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Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club: Children in Nature - Fort Worth

Children in Nature Network North Texas executive chair Amanda Stone Norton and Speakers Bureau chair Heather Foote present the vital contributions of network founder and author Richard Louv in revitalizing a global nature movement. His books Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder and The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age inform the presentation, along with tips for discovering local natural world adventures on the Perot Museum sponsored NT CiNN website: NatureRocksNorthTexas.org.

Green Source DFW: Run for the Environment - Cedar Hill

Green Source DFW, a project of the Memnosyne Institute, is hosting its first-ever fundraising 5K run. The inaugural Run for the Environment will be held Oct. 11, 2014 at Cedar Hill State Park.

The event will be timed on a measured course.  

Proceeds will support Green Source DFW and its mission to advance the environmental movement in North Texas. 

For more information, contact Phillip@GreenSourceDFW.org

Mountain View College: Women in Technology & Innovative Small Business Awards Dinner - Dallas

Part of the North Texas Innovative Technology & Diversity Summit. This two-day summit [Aug. 6-7] brings together national and local industry leaders, corporate executives, technology experts, entrepreneurs and business owners. In addition, NTITDS will also honor and award outstanding women in technology and the leading innovative small business in North Texas.

Keynote speaker: Caroline Cummings, VP Bus Development

2014 Women in Tech Award Winner: Julie Bugala, VP of Talent Mgmt, AT&T

2014 Innovcative Small Business Award Winner: Nominations open until July 25. Prize $1,000.

Aug. 6 Awards Dinner: $30
Aug. 7 Tech & Diversity Expo & Conference: $30
Entire Summit: $50, students, $15 w/student ID 

University of Dallas: 'Leading for the Triple Bottom Line' - Dallas

Over 93 percent of CEOs now see sustainability as vital to their company’s future success, but many still don’t know how to implement it. What leadership models and building blocks should executives and managers consider when leading for sustainability? Leading for the Triple Bottom Line will explore key strategies and tactics for embedding sustainability into your corporate culture and engaging stakeholders.

Industry experts will discuss how to:   

• Integrate CSR into the C-Suite

• Embed CSR in recruiting, talent management and other HR functions

• Engage employees in sustainability

• Give back to communities through green initiatives

The Speakers

Jack Lowe, retired CEO,TDIndustries, Inc.

John Muros, Ph.D.,Senior HR Research Consultant, AT&T

Citizens Climate Lobby: Meeting - Dallas

Citizen's Climate Lobby is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization working on creating the political will for a livable world. CCL's mission is to empower normal citizens, who care about their world, to engage in conversations with their elected officials.

On June 24, five of us from the DFW chapter went to Capitol Hill and met with Texas congress members. 

If you care about the environment and want to get involved in getting an effective climate change policy created, come meet us.

This month, we are meeting to listen to the monthly national call. This month the speaker is Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, a well-known climate scientist who was featured in the TV series "Years of Living Dangerously." The call starts at noon. 

Info: Shawn Reeder at badaggie@badaggie.com

or Swetha Kannan at swetha.kannan@gmail.com

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