Travel Adventures is offering an exclusive tour of Washington, DC during the historic 40th anniversary week of Earth Day. In addition to touring the Smithsonian Museums and historic Memorials, your group can take advantage of some of Washington's GREEN experiences.
Optional Tour Highlights:
- A Global Day of Celebration- 4/25/2010
Earth Day Network will organize 40 major city events around the globe. The flagship event will be on the National Mall in Washington, DC
- Marian Koshland Science Museum exhibit “Global Warming Facts & Our Future”
Explore the current facts about climate change, including its potential causes and the possible future effects of global warming. Discover what these changes will likely mean for you and investigate the personal, national, and international actions that could reduce the negative effects of global warming.
- Blue Plains Water Treatment Plant Tour
This is the largest advanced wastewater treatment facility of its type in the world. The tour will leave you with an understanding of the basic processes that happen at the plant.
- Sidwell Friends – “Tour a Green School”
The Middle School Building was awarded a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Platinum rating in March 2007. It is the first K-12 school in the United States to have a LEED Platinum rating and the first LEED Platinum building in the District of Columbia.
- Merrill Center “Greenest Office Educational Program”
Take a tour of Merrill Center to see what makes it the "greenest office building in the world"!
- Friends Committee on National Legislation
Friends Committee on National Legislation's green building is the first green building on Captiol Hill. The building received a "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver Certification in 2007.
- Washington Nationals Baseball Game
The Washington Nationals Stadium is the first green stadium (Seasonal availability)
Inclusions:
- Lodging
- Motorcoach Transportation
- All meals
- Experienced Tour Director
- Washington Guide Service
- Nighttime Security
- Nametags & 24-Hr. Emergency Service
- Individual Participant Invoicing & Cancellation Protection Standard
- Health & Accident Insurance
- Price Guard™ Pricing Protection
* Note: This tour will be fully customized to meet your student group's specific educational needs.
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student groups for over two decades.
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