Lifestyle

Enjoy vegan fare and meeting veg friendly folks. Dallas Vegan Drinks meets the second Thursday of the month at various locations.

Build a scarecrow to decorate your home garden. Each family will work as a team to design an individual scarecrow.  Drop in to this come-and-go program with the Garden’s Education Team. Free.

Groups, families and individuals can choose any one of the seven locations listed in the registration form as a cleanup location. 

All volunteers are invited to the after-party at the Panther Island Pavilion (located behind the TCC/RadioShack campus) from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. with free food, door prizes and entertainment by Radio Disney AM 620.

Register by Sept. 8 and receive a free T-shirt.

Interested in saving water indoors? Discover how easy it is to find and fix common water leaks in your home. Explore the water conservation features of Plano’s Environmental Education Center to learn how to further your water conservation efforts. Free.

Nature Explore Family Club aims to help connect children and families with nature and each other through fun, age-appropriate activities. Free.

Join Fort Worth Interfaith Power & Light for a vegetarian potluck and a presentation from Anna Clark about her story about making the environment a priority. She will share eco-tips for making our lives greener.

Fort Worth Interfaith Power & Light hosts this event featuring a vegetarian potluck, a meditation on the connectedness of creation and a practical example of an inter-related system through the use of aquaponics presented by Adam Cohen from Green Phoenix Farms.

The city of Arlington Master Composter volunteers hold composting classes the second Saturday of every month at the composting display in the Science Center's parking lot area. The class includes demonstrations of proper pile building and a worm compost bin. Attendees will receive a free book. No need to register. Info: 817-459-6778 or visitwww.arlingtontx.gov.

Workshop series is geared to environmental educators. In this last session, help students learn about their relationship with energy and investigate the environmental issues related to energy's role in society.  Receive an Energy & Society Activity Guide, Energy and Me Music CD and Dance Video end energy posters. Great for 5th grade energy unit.  Receive 3hours of SBEC credit. $35. Info: LInda Dunn at ldunn@wetlandcenter.com