North Texas Renewable Energy Group July Meeting - "The Texas Electric Grid" & "Blackout Blues" - Dallas
North Texas Renewable Energy Group Meeting
Environmental Organization or Group
An environmental group or organization
Pop-Up Market at the Eco-Op
Pop-Up Market at the Eco-Op
5-8 pm Wednesday, June 27
Dallas Eco-Op
1037A Shoreview Dr, Dallas
Confirmed vendors:
Worm Ranch * Savoy Sorbet * Wackym’s Kitchen * Texas Olive Ranch * Honeybee Guild * Calais Winery * LaGrange w/ Deep Ellum beers * Paul Quinn Farm * Make Scents (candles) * Sacred Heart Soaps * Noble Coyote Coffee * GROW North Texas * Recycle Revolution * Clean Air Lawn Care * and others to be announced
Grass-Fed Beef - Keller
Event hosted by Tarrant County Greenweavers.
Hear about (and enjoy the products from) the principal owner and decision maker for a grass fed rand in North Texas. In addition to some awesome, healthy food, we will hear about other projects including Thriving Villages and Solar Air Conditioning.
Networking Night Out - Fort Worth
Networking Night Out
with NTCRA and USGBC North Texas Chapter!
(North Texas Corporate Recycling Association and US Green Building Council)
Thank you to our sponsors - EWD and Balcones Resources
Thursday, June 21
4pm - 7pm
Into the Meadow - Dinner at Connemara Meadow Preserve - Allen
Saturday September 22nd, 2012 at the Connemara Meadow
Dinner to celebrate local food, local farms and natural space
Join us for the third annual Into the Meadow to raise support for the Connemara Conservancy. Buy your tickets now for a truly unique evening including dinner, drinks, live music, auction and dancing all surrounded by the beautiful Connemara Nature Preserve.
Live Green in Plano Volunteer Training - Plano
What is the Live Green in Plano Volunteer Program?
The Live Green in Plano Volunteer Program is a local training opportunity for volunteers to work in partnership with the staff of the Sustainability & Environmental Services Department and extend information throughout our community. Live Green Volunteers will pledge to take individual actions toward greener living and help others do the same.
Series Includes:
- Waste Diversion / Consumerism
- Water Quality / Indoor Conservation
- Compost, Native Plants, Irrigation
- Air Quality, Energy
- Green Building
- Getting the Word Out
Material is presented through City of Plano Environmental Education Coordinators, guest speakers, volunteers, film, tours, demonstrations and class discussion.
THU June 7, 2012 7:00pm - 9:00pm
FRI June 8, 2012 7:00pm - 9:00pm
SAT June 9, 2012 8:00am - 5:00pm
Sierra Club June Meeting - Dallas
Dallas Sierra Club General Meeting - Tuesday, June 12
Urban Wilderness: The Surprising Link Between Nature and Prosperity
Gary Olp, environmental architect, will discuss how the built environment has an effect on ourselves and all living organisms and systems, and will show examples of architecture that integrates buildings into the natural environment.
We are becoming more removed from a sense of reverence for the wild places. Every square inch of soil under our feet is a wild place, home to living organisms and a teeming unseen wilderness!
Prairie Day! at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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Hundreds of years ago, settlers marveled at the wide-open prairies in North Texas. Today, most of those grasslands have been replaced by cities and towns. The Botanical Research Institute of Texas will recapture the vibrancy and history of the North Texas landscape at the second annual Prairie Day event, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, May 19, at BRIT’s headquarters, 1700 University Drive, Fort Worth, 76107.
Prairie Day celebrates the beauty of the North Texas native landscape through a series of family-oriented, hands-on events that showcase the native grasses, wildflowers, and vegetation blanketing the BRIT site. Maintaining and researching native landscapes is part of BRIT’s ongoing conservation effort. BRIT’s 70,000-square-foot, two-story research center received the highest sustainability award possible from the U.S. Green Building Council in 2011, the Platinum LEED certification.
Entertainment will be provided by the Katie Keenie Band, a country-western band, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Lone Star Bar-B-Que will serve lunch for $5.
MayFest 2012 - Fort Worth
MayFest is a four-day festival with live music, food and fun for all ages. MayFest is held in Trinity Park, along the banks of the Trinity River, in the Fort Worth Cultural District.
Date & Time
- May 3 – 6, 2012
- Thursday and Friday 3:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.
- Saturday 10:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.
- Sunday 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Tickets
All prices are for a one day ticket to Mayfest:
FracDallas Public Information Forum
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This forum will feature guest speakers Deborah Rogers (former Merrill Lynch Financial Analyst), Gary Hogan (co-founder of North Central Texas Communities Alliance), Louis McBee (co-founder of North Central Texas Communities Alliance) and Terry Welch (a member of the Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force) presenting information about urban gas drilling and pending actions of the Dallas City Council that is relevant to all citizens and property owners.
The program will include a one hour presentation by our guest speakers followed by a question and answer period to allow public participation in the discussion. Topics will include the financial costs and revenues of urban gas drilling, private property rights and impacts, infrastructure damage, maintenance and remediation costs, human health aspects of urban gas drilling and related subjects that impact all citizens of Dallas and our surrounding neighbors. Come out to make your voice heard.