Lifestyle

Get past the basics and learn the next steps in home energy efficiency. Free.

Plano Community Gardeners share their experience with soil, water, and insects while producing lush, organic vegetables. Free.

Local environmental leaders will be honored, including longtime Dallas activist Margie Jackson Haley. $25.

Members meet to share info. All meetings are free and open to the public.

Members meet to share info. All meetings are free and open to the public.

Conference features speakers, workshops, farm tours and banquet. Keynote speaker: Forrest Pritchard, farmer and author of Gaining Ground. $200. $125/day pass.

Explore the nighttime world of animals of Campión Trail with native species experts and learn more about the sights, smells and sounds of nature at night. Pre-registration required.

Restrictions
Limited to children ages 5 years and up. Strollers and pets are not allowed.  

Free. Info: 972-742-2296.

Participants will receive:

• Excellent training, featuring nationally known instructor Larry Wilhelm 
• Composting Book
• C.E. Shepherd Compost Bin (Attendance to all 3 classes required.)

$40/Fort Worth residents; $55/non-residents.(Couples: $20/spouse but includes only one set of supplies.)

Ten scholarships available to certified teachers with students in Fort Worth.

Pre-registration is required. Deadline is Feb. 3. info: 817-871-7966 or Larinda.Smith@fortworthtexas.gov.

The 2014 Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards are presented by the Memnosyne Institute to recognize people and groups in the DFW area for their exceptional leadership in the enhancement and protection of the environment. There are five categories:

Join Women in the Environement to celebrate a new year. Bring a guest who joins WE that night and both will be entered into prize drawing. Renew or join by Dec. 31 and save $5. Join here:  http://tinyurl.com/JOIN-WE-NOW