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Pedal Power Benefit - Dallas

Saturday April 28th | 9pm-Midnite   Continental Lofts Gallery | 311 Elm, just east of the Baylor DART Station in Deep Ellum. Awards, bikes, fashion, photos, drinks, food trucks, and bicycle valet parking of course, benefitingPedal Power – our local bicycle charity that provides used bikes for transportation and commerce to those in need. Announcing the voters’-choice 2012 Face of Biking in Dallas winners and judges’-choice Favorite Cyclist Photographer winners.

Rum and Blue Agave tasting with Railean Distillery (Blue Agave would be called tequila if it were made in Tequila, Mexico – but it’s MADE IN TEXAS!) See all the Cyclist Census photos on display and be inspired by runway-ready fashion that you may never have thought you'd see on a cyclist.

Learn 2 Live Green - Plano

Learn 2 Live Green (L2LG) is a fun, family-friendly, FREE event encouraging people to adopt a greener lifestyle. L2LG includes the latest in green and/or fair trade products, along with interactive hands-on activities, entertainment, presentations, a film festival, artwork, children’s activities and prize drawings. Learn about keyhole gardens which provide enough food for an entire family in just a 6’ diameter area. Discover how food additives and processing contributes to children’s allergies and asthma. Hear how  global observations about water impact the local water supply. Learn! Enjoy! Experience! In making greener choices, you’ll help the environment AND save a little green.                     

Register for one of the many workshops or classes at L2LG here https://livegreeninplano.obsres.com/Info.aspx?EventID=21

Web site http://www.learn2livegreen.com

Date Change! - Water Conservation and What's New at BRIT with Richard Smart - Keller

http://www.meetup.com/DFW-Tarrant-County-Greenweavers/events/57686162/?a=ea2_grp&rv=ea2

“Summer is coming on us hard, so anything we can learn to implement or pass on to others for water conservation will benefit us all.”

Mr. Smart is the director of public activities for the BRIT (Botanical Research Institute of Texas www.brit.org )

He will speaking to us on the 27th about the BRIT, and it's mission, then moving onto what he calls 'Learning The Way'.  This is a stewardship driven system that bridges the gap between some great thoughts on tactics for water conservation and those items that can be done NOW.

 

Cyclovia de Dallas - Dallas

Dallas is celebrating the 100th year anniversary of the Houston Street Viaduct with a ciclovia!

Ciclovia is:
A chance to experience a place without cars and meet new friends.  Streets are closed off to auto traffic – bikes, trikes, skaters, roller bladers and walkers take over!

At Cyclovia de Dallas, an event organized by BFOC and the City of Dallas, the Houston Street Bridge will be off limits to cars and trucks while pedestrians, cyclists, skateboarders and other non-motorized travelers practice greener ways of getting around.

The bridge connects Oak Cliff to downtown Dallas and will be closed to motorists during the event, from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 14.

Activities will include kite flying, line dancing, bicycle races, skateboarding, live music, yoga, a bicycle safety rodeo, an urban market, healthy food trucks, a dog park, and more.

The Viaduct is an easy walk from Downtown via Houston Street.  Parking is abundant and DART’s Union Station has service from all lines.

UTA College Park Tour - ACC Monthly Meeting - Arlington

Special April ACC Meeting

On Wednesday, April 11 at 7 pm we'll learn about sustainable architecture during a free tour and talk at the gleaming new UTA College Park Center, 601 S. Pecan St.

For this month's general meeting we will tour the CPC, UTA's newest environmentally-friendly sports arena/events facility. We will be guided by the building's architects and managers, who will highlight its green features.

Representatives of the UT System and the architecture and engineering firms involved ­ Bill Amendola, Office of Facilities Planning and Construction, UT System; Ellen Mitchell, sustainable design coordinator, HKS; Jennifer Blount, LEED coordinator, Jacobs Engineering; and Keith Schobert, assistant director, UTA College Park Center ­ will lead a discussion of green building elements, both visible and stealth, and other environmentally aware features of the state-of-the-art venue and how the entire 20-acre College Park District is accelerating a growing synergy between the university and downtown Arlington.

Master Composting Training - 5/31, 6/1 & 6/2 - Dallas

Date & Time Location
May 31st 6:00 pm – 9:00pm 
June 1st 6:00 pm – 9:00pm 
June 2nd 8:00 am – 4:00pm 

Dallas Farmer’s Market - Multi Purpose Room - 1010 S. Pearl Expwy. - Dallas, TX 75201

Purpose
To grow a community of volunteers dedicated to the reduction of organics in the municipal solid waste stream, education of organic composting among citizens of Dallas and increasing community participation in waste diversion efforts via composting.

Requirements
Master Composter candidates will attend:
Introduction to Composting 1 hr
History of Solid Waste 2 hrs
Compost Recipe 101 2 hrs
Composting Techniques: Backyard and Commercial 2 hrs
Vermi-composting 2 hrs
The Indore Method – Hands on Training 2 hrs
Compost Quality 2 hrs
How to Use Compost 2 hrs
Read “The Rodale Book of Composting” 5 hrs
Total Education 20 hrs

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