An environmental group or organization
Brett Cease, regional coordinator of the national non-profit and non-partisan group Citizens’ Climate Lobby Third Coast division, will be coming to Collin County to start a Citizens’ Climate Lobby Group.
Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a grassroots citizens lobbying organization that empowers citizens to break through the myth that we can’t make a difference!
Join us for a day of beer and fun. $20 gets you a souvenir pint glass and 3 beers. The club keeps half the proceeds for a fundraiser. Just identify yourself at the door as being with the Sierra Club.
Paul Hawken, the editor of the New York Times best seller Drawdown, discusses Project Drawdown, a broad coalition of researchers, scientists, graduate students, PhDs, post-docs, policy makers, business leaders and activists to assemble and present the best available information on climate solutions in order to describe their beneficial financial, social and environmental impact over the next thirty years.
Community Clean up will be held from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Giveways, lunch, prizes for volunteers.
Recycling and Environmental fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Recycling for e-waster, batteries, clothes, textiles, housewares. Document shredding for FM residents. Kids' activities. Free.
Women in the Environment’s annual networking breakfast. You will have an opportunity to share your story, your product, your business cards and your passion for the environment with other like-minded women (and men). Non-members are invited, too, but only members will have the opportunity to share their information. Walk the gardens after the breakfast.
Presenter is Dr. Al Armendariz, who heads the Beyond Coal initiative for the Lone Star Sierra Club.
Ranjana Bhandari of Liveable Arlington shares information on local environmental campaigns.
The annual Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards honors North Texas' green businesses, professionals, organizations, nonprofits and volunteers.
This year's honorary speaker is Lee Stetson as John Muir.
Inaugural graduating class of Downwinders' activist training course. Reception afterwards at Bryan Street Tavern. RSVP to downwindersatrisk@gmail.com or 469-608-1972.
Presenter: Erik L. Orsak, Branch of Restoration and Pre-listing. Division of Environmental Quality - Arlington Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service