Irving is hosting an Eco-Movie Fest in honor of Earth Day on Saturday!
Saturday, April 21 | 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. | at two of our libraries – Central and West.
This event is FREE to the public!
Below are the movies that will be shown by location:
Central Library Movie Lineup | 801 W. Irving Blvd.
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Fresh (the Video Project) |
Fort Worth Prairie Fest is the annual fundraiser for Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area. Learn more about how funds are plowed back into Tandy Hills HERE.
Prairie Fest grew from a small neighborhood event in 2006 to become the “Best Outdoor Cultural Event in 2010”, according to the Fort Worth Weekly. By 2011, Prairie Fest had attracted hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors to Tandy Hills.
For 2012, Prairie Fest has been re-imagined and re-focused back to discovery and enjoyment of Tandy Hills, itself. Instead of a single event, there will be three festivals throughout the Spring on the last Saturdays of March, April and May. Event hours will be from 4 PM - Dusk.
Learn how to be Water-Wise to endure the drought!
1st annual conference on soil and water issues in North Central Texas
This is a gathering of like-minded amateur and professional gardeners for the purpose of
demonstrating practical solutions toward reducing water use and improving soil health.
Featured Speakers:
Sabino Cortez of Erath Earth
Using Organic Compost to Heal Soil and Water Less
Bruce Blevins of Preservation Tree Service
Intelligent Irrigation in a Hydro-Illogical World
Tom Motley, North Texas Gardens
Organic, Drought Surviving Herbs and Produce in Raised Bed Gardens
Harold Spiegel, Preservation Tree Service
Native and Adaptive Tree Species-Water Savvy Choices,
General Tree Care and Effective Watering of Trees
Dedicated time for your questions.
Come out and visit the many vendors participating for more water wise solutions!
FREE
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Who: Dallas County Community College District |
Hold On to Your Hats Eco Amigos....
The year is going to start off with a bang.....including a new environmental hazard which is imminently threatening our backyard (you have to come to find out about it).
Catch the scoop of what it is and how fast it is coming by joining me at Picasso's off Forest and Inwood (across from Jesuit's soccer fields) in Dallas this Thursday night at 6:30.
Smitty and I will be hot off an DMNews ed board meeting to expose this new threat to DFW's water and air quality....and we need your help.
When you get there, we'll also let you know what is going on with the Keystone Pipeline (it's still not over despite the President's decision), gas drilling, the Exide plant, and more.
Thanks and PLEASE forward to friends/places that can announce this meeting.
Rita Beving, Public Citizen organizer & Sierra Club member
Join the Noble Planetarium staff and members of the Fort Worth Astronomical Society for free monthly Star Parties. You’ll find plenty of telescopes for viewing and even more astronomy buffs to help you navigate your way through the skies. Star Parties are held once a month held in front of the Museum, on Gendy Street. The party begins at dusk, weather permitting, and lasts until approximately 10:30 p.m. Best of all, it’s FREE! Note, parking is available in the lot south of Harley Street.
Dates for 2012 star parties:
March 3
April 14
May 12
June 9
July 7
August 11
September 8
October 6 "Stars over Euless"
November 10
Dallas Sierra Club General Meeting Tuesday, January 10
We have two great programs for you at our January General Meeting. Our first program is a short presentation about the controversial subject of climate engineering. Our main program will look at native plants of North Texas.
Climate Engineering
Geoengineering, also called climate engineering, is the term used to describe activities designed to intentionally alter the earth's natural environment to counteract the effects of climate change. Almost everyone agrees that use of geoengineering methods would be very risky and quite likely to have significant unintended consequences. Should research be undertaken? Is geoengineering the Plan B in the event that current efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are unsuccessful? Sierra Club member Paul Heller will discuss this controversial subject. Paul Heller was trained as an electrical engineer at Purdue with an MBA from Wharton.
Native Plants of North Texas
Flyer from Raymond Crawford
PUBLIC MEETING
at Dallas City Hall, Auditorium L1F
next to the underground parking garage
1500 Marilla Street
Thursday, October 27th @ 6 pm
Dallas City Hall wants to know how you feel about gas drilling.
The Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force is preparing new recommendations in order to deliver to the Dallas City Council. They want to hear of you concerns. What do you want in the new gas ordinance? Here are a few suggestions you may want to request that the city consider:
Presented by
Matt Churches
City Forester - City of Arlington,
Certified Arborist/Utility Specialist/Municipal Specialist
Urban Forestry Effect, known as UFORE evolved from a recent study and refers to a computer model
that calculates
the structure, environmental effects and values of urban forests.
The UFORE model was developed in the late 1990s by researchers at
the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service,
Northeastern Research Station in Syracuse, NY.
Do you want to have a fabulous garden that is easy to maintain and easy on the wallet? Diana Harris, TCLP, Dallas County Master Gardener, will show you the features to include that make a great garden. She will show you how to incorporate interesting perennials, flowering shrubs and edibles that are beautiful throughout the year; how to invite wildlife to your garden and how to select plants that are easy to maintain. Come find out how to create a beautiful and unique landscape using all types of plants that work well together in the garden and won’t break the bank! $25 or $22.50 for Members