North Texas Renewable Energy Group June Meeting

Saturday, June 9^th 10-noon  REI Dallas.   www.ntreg.org 

Dr. Lehman Marks, Winston Solar Car Challenge Event Coordinator
The Winston Solar Car Challenge is an annual event for high-school students, where the students themselves design, build, and race a totally solar powered car.

Girls! This isn't just for guys! The 2011 Solar Car Challenge race was won by the Houston Lady Racers from Houston High in Houston, Mississippi!

Learn about the resources, best practices and opportunities for community outreach in promoting the Live Green in Plano message. 

SAT June 9, 2012    3:00pm - 5:00pm
THU Oct. 25, 2012    7:00pm - 9:00pm

To register for this event, please visit http://livegreeninplano.obsres.com/Info.aspx?EventID=12

Learn about the factors affecting air quality, the impacts of poor air quality on a community, the link between air quality and energy sources and some ways you can make a difference. 

SAT June 9, 2012    10:00am - 12:00pm
THU Oct. 11, 2012    7:00pm - 9:00pm

To register for this event, please visit http://livegreeninplano.obsres.com/Info.aspx?EventID=12

Learn how to conserve water in your landscape by making use of compost, native plants and optimizing your irrigation system. 

SAT June 9, 2012    8:00am - 10:00am
THU Oct. 4, 2012    7:00pm - 9:00pm

To register for this event, please visit http://livegreeninplano.obsres.com/Info.aspx?EventID=12

Learn where your tap water comes from, what activates a drought contingency plan, how to conserve water in your home, and how to prevent contamination of our watershed. 

FRI. June 8, 2012    7:00pm - 9:00pm
THU Sept 27, 2012    7:00pm - 9:00pm

To register, please visit http://livegreeninplano.obsres.com/Info.aspx?EventID=12

What is the Live Green in Plano Volunteer Program? 

The Live Green in Plano Volunteer Program is a local training opportunity for volunteers to work in partnership with the staff of the Sustainability & Environmental Services Department and extend information throughout our community. Live Green Volunteers will pledge to take individual actions toward greener living and help others do the same.

Series Includes:

-   Waste Diversion / Consumerism
-   Water Quality / Indoor Conservation
-   Compost, Native Plants, Irrigation
-   Air Quality, Energy
-   Green Building
-   Getting the Word Out

Material is presented through City of Plano Environmental Education Coordinators, guest speakers, volunteers, film, tours, demonstrations and class discussion.

THU June 7, 2012    7:00pm - 9:00pm
FRI June 8, 2012    7:00pm - 9:00pm
SAT June 9, 2012    8:00am - 5:00pm

Joy Kiser, author of America’s Other Audubon, to speak at Dallas Museum of Art

Audubon Dallas and the North Texas Master Naturalists present author Joy M. Kiser at the Dallas Museum of Art Saturday, June 23 at 1:00pm. Ms. Kiser’s book, America’s Other Audubon, tells the remarkable story of self-taught naturalist and illustrator, Genevieve Jones, and her life’s work, Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of the Birds of Ohio. A sampling of Jones’s exquisitely detailed lithographs of birds’ nests will also be on display, on loan from the Museum of Nature & Science Mudge Library. The talk is free with admission to the museum.