Energy
North Texas Electric Auto Association: Meeting - Carrollton
The North Texas Electric Auto Association’s goal is to support local EV enthusiasts and to promote and educate the public regarding the benefits of electric vehicles.
All monthly meetings are free to attend and open to the public.
North Texas Renewable Energy Group: DFW Solar Home Tour
Tour of homes in North Texas with solar systems and other sustainable features installed. Check the website in the coming weeks for updates. Free.
Save the Bees Week: Buzz Around Dallas Day - Dallas
Join the Swarm and take part in a week-long campaign of Global actions to Save the Bees. Together we will Pester the Pesticide Pushers and Swarm together to BAN Neonicotinoids and other poisonous chemicals. We need to keep the bees alive to pollinate our food!...
WEDNESDAY: We’ll ride the train around DFW in our BEE costumes, getting off at different stops to BUZZ around and “Do the Honey Bee,” sharing info about the bees and our Saturday SWARM. Meet us at 9:45 a.m. at the Kiosk in front of the Mockingbird DART Station; buy your all-day ticket and bee ready to board the 10:08 train towards Parker Road Staion. The train will stop at the Forest Lane Station at 10:19, if anyone wants to jump on there and join us. We'll disembark at the Downtown Plano Station at 10:33 to "do our BEE thing" in and around Haggard Park. Then we'll reboard the DART, and make stops (including one for lunch) at other stations on the way back to Mockingbird Station.
THURSDAY: Wear your BEE costume everywhere you go all day.
USGBC's North Texas Emerging Professionals: Green Screen - Dallas
Do you like short films and documentaries? Intelligent conversation? Great food and cocktails? Check out NTEP’s first Green Screen.
They’ll be showing and discussing a series of short films over a variety of topics, including recycling, waste and water. J.Black's will be donating a portion of the proceeds to the North Texas Emerging Professionals.
University of North Texas: Sustainability 101 - Denton
Sustainability 101 is a core course of UNT’s Sustainability Leadership Program. Engage in classroom discussions on the most challenging issues and see sustainability in action on the UNT Sustainability Tour. LEED professionals earn three CEUs for the tour. Breakfast and lunch are provided.
Workshop topics include:
• Fundamentals of Sustainability
• Funding Projects and Programs
• Changing Behavior
• Stakeholder Involvement
• Measuring Success
• Public/Private Partnerships
• Sustainability Marketing and Promotions
Citizens Climate Lobby: Meeting - Dallas
Citizen's Climate Lobby (CCL) is a non-profit nonpartisan organization working on creating the political will for a livable world. CCL's mission is to empower normal citizens, who care about their world, to engage in conversations with their elected officials.
On June 24, five members of the DFW chapter went to Capital Hill in DC and met with Texan congressmen. http://greensourcedfw.org/articles/dfw-citizens-climate-lobby-activists-dc-lobby-congress-carbon-tax. If you care about the environment and want to get involved in getting an effective climate change policy created, come meet us.
This month, we are meeting to listen to the monthly national call. This month the speaker is Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.), former NATO Supreme Allied Commander. The call starts at noon.
Info: Shawn Reeder at dallas@citizensclimatelobby.org
Texas Water Development Board: Public Meeting - Fort Worth
The Texas Water Development Board created by Prop 6 will hold a public meeting to take comments on proposed rules to spend the State Water Fund. Those unable to attend can see the plan and submit comments before Sept. 14 at http://www.twdb.texas.gov/swift/involved/index.asp
Clean Air Eco Meetup: Monthly meeting - Dallas
Monthly gathering of DFW environmental groups and activists. Items to be discussed.
1) Denton and the Fracking ban – Learn the blow by blow of Denton City Council that night. Find out what other cities in Texas are thinking about the same thing.
2) ALEC – what happened around this Koch-funded group coming to town
3) Dallas Green Alliance – update
4) Earth, Wind & Fire Summit – New speakers, the excitement builds. The EarthWindFireSummit.org site is up and running. Register via PAYPAL now!!
5) Your announcements
We are hoping folks from Clean Water Action may also join us to tell us what they are working on.
Info: Rita Beving, Dallas Sierra Club, 214-557-2271 or antiquerita@aol.com.
Citizens Climate Lobby: Meeting - Dallas
Citizen's Climate Lobby is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization working on creating the political will for a livable world. CCL's mission is to empower normal citizens, who care about their world, to engage in conversations with their elected officials.
On June 24, five of us from the DFW chapter went to Capitol Hill and met with Texas congress members.
If you care about the environment and want to get involved in getting an effective climate change policy created, come meet us.
This month, we are meeting to listen to the monthly national call. This month the speaker is Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, a well-known climate scientist who was featured in the TV series "Years of Living Dangerously." The call starts at noon.
Info: Shawn Reeder at badaggie@badaggie.com
or Swetha Kannan at swetha.kannan@gmail.com