affairs, and colleague with poster from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation thanking Pearce for her work on behalf of the Perenosa Bay Project on Afognak Island, Alaska. Afognak, whose north shore fish and wildlife populations were damaged as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, has been the focus of conservation and recovery efforts undertaken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in partnership with the state of Alaska and nonprofit organizations.

Office of the Administrator - Aspen , Environmental Protection Agency

Dru Pearce, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Alaska Affairs, and colleague with poster from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation thanking Pearce for her work on behalf of the Perenosa Bay Project on Afognak Island, Alaska. Afognak, whose north shore fish and wildlife populations were damaged as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, has been the focus of conservation and recovery efforts undertaken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in partnership with the state of Alaska and nonprofit organizations.

Office of the Administrator - Aspen , Environmental Protection Agency

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