Lifestyle

Learn the basics of backyard and vermi-composting to reduce the amount of waste sent to the landfill. Free. Register, Central Market info desk or city of Dallas: 214-670-4475.

Dallas Sierra Club is hosting this screening of the film "Mother, Caring for Seven Billion" about human population growth. Gayle Loeffler, member of the National Sierra Club’s Global Population and Environment Committee, will also give a presentation of the United Nations Conference on Population, Health and Environment, held in Ethiopia. Free. KirkMiller@DallasSierraClub.org.

The Beehive Collective will share their campaign “Mesoamérica Resiste.” The nonprofit aims to spotlight the ecology and people that will be affected by a massive infrastructure development called The Mesoamerica Project.

Green Source DFW and the Memnosyne Foundation hosts our second annual award ceremony for outstanding volunteers, nonprofits, business leaders and entrepreneurs in the North Texas environmental community. Details to be announced.

Introduction to Aquaponics: Learn how to grow natural, organic, chemical-free produce twice as fast and at four times the density without the dirt.

Networking and educational group for advocates and professionals interested in sustainability. The meeting is cancelled for February.

Hosted by Environment Texas. Learn how to pick a campaign strategy, goals, and tactics, and how to recruit and train volunteers. Contact: Jennifer@greencorps.org or 818-203-7625.

Environment Texas is hosting a press conference to promote solar energy development in Texas. Speakers include: Jennifer Rubiello, Environment Texas; Anna Clark, Interfaith Power and Light; Michael Gorton, Principal Solar; Aaron Harville, concerned father with asthmatic family, local musician; and Jim Duncan, North Texas Renewable Energy Incorporated. Check out the solar panels, write a solar valentine, grab a snack. Families and children welcome. Contact: Jennifer@greencorps.org or 818-203-7625.

Free one-day event. Choose from among five tracks of sessions: 1) Healthy Living; 2) Urban Agriculture; 3) Resource and Energy Efficiency; 4) Smart Cities; 5) Green Careers and Jobs. Keynote speaker: Joel Salatin, a third-generation alternative farmer whose family's farm, Polyface, Inc. has been featured in Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, Gourmet and in radio, television and print media. Exhibitors will also be on hand to share their green products and services.