Lifestyle

Do you like the feeling of Dallas Sustainable Living Meetup? Do you love sharing meals, talking, growing food together, just plain spending time with other people?

Then you might be interested in living in intentional community,with like-minded people. An intentional community could be urban or rural, condos, townhomes, or individual houses.

For those new to the concept of intentional communities, we'll briefly introduce the concept.

Then we'll discuss communities currently forming in the DFW area, both urban and rural, including Dallas Cohousing and White Rock Crossing.

Please come if you are:

• curious about intentional communities
• would like to know your neighbors
• want to live in an intentional community; and/or
• are forming your own community and are seeking new members

RSVP - http://www.meetup.com/DallasSustainability/events/48557252/

One of the most effective techniques for raising awareness about the health and ethical benefits of a plant-based diet is distributing literature in public places with heavy foot-traffic. At the right time and place, just one person can hand out hundreds of brochures in an hour, and inspire countless folks to begin exploring a vegan diet, thus sparing thousands of animals from suffering over the course of their lifetimes.

The times listed are approximate for when the show will let out. We will have a more accurate time the day before the event.

For more information, please email Nora Kramer, Texas Campaign Coordinator at norak@mercyforanimals.org or call 415-710-7351. An RSVP is not required, but it will help us determine the correct number of leaflets to bring. We will also notify you of the exact time or if we have to cancel the event due to bad weather.

Where: 3524 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX
When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 9:30 - 10:30 pm

Event:  "No Impact Man " Documentary Film Screening
Date:  Friday, February 10, 2012
Time:  7:00 PM
Location:  Westside Unitarian Universalist Church, 901 Page Avenue, Fort Worth, TX
Contact:  tkb2101@columbia.edu or
http://www.westsideuu.org/misc/calendar.html

About the film:

"A guilty New York liberal decides to practice what he preaches for one year.  He turns off the electricity, stops making garbage, gives up TV, taxis and take-out, and becomes a walking, bicycling, composting, tree hugging, polar bear saving, local food-eating citizen, all while taking his baby daughter and caffeine-obsessed, television-addicted wife along with him."

For the trailer, see http://www.noimpactdoc.com

Learn to compost - or learn to compost better and receive a free book and compost thermometer. Get all the details and sign up at 

http://www.arlingtontx.gov/environment/ and look for "Register for Master Composter Class" tab on the right.

Where: UTA SWEET Center, 406 Summit Avenue

When: Friday February 24, 2012, 6 to 9 pm
           Saturday February 25, 2012, 9 am to 4 pm  

Fee: No fee for Arlington residents.
        $20 for non-residents.

http://www.arlingtontx.gov/environment/composting_mastercomposter.html

Everyone is welcome. You don't have to be a Sierra Club member!

The meeting starts at 7:00 PM. From 6:30 to 7:00 PM, you can enjoy snacks and refreshments as you wander among various issue booths to pick up information and talk with Sierra Club members and leaders. Contact our program chair if you have questions or suggestions regarding our programs.

For the Love of Nature

http://www.dallassierraclub.org/page.htm?generalmeeting

Everyone is welcome. You don't have to be a Sierra Club member!

The meeting starts at 7:00 PM. From 6:30 to 7:00 PM, you can enjoy snacks and refreshments as you wander among various issue booths to pick up information and talk with Sierra Club members and leaders. Contact our program chair if you have questions or suggestions regarding our programs.

Biking in North Texas (short program)

*part of Irving’s Urban Farming Lecture Series

The front lawn was the great symbol of the American dream of homeownership.  Connecting home to home from coast to coast, it was originally conceived as a common green.  But, now it’s become clear that it is more wasteful than useful.  Consuming vast amounts of resources including water and time and gives little in return.  This class is for those brave enough to step out of the common front yard box and into the world of the “edible” and useful front yard.

Tuesday, February 21

2012 Friendship Tea – January 5 through February 26