Mission of the committee: to create, maintain, protect, and enhance a healthy, sound, and diverse community forest, which will contain trees varying in age, species and location. Also, to educate officials and the public regarding the importance of healthy urban resources and the proper care and maintenance of trees/forests.
Contact: MN Sara Beckelman
Note: The Urban Forest Advisory Committee meets on first Tuesdays.
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The 2011 Julian Burgen Lecture Sponsored by Arlington Conservation Council Free Admission Everyone Welcome Luke Metzger Director, Environment Texas Capitol Update: Environment Texas Briefing on State and Federal Actions Impacting the Trinity River, Fracking, the Drought, and More |
Don’t miss this opportunity to operate a real Recycling Truck, tour behind the scenes of some of our collection services and explore ways you can help manage our waste better in the City of Plano while also saving money. Environmental Waste Services staff will answer all your questions about waste collection services and help you better our community.
Operating a trash or recycling truck is fun and challenging for most, but collections drivers in Plano make it look easy. At Talking Trash & Recycling, try working a recycling truck and get an exciting behind-the-scenes glimpse at the Environmental Waste Services operations.
Talking Trash & Recycling is from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Environmental Education Center located at 4116 W. Plano Parkway at Commerce Drive. Learn what items can be recycled in Plano and how to properly dispose of yard trimmings. Discover a cool money-saving tip which makes residential recycling a better choice. (Pssst…just ask about the “free” cart!)
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Flyer from Raymond Crawford
PUBLIC MEETING
at Dallas City Hall, Auditorium L1F
next to the underground parking garage
1500 Marilla Street
Thursday, October 27th @ 6 pm
Dallas City Hall wants to know how you feel about gas drilling.
The Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force is preparing new recommendations in order to deliver to the Dallas City Council. They want to hear of you concerns. What do you want in the new gas ordinance? Here are a few suggestions you may want to request that the city consider:
7 Leaders in Sustainability share their personal journeys on the
“Road Less Travelled” and offer ideas for actions that each of us
can take in our lives to make a tangible and positive difference
in our lives, communities, and our world, TODAY!
Cocktail Reception from 5:00PM-6:00PM, sponsored by VEEV.
It is strongly recommended that you register for the event as soon as possible, as there is limited seating available and we anticipate a standing-room only crowd.
For those who cannot attend, all of the presentations and speakers will be available for viewing/downloading after the event, so everyone will have access to the event after it is concluded.
Please join us for our Lone Star State premiere of Vegucated in association with the Texas State Veggie Fair.
Our writer-director, Marisa Miller Wolfson, will be in attendance for a Q&A afterwards.
See who else is going to join us here: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=224357060955243
Vegucated is a feature-length documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks. Lured by tales of weight lost and health regained, they begin to uncover the hidden sides of animal agriculture that make them wonder whether solutions offered in films like Food, Inc. go far enough. Before long, they find themselves risking everything to expose an industry they supported just weeks before. But can their convictions carry them through when times get tough?
This accessible, entertaining documentary showcases the rapid and at times comedic evolution of three people who share one journey and ultimately discover their own paths in creating a kinder, cleaner, greener world, one bite at a time.
Energy plays a major role in the US and global economies. Seven of the top ten companies in Fortune’s Global 500 are directly involved with energy. Energy is critical to each of us in our daily lives, and energy expenditures account for about 8% of GDP worldwide.
Although the energy industry broadly includes petroleum and natural gas ex- ploration and production, this Research and New Venture Showcase will be fo- cused on ground-breaking research and new developments in the generation and storage of electrical energy. A subsequent program, planned for Spring 2012, will focus on electrical energy transmission, utilization and efficiency.
On October 21, 2011, UT Dallas researchers and industry participants will address developments impacting solar power, wind energy, storage integration and the design of advanced electronics used in the management and control of electricity.
$95/person.
General Meeting of the Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club
Dan Smith, a Fort Worth Sierra Club member and avid hiker and camper, will continue his wonderful slides and stories of his travels on the Pacific Crest Trail for approximately 6 months. He shared his stories at the May 2011 Sierra Club meeting and we requested that he come back to continue his travelogue.
The third Wednesday of each month we share conservation news, outings info and enjoy a presentation by a guest speaker. Speaker will be followed by refreshments, club business and announcements.
Free and open to the public.
General Meeting of the Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club
Tolbert Greenwood, a Fort Worth Sierra Club member and avid hiker and camper, will speak on Big Bend National Park and share his camping experiences and efforts to preserve this park. Tolbert is former Texas Sierra Club Outings Chair and a member of Friends of Big Bend National Park. He has camped in this park for over 40 years and led many Sierra Club trips there as well.
The third Wednesday of each month we share conservation news, outings info and enjoy a presentation by a guest speaker. Speaker will be followed by refreshments, club business and announcements.
Free and open to the public.