Join UNT Sustainability and its event partners, Schneider Electric & HKS Architects, at DFW's premier networking event for sustainability professionals. Meet individuals from the public and private sectors and start conversations that build long-lasting partnerships. Ticket price includes refreshments and one free drink of your choice. $15.
All tools, water and snacks will be provided. Volunteers needed to weed and tidy the two Torian Cabin gardens first, then travel across the street and do the same for the beds that are behind the Senior Center on Church Street. RSVP: mjtellin@grapevinetexas.gov
The North Texas Corporate Recycling Association's annual awards luncheon, honoring green advocates and professionals in North Texas. $75/ members; $45/members. Brief tour of the Arboretum @ 11 a.m.
The Dallas CPC will hold a workshop on the proposed gas drilling ordinance in the morning and host a public hearing in the afternoon.
The Brain Storming Session will be professionally moderated. The outcomes will be shared with the environmental community. Please let us know if you will be participating. Register @ www.gsdfwbrainstorming.eventbrite.com
Lecture and book signing. Inspired by the historic ginkgo that has thrived in London’s Kew Gardens since the 1760s, Professor Peter Crane explores the history of the ginkgo from its mysterious origin through its proliferation, drastic decline and ultimate resurgence.
Professor Sir Peter Crane is a Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean and professor of botany at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
The march, held in conjunction with world-wide marches, protests the maker of GMO seeds. Starts at Dallas City Hall and proceeds down Young Street past the OmniHotel and the Dallas Morning News and Belo/WFAA admin. offices.
Join the Dallas and the Fort Worth MoveOn Councils for a presentation developed by Public Citizen on the issues relating to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which critics describe as the ultimate "corporate power grab." Bob Cash, director of the Texas Fair Trade Coalition in Austin, will speak about attempts to "fast track" the TPP trade agreement and the negative impact it would have on jobs and the economy if passed. Dallas activist Gary Stuard will speak on the environmental impact.
Painter, photographer, adventurer and naturalist J.J. L’Heureux made her first trip to Antarctica in 2000 and has returned every season. L’Heureux will share her experience of the amazing wildlife that inhabited the desolate Antarctica continent. $5-$10.
Screening and discussion of Robert Redford's film, Watershed, exploring a new water ethic for the new west. Free. RSVP: 817-860-6752.