Earth Hour began in 2007 in Australia to encourage individual households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol for their commitment to the planet. Today more than 7,000 communities across the world participate in Earth Hour.
Craft food, drinks, music, live auction...and more. Special guests Angela Hunt& Wylie H Dallas
All proceeds will be used to support anti-tollroad candidates for the Dallas City Council. $50.
Learn about the many ways to be better stewards of the earth’s resources. The event will feature various ways residents can invest in a sustainable future, improve daily living and save money by Going Green! Other highlights include entertainment, vendor booths, raffle and prizes. Free.
Students K thru 6: Collect and save your juice pouches for a chance to win an Apple iPad.
Memnosyne Institute presents its 4th Annual Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards.
2015 Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Georgeann Moss, Dallas County Community College District.
Winners in five categories will be announced in the following categories: Nonprofit Professional, Small Business Entrepreneur, Large Business or Nonprofit (Project or Program) Small Nonprofit Organization and Volunteer.
We’re having a party to celebrate the Earth! Learn about backyard composting, rain barrels, green remodeling, maybe even take home a free tree from Home Depot and much more. Entertainment by Melanie (of Woodstock fame) and Fort Worth’s very own Vocal Trash.
This year marks the 30th annual Cowtown Cleanup! Started in 1985 as the Glad® Bag-a-Thon the Cowtown Cleanup is Fort Worth’s longest running cleanup now involving more than 5,000 volunteers. Picking up litter sadly does not prevent it from happening in the first place, but KFWB feels that youth that participate in litter cleanups do not grow up to be litterers. Grab some young people, find a Fort Worth location in need of some TLC, register to cleanup and receive free trash bags, gloves and T-shirts while supplies last. It takes all of us to keep Fort Worth beautiful! Link to: www.FortWorthTexas.gov/cowtowncleanup
Hear local environmental activist Rita Beving, North Texas Outreach Coordinator for Clean Water Fund and Clean Water Action, present "Understanding Water in Texas," which will include water planning in Texas, both locally and statewide, as well as conservation tips.
Presented by nationally-renowned Landscape Architect Rosa Finsley.
Rosa will discuss the restoration work in the fields adjacent to the historical Frankford church and cemetery. For many years, the field was kept mowed and manicured as part of the church grounds. After allowing for the native vegetation to grow back, this piece of the Blackland Prairie has become a large part of the heritage tourism being promoted for this historical site in the suburbs of Dallas. Wildflowers and other native plants which had probably not flowered in many generations were found to come back across these fields. Rosa will also provide a slide show illustrating some of the native plants being used as landscaping around the church and cemetery to capture the natural setting of this location. This restoration project in North Texas is a great example of steps that can be taken to revert manicured park areas and grounds back to a tallgrass prairie landscape.
The Region C Water Planning Group will hold a public hearing pursuant to the Texas Water Code §16.053 and as directed by an Order of the Texas Water Development Board issued on January 8, 2015. A copy of that Order may be found at https://www.twdb.texas.gov/home/tabs/doc/hot/twdb_order.pdf.
This public hearing is for the purpose of soliciting public comments on proposed revisions to the 2011 Region C Water Plan that resolve an interregional conflict – relating to the inclusion of the Marvin Nichols Reservoir Project as a recommended water management strategy in the 2011 Plan – as described in the foregoing Order. A copy of the proposed revisions to the 2011 Region C Water Plan may be found at http://www.regioncwater.org/Documents/Misc/Revision_to_2011_Region_C_Plan.pdf.
Questions and info: J. Kevin Ward, Secretary/Administrator, 817-467-4343
The RCWPG will accept written and oral comments at the public hearing. All written public comments may be submitted to the RCWPG up to and including thirty (30) days prior to Friday, February 27, 2015, and should be submitted to:
J. Kevin Ward
RCWPG Secretary/Administrator
A bus will leave Denton (6:30 am) and Fort Worth (7:30 am) to go to Austin to demand that cities get to keep local control of their ordinances be it fracking or a bag ban. $15. Info: Sharon Wilson, Earthworks, sharson@gmail.com.
Signup at: http://www.texassharon.com/2015/02/17/say-no-big-govt-get-bus-tell-rep/