Fundraiser for the River Legacy Foundation featuring hors d'oeuvres, drinks, live music, animal encounters, night hikes. Benefits animal habitats and exhibits. Bid on pigeon statues. Dress: woodland chic. Cost: $100.
The North Texas Corporate Recycling Association is hosting this recycling bus tour with stops at Hilex Poly, a plastic bag recycler, and CKS Packaging, a plastic bottle recycler. Meet for lunch at Chicken Hatch at 11:30 a.m. and The Foundry beer garden for networking after the tour. No jewelry or cameras allowed; wear close-toe flat shoes. Cost: $15/NTCRA members; $20/nonmembers. Includes lunch and drink at networking event. Registration deadline Nov. 13.
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff is collecting items that run on electricity or batteries, including computer accessories, fax machines, cell phones and appliances to be recycled. There is a $5 to $15 charge for monitors and TVs. For a list of accepted items, see http://ewastegroup.net/?page_id=5067
Volunteers of all ages needed to mix seeds and sow wildflowers. Call 972-538-5949 or e-mail info@keeplewisvillebeautiful.org for more information. Free Keep Lewisville Beautiful T-shirts and pizza provided.
The city of Arlington hosts this event in honor of Texas Recycles Day. Arlington residents can bring old monitors, keyboards, printers, radios, VCRs, video cameras – anything electronic, with the exception of large, household appliances such as refrigerators, washers and dryers. Call 817-317-2000 for disposal of those items. Proof of Arlington residency is required.
DFW Ecovillage hosts a Sustainability Think Tank at 2:30 p.m. Participants are also encouraged to join the all-you-can-eat buffet from 11:30 to 2 p.m. for $10.
Dr. Richard B. Alley speaks on climate change and sustainable energy. Part of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History's ongoing Public Knowledge lecture series. Cash bar and free snacks. Free parking in South Harley Street lot. Free.
Learn what makes a fly a fly and why so many of the winged wonders you see in the great outdoors are not. Discover the diverse behavior and habits of this group of insects with entomologist John Watts. $15/nonmembers, $12/members.
The non-profit Texas Mountain Trail will share new opportunities in Big Bend, Fort Davis, Guadalupe Mountains National Park and the Franklin Mountains, including the Peak Fitness Challenge -- a new, free program. Free.
Twelve Hills Nature Center is a five-acre wildlife preserve in the Oak Cliff neighborhood. Learn about native plants and the Blackland Prairie ecosystem on this naturalist-guided walk. Free. RSVP Marcie Haley at MarcieH@gmail.com.