Lifestyle

With help from the Paschal High School Environmental Club, the FW Sierra Club will be accepting computers, laptops, cell & office phones, printers, copy machines, wiring & cables, remote controls, electronics, printers, ink cartridges, wiring, scanners, mouse, keyboards, monitors, TVs wiring, monitors household washers/ dryers, flat irons microwaves, lawn & sound equipment and auto/marine/ATV batteries. Recycle items that operate with an electrical current! 

No light bulbs, alkaline batteries, refrigerators, AC units.

Earth Day celebrations featuring activities, airbrush tatoo artist, contests and food. 

In addition speakers will offer programs prior to the fest at the Student Center, WSTU 1303:

9:30 am - Easy Butterfly Gardening 

10 am - Big Time Into Small Things

10:30 am - Why We Do What We Do

Free.

Info: Joan Shriver at 817-515-7242 or Joan.Shriver@TCCD.edu or June Relyea at 817-515-7060 or June.Relyea@TCCD.edu.

Celebration of the end of the spring semester with fun, food and games and celebrating Arbor Day. Free for TCC faculty/staff/students. Info: Mike Cinatl, 817-515-3036.

How much water to use when gardening and the types and timing of delivery will all be discussed in this informative class. Free.

Info: coppellcommunitygarden.org or 817-459-6628.

This program will give property managers techniques on implementing indoor water conservation, drip irrigation, new water conserving technologies, cycle and soak, lawn care during drought or water restrictions, proper plant selection, foundation watering, tree watering, and irrigation scheduling. This class is intended for property managers associated with homeowner associations, apartment complexes and large commercial properties but is also open to the public. Patrick Dickinson, Urban Water Program Coordinator with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, will be the speaker. Free.

Info: Dustan Compton at dustan.compton@arlingtontx.gov or 817-459-6628.

The Earth Day festival is a community-wide family event featuring vendors, workshops, plant sales, kid’s activities and entertainment. Free.

Dallas-based Holistic health coach Kim Wilson Pollock will demonstrate simple and convenient ways to easily incorporate more fresh fruits and vegetables into your daily diet. You will sample and enjoy beverages prepared with high-quality, 100 percent organic ingredients.

Demonstration with samples; class size limited to 15 students.

- Organic ingredients
- Take-home gift

$55. Preregistration required.

This class will cover the basic principals and techniques behind lacto-fermentation. Miriana will show you exactly how to
make an easy sauerkraut recipe using seasonal, organic ingredients.

Hands-on class, limited to 10 students.

- instructions guide
- take home a 1/2 gallon jar of your own newly-started kraut ferment

$55. Preregistration required.

This class is designed as a follow-up course for Kombucha 101. We will cover customizing your homebrew with natural flavors using organic fruit, herbs and spices.

Hands-on class, limited to 10 students.

- instructions guide
- follow-up assistance from Miriana as needed via phone & email

$55. Preregistration required.

This month we'll be walking through nature with noted Master Naturalist Jim Varnum and tuning up our wildflower beds, pulling privet and moving mulch for our new Meadow Trail. The Nature Walk begins at 9 am, Community Day will follow.