Environmental Organization or Group

Goodman Elementary teachers and Walk on the Wildside coordinators, Tarri Miller and Carrie Donovan, and ACC WOW coordinator Peggy Quinn will be talking about the benefits that Walk on the Wildside at the Molly Hollar Wildscape provides to their elementary students and how it benefits ACC. Free.

Meetings are held on the fourth Thursday evening each month, except for November and December.

Social and snacks @ 6:30 pm, educational lecture @ 7 pm.

Mingle with other green folks at this monthly gathering. 

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.

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. 

1 mile/5K walk and fun run for humans and dogs, benefitting the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge. $5-$30.

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!

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, 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.

Speakers throughout the day talking about bees, native plants, prairies, bird habitats, sustainable gardens. In addition walks highlighting wildflowers, birds, insects and edible plants. See schedule on website. Free. Info: Jim Folger at publicity@ntmn.org or 214-663-2268.