About Us
Green Living DC is a volunteer-led organization in the ANC3F neighborhood, committed to “connecting people and resources for a more sustainable community.” For four years now, Green Living DC members have been organizing the annual Green Living DC Expo at UDC, connecting residents with green technologies, products and organizations during a fun family-friendly community event. Green Living DC is also organizing the annual Burritos For Fun cleanup of the Soap Stone Creek, and we are always looking for opportunities to build new events and partnership to advance green living in NW DC.
Our group grew out of the Neighborhood Sustainability Indicators Project (NSIP), an innovative, community-based, grassroots effort to engage neighborhood residents, businesses and institutions to define their vision, goals and targets for sustainability at the local level and take specific actions towards meeting their identified goals. This pilot project was specifically focused on the ANC3F area covering the North Cleveland Park, Forest Hills and Tenleytown areas of Ward 3, Washington, DC.
Steering Committee
Arno Boersma is a knowledge management expert and currently works for the Sustainable Development Network of the World Bank. He is actively exploring the crossroads of social media and green living. As a resident of Tenleytown he became involved in the NSIP pilot project, a small contribution to leave the planet greener for his two little kids.
Andrea Limauro is the Ward 3 Neighborhood Planning Coordinator for the DC Office of Planning (OP) and is the project manager for the NSIP process for OP. Previous to working for OP Andrea was a planner in Baltimore, worked on ex-offender re-entry programs in Chicago, coordinated development projects in Angola, researched the reintegration of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone and served tea and coffee on Alitalia airplanes. After 8 year in the US, a Masters degree, two kids and an American wife he still suffers from a case of stubborn and persistent Italian accent.
Ken Terzian enjoys living in this community, walkable to the Metro and shopping, with easy access to Rock Creek Park and its natural setting, trails, and bike paths. As an architect promoting sustainable design at OPX, he shares a personal love of nature and concern for the environment with his clients and colleagues, seeking solutions to the environmental challenges of our time.
John Wickham is an environmental consultant specializing in climate change mitigation and adaptation. John has worked with the Federal government, the World Bank, local governments, and numerous nonprofit organizations. A native of Alexandria, Virginia, John has lived for the last twenty years in northwest DC and is excited to be collaborating with his neighbors and the District government in helping establish sustainability indicators for the city.
