Environment

Program Schedule

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.     Registration with continental breakfast (Music Hall Lobby)

8:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.     Opening Session – Guest speakers include:

Collin County Hobby Beekeepers’ Association (CCHBA) meets on the second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Heard Craig Center in McKinney, Texas. Click here for directions.

Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association (CCHBA) is comprised of men, women and youth interested in the art of beekeeping.

Our membership ranges across many professions. We have members with several hundred to one to NO bee hives. We foster an environment in which you can increase your knowledge and teach others.

This course is designed for all individuals interested in becoming certified energy improvement professionals, verifying the performance characteristics of an existing home and participation in Residential Energy Efficiency Standard Offer Programs. 

Click here for more information and to register.

Be a part of the world's largest grassroots solar event!

The Texas Solar Energy Society is pleased to announce four Solar Tours this October in conjunction with the American Solar Energy Society's National Solar Tour.

Join our TXSES chapters and colleagues around the state. Look for a self guided tour near you!

The 27th annual Texas renewable energy conference, including:

John Hofmeister

Founder and Chief Executive
Citizens for Affordable Energy, Washington, D.C.
Former President Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas

Author, Why We Hate The Oil Companies
John Hofmeister brief biography

Come join the Gleaning Network of Texas for sweet potato gleaning! We will gather the sweet potatoes left in the field, bag them up, and distribute them to a wide range of food assistance programs. Look for more information as we get closer to this event!

The Gleaning Network of Texas is a nonprofit, grassroots organization whose goal is to use our state’s existing surplus fresh produce resources to help alleviate hunger and improve nutrition for food-insecure Texans.

The Network brings together growers, volunteers, and service agencies to provide food for the hungry from fruits and vegetables left in the field after the harvest and other unutilized supplies.

Sustainable Leaders Roundtable is a group that was started in June to bring together the leaders of all of the green and sustainable groups in the Metroplex.  Over 50 different organizations, including non-profits, governments, business groups, advocacy organizations, and universities are members.

Free and open to community leaders.

Email Mitch Fine at mitchphine0770@gmail.com for more information.

North Texas Renewable Energy Group (NTREG) announces the  DFW Solar Home Tour, October 1^st, 2011  www.dfwsolarhometour.org

The 2^nd annual DFW Solar Home Tour is a part of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) National Solar Tour www.nationalsolartour.org . It offers the public the opportunity to tour innovative green homes and buildings and learn how homeowners and businesses can use renewable energy, energy efficiency, and other sustainable technologies. 

Several distinguished speakers have agreed to present information on the supplies and delivery of water in our region and will answer questions from the audience. They include Lewis McMahan, a Director of the Texas Water Development Board, Tod Maurina of the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District, Denis Qualls of Dallas Water Utilities, and Tyson Broad of the Sierra Club. A talk on the basics of Texas water law will be given by Simone Kiel of Freese and Nichols, a consulting firm to the State of Texas.

Denton Organic Society monthly meeting:

“Farming with Energies” by Mark Chapin, owner of Diverse Microbial Solutions