Arlington Greens will meet on May 5, 7:30 PM, at the Ballston Firehouse Community Room, and have invited Mike Ewall of the Energy Justice Taskforce to speak about the 2016 D.C. ban on commercial use of foam food containers. Mike Ewall is a longtime environmental activist and founder of the Energy Justice Taskforce. Everyone is invited to attend on May 5. The Ballston Firehouse is located at Wilson Blvd and N. George Mason Drive, about 1 mile from the Ballston Metro station.

For more information on Mike Ewall, please go to this website http://www.energyjustice.net/mikeewall

We will discuss later in the meeting the following topics: Greens sponsorship of a used shoe donation drive to support clean water projects in lesser developed countries; enacting a ban in Arlington of single use plastic bags and food food containers; status of school board and county board races, civic events in Arlington, and the recent demolition of historic affordable rental apartments in Westover area