#washington district of columbia

[bfpnola]

@reaux07 from howard university in washington, DC today representing BFP! FREE PALESTINE!

#untranscribed #undescribed #reaux speaks #resources #bipoc #free palestine #palestine #free gaza #gaza #anti zionism #hbcu #university #howard university #washington dc #united states #district of columbia #video

[reasonsforhope]

"In Washington D.C., a sophisticated sewage treatment plant is turning the capital’s waste into a form of capital: living capital that is fertilizing the gardens of farms of the Mid-Atlantic region and saving vast quantities of resources.

Described by the workers’ there as a “resource recovery plant,” D.C. Water run a biogas plant and high-quality fertilizer production in the course of their dirty duty to ensure the city’s waste finds a safe endpoint.

The nation’s capital is exceptional at producing waste from the toilet bowls of the 2.2 million people who live, work, and commute through the city and its suburbs.

Reporting by Lina Zeldovich reveals that rather than trucking it all to a landfill, D.C. Water extract an awful lot of value from the capital crap, by looking at it as a resource to send through the world’s largest advanced wastewater treatment plant, which uses a “thermal hydrolysis process” in which it is sterilized, broken down, and shipped off for processing into “Bloom,” a nitrogen-rich, slow-release fertilizer product. 

The other “Black Gold”

At their facility in southwest Washington, huge aeration tanks percolate the poo of everyone from tourists to the President. After it’s all fed into enormous pressure cookers where, under the gravity of six earth atmospheres and 300°F, the vast black sludge is rendered harmless.

Next this “Black Gold,” as Zeldovich described it, is pumped into massive bacterial-rich tanks where microbes breakdown large molecules like fats, proteins, and carbs into smaller components, shrinking the overall tonnage of sewage to 450 tons per day down from 1,100 at the start of the process.

This mass-micro-munching also produces methane, which when fed into an onsite turbine, generates a whopping 10 megawatts of green energy which can power 8,000 nearby homes. [Note: Natural gas (which is mostly methane) is definitely greener than coal and oil, but it still causes a significant amount of emissions and greenhouse gases.] The 450 tons of remaining waste from the D.C. feces are sent into another room where conveyor belts ring out excess fluid before feeding it through large rollers which squash it into small congregate chunks.

D.C. Water sends this to another company called Homestead Gardens for drying, aging, and packaging before it’s sold as Bloom.

“I grow everything with it, squashes, tomatoes, eggplants,” Bill Brower, one of the plant’s engineers, tells Zeldovich. “Everything grows great and tastes great,” he adds.

“And I’m not the only one who thinks so. We’ve heard from a lot of people that they’ve got the best response they’ve ever seen from the plants. Particularly with leafy greens because that nitrogen boost does well with leafy plants. And the plants seem to have fewer diseases and fewer pests around—probably because Bloom helps build healthy soils.”

While farms around the country are facing nutrient depletion in soils from over-farming, turning to synthetic fertilizers to make up the difference, introducing more such thermal hydrolysis plants could truly revolutionize the way humans look at their feces—as a way of restoring the country’s soils rather than polluting them. As Mike Rowe would say, it only takes a person who’s willing to get their hands dirty."

-via Good News Network, November 23, 2021

Note: You can buy this fertilizer yourself here!

#older news but still relevant #you can go buy this fertilizer yourself! #sewage #sanitation #fertilizer #sustainability #circular economy #sustainable agricuture #nitrogen #waste #waste management #waste disposal #good news #hope #hope posting #washington dc #dc #united states #district of columbia #urban farming #solarpunk #urban gardening #environmentalism #farming #rooftop garden #gardening #edible gardening #toilet #soil #soil quality

[todaysdocument]

E Street, NW

Record Group 30: Records of the Bureau of Public RoadsSeries: Historical Photograph FilesFile Unit: Traffic - Heavy Traffic - Washington, D.C. (continued)

Cross-index classification Traffic, Heavy  No. 49-400 State D. C.   Jacket Filed Streets

Description. Heavy traffic on E Street, N. W., between 13th and 15th Streets, N. W.  Time 5:05 PM.  Photo by T. W. Kines, April 5, 1949 

This black and white photograph was probably taken from the upper story of a building.  It shows cars driving in both directions on a four lane street.  Cars are also parked along the curb.  The cars are mid-century American cars.  The street is in Washington, DC.  Buildings and a small green space line the street.  Pedestrians are visible on the sidewalk.  One cross street is visible, with a few cars and a bus traveling along it.

#archivesgov #April 5 #1949 #1940s #washington dc #district of columbia #dc #traffic

[sabistarphotos]

December 17, 2022

Washington, DC

#photography #night photography #nightlife #urban #city #washington dc #dc #district of columbia #city lights #cityscape

[hekademos]

#photography #photographers on tumblr #urban #architecture #city #xt3 #fujifilm #alley #night #original photographers #washington dc #night aesthetic #night photography #district of columbia #brick #liminal #door #windows #building #ramp

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

United States Capitol, Washington DC Photograph by C.O. Buckingham, ca. 1920

#DC #district of columbia #Washington DC #United States Capitol #Capitol #us capitol #1920s #night #reflection

[veganfoodie]

It’s myyyyy birthday today🥳🥳🥳♐️♐️♐️🎉🎉🎉

#what vegans eat #plantbased #veganfood #birthday #vegan #mi vida #dairy free #things to eat #washington #district of columbia

[uscityflagstournament]

#note: both are slightly cropped #portland #oregon #washington #washington dc #district of columbia #us city flags tournament #polls #round 3

[usstateflagstournament]

#illinois #dc #washington dc #district of columbia #us state flags tournament #us state flags #polls #round 1

[royalpain16]

Queen Elizabeth II visits The District of Columbia (Washington DC) with First Lady, Barbara Bush, May 7, 1991

#queen elizabeth ii #Washington dc #district of Columbia #1991

[bfpnola]

the full 4 hours worth of speeches and chants before the national march even actually began to march. being there in-person was truly another experience, so i wanted to share this here so y'all could get even just a sliver of that same amazement! speeches you can listen to include:

Opening Chant

Introduction with Manolo De Los Santos

Nadya Tannous from Palestinian Youth Movement

Ahlam from Maryland2Palestine

Arsema Kifle from Dissenters

Jasmin Nicole Williams from Artists Against Apartheid

Dr. Hatem Bazian from UC Berkeley

Lauren Pineiro from the Tampa 5

Mahdi Bray from the American Muslim Alliance

Black Alliance for Peace

Melanie Yazzie from The Red Nation

Marte White from Community Movement Builders

Omar Suleiman, an American imam

Mohammed Nabulsi from Palestinian Youth Movement

Brian Becker from ANSWER Coalition

Layan Fuleihan from The People's Forum

Macklemore (yes, the muisician)

Ya'oub from the National Students for Justice in Palestine

Maysoon Abu Gharbieh from Arab Women's Committee (Chicago)

Tara Alalami, Sarah Ihmoud, and Rasha Mubarak from Palestinian Feminist Collective and Susan Sarandon

Ahmad Abuznaid from US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Nihad Awad from Council on American-Islamic Relations

Mohammed El-Kurd, a writer

Nazek Sankari from US Palestinian Community Network

Nour Jafghama and Medea Benjamin from CODEPINK

Meredith from Anti War Committee MN

Osama Abu Irshaid from American Muslims for Palestine

Noura Erakat, a human rights attorney

Majid Gadsen from December 12 Movement

Nina from Bayan USA

Rania Mustafa from Palestinian American Community Center NJ

Krystal Two Bulls from Honor the Earth

Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss from Neturei Karta

Jonel Edwards from Dream Defenders

Raja Abdulhag from Al Quds News

Ángel from Malcolm X Grassroots Movement

Nick Tilsen from NDN Collective

Lamis Deek from Al Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition

Ju-Hyun Park from Nodutdol

Eugene Puryear from Party for Socialism and Liberation

Vijay Prashad from Tricontinental Institute

Celine Qussiny from Palestinian Youth Movement

as well as several interviews towards the end of the video in front of the white house! go watch! go share!

#reaux speaks #youtube #video #free palestine #palestine #gaza #free gaza #genocide #ceasefire #protest #national march on washington #anti zionism #korean #filipino #jewish #black liberation #united states #washington dc #district of columbia #native american #indigenous #muslim #intersectional feminism #speech #Youtube

[wikipediapictures]

Embassy of Ireland, Washington, D.C.

#embassy of ireland #irish embassy #ambassador’s residence #irish ambassador #frederic delano house #wikipedia #wikipedia pictures #washington d.c. #washington dc #district of columbia #embassy #ireland

[blogboestbelle]

Sweet November🍂🍁🍂

Adams Morgan, Washington D.C.

#photographers on tumblr #original photographers #original photography #nature #november #fall vibes #fall leaves #autumn #washington dc #district of columbia

[sabistarphotos]

December 31, 2022

Adams Memorial, Augustus Saint-Gaudens

The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

#photography #sculpture #art #art photography #augustus saint gaudens #augustus saint-gaudens #smithsonian #smithsonian institution #smithsonian museum #smithsonian american art museum #washington dc #district of columbia #dc

[hekademos]

some ppl were recreating that one seinfeld episode, except they didnt know where the car was parked

#photography #photographers on tumblr #night #original photographers #urban #architecture #washington dc #night aesthetic #night photography #alley #street lights #shadows #buildings #night sky #canon photography #glow #liminal #liminal aesthetic #district of columbia

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Washington Monument, Washington DC Photograph by C.H. Freyer, 1919

#washington dc #district of columbia #washington monument #1919 #photo