This past Saturday turned out to be a gorgeous day for Green Rush 2012. At around noon, a Repax truck pulled up at Logan Circle to get set up for the Fwd: Your Fashion press conference that concluded the largest clothing drive in DC history and kicked off Green Rush 2012.

By 12:30, Green Rush registration volunteers were manning the tables and welcoming the first trickle of rushers. The Clean Currents team arrived by bike, scooter, metro and foot to help out with the Rush. By 1:30, there was a nice sized crowd gathered in the circle with teams decked out costumes ranging from Wizards of Oz garb, Green Lantern gear, Ninja Turtles, green feathers, the Lorax and more - it was quite a scene.

At 2:30, Steve Ma of Live Green kicked off the Rush with some inspirational thoughts on the mission of Live Green – to help make supporting green businesses affordable and accessible to DC residents. And then the teams were off … first strategizing their approach to the clues and then racing around the city completing challenges at various Live Green spots. Challenges including dumping donated clothes into the Goodwill truck, pizza tasting at Local 16, strutting one the runway at the fashion contest and striking a pose at Tranquil Space yoga studio.

It all ended with an awesome after-party where winners were recognized for their excellent strategizing & physical prowess in collecting the most points.  One lucky pair won a Clean Currents chico gift pack, complete with t-shirt, mug, and gift card to wind powered Yola for completing the powered by Clean Currents businesses crossword puzzle. The other winners went home with prizes like a year’s worth of Honest Tea (Best Team Spirit), a hundred dollar gift card to Café Green (2nd Place) and of course the $1000 grand prize. And then came the dance party! Green Rushers definitely know how to break it down. Even the Live Green Penguin made an appearance:

 
What an amazing way to celebrate Earth Day with a such and spririted bunch! Looking forward to next years Rush! Click HERE to see more Green Rush 2012 photos

 
The Wizards of Ozone took home a years supply of Honest Tea for their fantastic team spirit (and costumes)

 
 
Emily, our Community Outreach Coordinator and the most recent addition to our team, did some amazing work with chalk on the sidewalk!