Conservation

Learn the secrets to successful seed sowing from VegetableGardener.com contributor and seed master, Greg Holdsworth. $9/nonresidents, $5 residents.

Event aims to connect children and families with nature through fun, age-appropriate activities. Free.

The Dallas City Plan Commission is taking another look at gas drilling in Dallas parks after voting it down in December. Residents are urged to attend the public hearing to voice concerns.
Read the DMN article about it here:
http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2013/01/dallas-plan-commission-chair…

Learn about local reptiles and their beneficial roles. Meet in the Penn Farm Amphitheater. Free with cost of park admission: $7/ages 12 & up.

Learn about the different mammals at the park. Meet in the Penn Farm Amphitheater. Free with cost of park admission: $7/ages 12 & up.

The Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club hosts Carol Spruiell of the Texas Conservation Alliance, who will speak on the water supply for North Texas. She will cover the local water plan, alternatives to building multi-billion-dollar dams and the more efficient use of water resources through recycling.

The Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club is hosting this screening of the documentary "Beyond Pollution," an examination of the environmental, economic and humanitarian impacts of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Producer Harper Robinson will be on hand for a Q&A session following. http://www.beyondpollutionthefilm.com/

The city of Dallas will present the input from the early outreach meetings regarding its zero waste goals for 2040 and facilitate a discussion among the participants in order to provide recommendations to the City Council on the timelines included in the plan. The City Council will consider adopting the revised timelines at a City Council meeting in Spring 2013. Texas Campaign for the Environment is urging the public to attend in support of pushing forward a commercial recycling program, a single-use bag ordinance and municipal compost recycling.

The city of Dallas is hosting two public hearings, Jan. 7 and Jan. 8, to get feedback on the timeline to phase-in changes to achieve zero-waste goals for Dallas by 2040. Texas Campaign for the Environment is urging Dallas residents to appear to support speeding up plans to offer recycling for apartment dwellers and businesses, phase out single-use bags and start a compost recycling program. A follow up seminar will be held on Jan. 26. Also see http://www.texasenvironment.org/

The city of Dallas is hosting two public hearings, Jan. 7 and Jan. 8, to get feedback on the timeline to phase-in changes to achieve zero-waste goals for Dallas by 2040. Texas Campaign for the Environment is urging Dallas residents to appear to support speeding up plans to offer recycling for apartment dwellers and businesses, phase out single-use bags and start a compost recycling program. A follow up seminar will be held on Jan. 26. Also see http://www.texasenvironment.org/