Environment

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/

Kids ages 5-12 will hike, track wildlife, learn birding and other outdoor skills, create nature art and conduct field studies while learning to care for the environment. $45/child for members, $50/child for nonmembers for each day of camp. Or sign up for the whole week: $195/child for members and $220 for nonmembers.

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/

Event hosted by Stop the Frack Attack, a coalition of concerned citizens and groups seeking to protect their health and their families from the dangers of gas drilling. More details TBA.

Eric Neupert, executive director at the Black Land Prairie Raptor Center, will present several hawks, owls and falcons that make Flower Mound their home. Event hosted by the Flower Mound Foundation will include exhibits by The Aldo Leopold Foundation, Keep Flower Mound Beautiful, LBJ Wildflower Center, Lake Lewisville Environmental Learning Area, Native Plant Society of Texas and Texas Master Naturalists. Call library to register. Free.

The Botanical Research Institute of Texas in Fort Worth will showcase 35 plants native to North Texas. Free.