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Carla Diana will share stories of designing everything from washing machines to humanoid robots, offering a glimpse into a future filled with digitally-enhanced technologies. She currently leads the Smart Interaction Lab, an initiative focused on design explorations in the form of tinkering and hands-on experimentation around topics such as expressive objects, digital making and sustainability through behavior change. $10-12.

Dallas City Council hosts a public hearing on the gas drilling ordinance before its final vote on it. 

Environmental groups are urging residents to attend this hearing to ensure a strong ordinance is passed.

Contact Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and the Dallas City Council : http://www.texasenvironment.org/CustomMessageOnly_TargetTemplate_choices.cfm?ttid=35

The Greater DFW Recycling Alliance or the North Texas Corporate Recycling Association join forces to host this holiday luncheon. $35/nonmembers. $10/members. Canned food donations appreciated.

For information about joining either group, visit:

http://ntcra.org/join-ntcra-today/

https://www.recyclingstar.org/support-us/join.html?view=Contributions

UPDATE: The luncheon has been rescheduled for Dec. 11.

Join the Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club at this informal get-together.

Drop off broken or unwanted personal electronics. Anything that plugs in or runs on batteries will be recycled. Items do not need to be in working condition. Please no lab equipment. Info: 214-648-5893 or greenchampions@utsouthwestern.edu. 

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Gardening is for the birds -- and lizards, squirrels and more. Your garden can become a buffet for wildlife. Learn how with director of horticulture Roger Sanderson. $15.

Panel will discuss how organizations define sustainability, the processes they use, the outcomes they expect to achieve and the tangible and intangible benefits of their respective sustainability strategies. 

Featuring Garrett Boone, co-founder & chairman emeritus of The Container Store and
Investor in Treehouse; Nathan Loftice, sustainability leader for FedEx; and Nelly Rocha Andresen, vice president of Quality Environment, Health & Safety; and senior cCorporate counsel for eRecyclingCorps. 

Free.  Includes continental breakfast.

The Haggar University Center is in Building #4. Free parking in lots A & B: Campus map. 

The North Texas Corporate Recycling Association's seventh annual Eco-bus tour. This year's theme:  "LEED, Lights, & Lager." Stops include Pat Lobb Toyota and Franconia Brewing in McKinney with presentation by Perfectly Green. Close-toed flat shoes are required for the tour. Optional networking lunch at 11 a.m. at Hedary’s Mediterranean Grill. $15-$35/tour. Additional $19/lunch.

READ THE GSDFW ARTICLE. 

Training for direct action and civil disobedience to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline in the event that the Obama administration recommends its approval.

READ MORE: http://nokxl.org/why-pledge-resistance/

Philosopher Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for out Treatment of Animals, speaks on the Ethics of What We Eat. Info: Magdalena Grohman, 972-883-4940 or values@utdallas.edu.