Lifestyle

Learn what you can do to certify your yard as a wildlife habitat. Led by Kathy Scott of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Free.

Discover the Art of Summer Vegetable Gardening -

Join a growing trend and learn how to create a bountiful organic community or backyard vegetable garden with our Director of Horticulture, Randy Johnson. We cover hands on summer gardening topics just in time for you to begin work on your summer gardens. $25; $20 for TDG Members.

April 12, 2011 6:30 Refreshments 7:00 Meeting

Movie night!
We will furnish popcorn and drinks.  If you want, bring your own favorite snacks.

Earth Day Dallas hopes to catalyze a "green" movement in North Texas by staging a two-day event on April 22nd and 23rd over several city blocks in the Dallas Arts District.  We anticipate 500 civic, corporate and non-profit participants engaged in an event that will be the biggest and best Earth Day celebration in this part of the United States.  Sponsors currently include:

    * The Environmental Protection Agency
    * D Magazine
    * The Nature Conservancy
    * Chevrolet
    * Dallas Independent School District
    * Half Price Books

This will be the seminal event in an ongoing movement to showcase green business and civic efforts that improve North Texas and the lives of North Texans.  Events will focus on entertaining, inspiring and educating attendees with various ways to think, work and live green by showcasing emerging green technology and providing eco-friendly activities. 

    * Up to 50,000 visitors in the downtown Arts District (accessible by DART).

Green Screen Film Series: Whatʼs On Your Plate?
Monday, March 14th, 6:30pm— Live Green in Plano and Studio Movie Grill in Plano are
partnering to show a different family-friendly film each month. These movies will
focus on a wide variety of sustainability topics. Be sure to check them out on the
second Monday of each month at 6:30pm exclusively at Studio Movie Grill in Plano. Be
entertained, be inspired, be green!

The film Whatʼs On Your Plate? follows two eleven-year old inner-city kids as they
explore their place in the food chain, and take a closer look into how their food is
made from farm to fork. View the trailer @ www.whatsonyourplateproject.org

Studio Movie Grill Plano
4721 W. Park Blvd
Plano, TX 75093
Purchase tickets @Studio Movie Grill; Showtime begins at 6:30pm.
For more information visit www.livegreeninplano.com

Sat, Feb 26 - Best of the Southwest Hilly Bicycle Ride--Distance 50 miles at avg 18 mph. Meet at the Lynn Creek Marina on Joe Pool Lake. Three different routes including Venus, Lillian or Waxahachie usually cover 50 miles at a pace of 18mph (odo avg. 16+/-). No ride if raining or temperature below 40 degrees. To get there take 20 west to Great Southwest Parkway, south to Lake Ridge Parkway. We meet in the north parking lot of the marina near the restrooms. Optional lunch follows. Contacts: Joe Horner 214 755-9625, Joe Rohner 214 850-6895, or Horace Duncan 214 734-1059 Maps available

Joe Pool Lake
Grand Prairie, TX 75052
(817) 467-2104

Rain Gardens
These days, every drop of rain counts. Dr. Dotty Woodson, Extension Program Specialist – Water Resources  will show you how to use the rain and make it good to the last drop! Find out unique ways to capture and use water in the landscape as well as the best plants to use in a rain garden. This unique style of gardening will show you some innovative ways to really put the rain to work for you!

5/21 at 9am, $25

Saturday,. Feb 26 - Introduction to Vegetarian Ecovillage to be built east of Dallas. Come to a power point presentation of this ecovillage and meet other interested people at 4 pm. Upstairs at Central Market, Meeting Room B,  214 234-7000, 5750 East Lovers Ln at Greenville, Dallas. There is an elevator here. The phone number for Central Market is 214 234-7000, and my phone number is 817 545-0140. More information here. http://dfwnetmall.com/ecovillage/

More than 20 exhibitors and five presentations in each of the following four
tracks:
 
Sustainable Homes
Sustainable Landscapes and Agriculture
Sustainable Businesses
Sustainable Careers
 
We'll also have two keynote speakers:

Anna Clark, author of Green, American Style
Mabrie Jackson, president/CEO of the North Texas Commission
 
All of this is open to the public and there is no charge for attending. However, we
do request that people pre-register, if possible.
 

APRIL 28, 2011
10 A.M. – 8:30 P.M.
Presented by Eastfield College and

Southlake Green Day
March 26, 2011 in Southlake Town Square from 10am to 5pm.
Southlake Green Day is Southlake's point of connection to learn about the many ways to be
better stewards of the earth's resources.The event will feature various ways residents can invest in a sustainable future, improve daily living and save money by Going Green!
Other highlights include:
* Entertainment
* Vendor Booths
* Raffle and prizes

Visit the website for more details:
www.southlakegreenday.com