Dallas Green Drinks: Mixer - Dallas
Mingle with other green folks at this monthly gathering.
Environment
Texas Trees Foundation: Grey to Green – Creating Cool Cities - Dallas
The cities where we live are heating up, but the places where we live need to be cool. Managing urban heat in an increasingly hot and dry climate is necessary to protect public health, infrastructure, the economy and quality of life. Trees and green infrastructure are a priority for urban heat management.
Speakers:
Dr. Brian Stone, Jr.
Associate Professor in the School of City and Regional Planning at the Georgia Institute of Technology and author of The City and the Coming Climate: Climate Change in the Places We Live.
David Hitchcock, Houston Area Research Center: Dallas Urban Heat Island Study
Dr. Robert Haley, UT Southwestern Medical Center: Adverse Health Effects of Climate Change in North Texas
Matt Grubisich, Urban Forester, Texas Trees Foundation: Green Infrastructure Strategies for the Built Environment - Trees
$40. Register on website or call 214-953-1184.
Downwinders at Risk: DFW Clean Air Plan Strategy - Dallas
Despite three state air plans over 15 years, DFW has yet to meet the 1997 federal smog standard.
Now, even as we’re still trying to meet an almost 20- year smog standard, a new, stricter standard is being enforced. The deadline for meeting it is 2018. The new plan for how to meet it must be turned into EPA by 2015. That plan is being written now. And you can help make it much better.
Please come to the next ciitzens’ meeting to ask questions and learn more.
Junk King: 1% For the Planet - Dallas Area
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In celebration of Earth Day, throughout April, your local Junk King will donate one percent of every job to 1% For The Planet, an alliance of businesses financially committed to creating a healthy planet. Book now, and help us make 1% a BIG number. USE CODE: CODEGREEN |
Sterling Brook Custom Homes: Village Park Eco Home Tours - Highland Village
The Village Park Eco Home is a net zero-energy ready house demonstrating how to build a high-performance, energy efficient, healthy home using building science. Sustainable and recycled materials are included resulting in minimal impact on the environment. The house is a certified DOE Challenge Home, Energy Star Home and Green Built Texas Home.
Tours are being held on the weekends through May 11, 11am-4pm, Sat and noon-5pm, Sun.
A shuttle bus will pick you up, take you to the house and return you to your car. Parking is available in The Marketplace at Highland Village shopping center.
Free.
Fort Worth Nature Center: Buffalo Boogie - Fort Worth
1 mile/5K walk and fun run for humans and dogs, benefitting the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge. $5-$30.
Ed Begley Jr.: Practical Ways to Save Energy & Water in the New Millennium - EDTx - Dallas
Green celebrity Ed Begley Jr will be at Earth Day Texas talking about his sustainable lifestyle.
Saturday, April 26, 3-4pm
Sunday, April 27, 1-2 pm
[ibimage==6769==original_size==none==self==ibimage_left]Ed Begley Jr. has been considered an environmental leader in the Hollywood community for many years. Since 1970, he has been an environmentalist, beginning with buying his first electric vehicle (a Taylor-Dunn golf cart style vehicle), recycling, and becoming a vegan. He is best known for his role as Dr. Victor Ehrlich, on the television series St. Elsewhere, for which he received six consecutive Emmy Award nominations, and his most recent reality show about green living called Living With Ed on Planet Green with his wife. He promotes eco-friendly products like the Toyota Prius, Envirolet composting toilets and Begley's Best Household Cleaner.
David Mizejewski, National Wildlife Federation: Wild Animals Presentation - EDTx Dallas
Wildlife advocate David Mizejewski will be at Earth Day Texas promoting the mission of the National Wildlife Federation in the Automobile Building, Main Stage A.
Saturday, April 26, 2-3pm, Wild Animals Presentation
Sunday, April 27, 2-3pm, Garden for Wildlife
[ibimage==6768==original_size==none==self==ibimage_left]A lifelong naturalist, animal-lover and self-professed nature geek, David Mizejewski is a TV and radio personality, author and blogger who uses his knowledge and enthusiasm to get people excited about joining National Wildlife Federation in its mission to protect wildlife and connect with nature. Come see Mizejewski and his wildly entertaining animals!
Fort Worth Sierra Club: Native Texas Wildlife - Fort Worth
Derek Broman, wildlife biologist for the DFW Metroplex from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, will detail the components of a creating a wildscape for wildlife habitat using native vegetation.
Chad Pregracke, CNN Hero of the Year, Living Lands & Waters: Helping to Clean America's Rivers from the Bottom Up - EDTx - Dallas
Chad Pregracke, CNN Hero of the Year, founder of Living Lands and Waters, will be at Earth Day Texas in the Automobile Building, Stage A.
Saturday, April 26, 12:30-1:30 pm
Sunday, April 27, 3-4 pm
[ibimage==6758==original_size==none==self==ibimage_left]This 2013 CNN Hero of the Year organizes cleanups across the country through his nonprofit, Living Lands & Waters. About 70,000 volunteers have pitched in, helping Chad Pregracke collect more than 7 million pounds of trash in the past 15 years. Listen to Pregracke’s incredible story.