Interested in saving water indoors? Discover how easy it is to find and fix common water leaks in your home. Explore the water conservation features of Plano’s Environmental Education Center to learn how to further your water conservation efforts. Free.
Workshop series is geared to environmental educators. In this last session, help students learn about their relationship with energy and investigate the environmental issues related to energy's role in society. Receive an Energy & Society Activity Guide, Energy and Me Music CD and Dance Video end energy posters. Great for 5th grade energy unit. Receive 3hours of SBEC credit. $35. Info: LInda Dunn at ldunn@wetlandcenter.com
All monthly meetings are free to attend and open to the public.
Photo presentation by Dan Lepinski, whose job as a solar energy design engineer let him travel extensively throughout many foreign countries. He will share photos from his extensive picture collection of renewable energy around the world. Free.
The city of Irving hosts this mini green expo featuring 20 vendors showcasing various aspects of sustainable living, including rainwater harvesting, beekeeping, composting and bicycling. In addition, speakers will talk about gardening, butterflies and healthy eating. Free.
This workshop is part of UNT's Sustainability Leadership Program, a professional certificate workshop series to help participants discover professional opportunities in sustainability. Attend all 7 workshops and receive certification.
Cost for the July 29 workshop: $75. Agenda:
All monthly meetings are free to attend and open to the public.
Learn about green living from local experts and then tour the Environmental Education Center, Plano's only LEED Platinum certified building. Free.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportaion, will conduct a two-day workshop to bring together pipeline safety public awareness stakeholders to discuss findings from recent federal and state public awareness inspections and gain perspectives from various stakeholders on public awareness challenges and successes to identify ways to strengthen pipeline safety public awareness.
The workshop will also be webcast.
Presentations from this workshop will be made available on this website following the workshop. Register online. Free.