Recycling / Reuse

"Creating an Abundant Home System the Permaculture Way" - Dallas

Patricia Allison will bring a 2-day Introduction to Permaculture course to Dallas in fall of 2011. Patricia is well-known in the Permaculture world for her inspiring and excellent Permaculture introduction week-ends. Come learn the basics of this answer to our world's need to live sustainably.

Dates: Oct 8-9, both days, all day from 9 until 5.

Description: The introductory course, like all Permaculture courses, is a combination of lecture, hands-on experience, hope, and joy. It is a fundamentals course and sends you on a journey to create a sustainable planet by starting with your own home.

Grassroots Green Seminar: "Healthy Home = Healthy Family" - McKinney

Local businesses and residents have organized a community seminar about green practices and products that contribute to a healthy home and a healthy family for all. Saturday, October 22, they are presenting a free seminar in the McKinney Performing Arts Center at 1pm.

It will be repeated at 3pm on the same day.

The hour-long seminar will include presentations by Dr. Alyssa Summey, DC, ; Estella Scaggs, Nursing Manager of Environmental Health Center of Dallas; and Humberto Rodriguez, President of Advance Casas Construction. Sponsor is Collin County Affordable Housing Foundation. The goal is to bring to public attention the dangers of long-term use of toxic products inside the home and for personal use.

For inquiries or more information, please email hacienda1@gmail.com or leave message at 469.288.0328.

"The Science of Global Warming" - Dallas

Glen Suhren, long time member of the Sierra Club, will talk about The Science Behind Global Warming. He has led numerous backpacking trips in Colorado, summiting several fourteeners with family and friends. Glen is an Electro Optics engineer who is employed by Abbott Laboratories. He is a member of an Eco Team at First Methodist Church in Downtown Dallas. The Team works on informing people about environmental issues such as Global Warming or Climate Change.

Free and open to the public.

Energy Generation & Storage Conference - Richardson

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.

Click here to register

Owl-O-Ween - Free 3rd Thursday at TRAC - Dallas

Come meet our owl friends and learn more about this amazing nocturnal creature.

Join us for a FREE “Third Thursday” this October. Our theme this month is everything owls. Owl art, live owls, owl prowl, owl pellets, even "Three Hoots" Owl wine! We’ll be open from 9a.m. – 9p.m. Evening activies include something for everyone, kids and adults alike.

Outdoor Events

5:30p.m. Guided Hike & Texas Turtle Watch

6:00p.m. Animal Encounter

7:30pm Chimney Swift Monitoring Join Master Naturalist Natha Taylor of this citizen science project

7:30-9 Owl Prowl with Ben Jones, Director of Education

8:15pm Amphibian Watch with TRAC Volunteer Naturalist Mel White

Indoor Events

Multi-purpose Room

7-7:15 Audubon Dallas scholarship recipient, Brianda Martinez, reviews her summer scholarship at Hog Island in Maine.

7:30-8:00 Erich Neupert of Blackland Prairie Raptor Center introduces us to Texas native owls.

Theatre

4:00 Storytime - "Owl Moon" reading

4:30 Learn Owl Calls

Shred & Recycle Day - Ft Worth

Celebrate Texas Recycles Day by shredding your personal documents at GreenStar. Fort Worth residents can take up to five boxes (about 250 pounds) to be shredded. Business waste in not allowed. Event sponsored by City of Fort Worth and Greenstar Security Destruction.

Email: debbie.branch@fortworthgov.org for more information.

Take Back Meds Program - Ft Worth

Safe Disposal of Unused & Expired Meds
Keep Your Home Safe and our Water Free of Pollutants

Accepted:
Prescriptions, Over-the-Counter medications, Veterinary Medications, Vitamin/Minerals, Medication Samples

Not Accepted:
Oxygen Tanks, Needles and other sharps, Inhalers, Thermometers, Nebulizers, IV Bags

Participants are asked to:

Keep Medication in Original Containers * Mark through Personal Information * Stay in Vehical at All Times * Drive through the drop-off area and give medications to staff.

Email: debbie.branch@fortworthgov.org

Northeast Recycles Day Flea Market - North Richland Hills

BARGAIN SHOPPERS PARADISE! VISITORS CAN FIND UNIQUE AND UNUSAL ITEMS WHILE SUPPORTING THE REDUCE! REUSE! RECYCLE! MISISON OF THE NORTHEAST ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM (N.E.E.T.).

100 VENDORS WILL BE SELLING USED ITEMS AND/OR ITEMS MADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS.

ALSO ON SITE WILL BE FREE DOCUMENT SHREDDING AND A FREE ELECTRONIC RECYCLING DROP-OFF CENTER. THIS IS A LITTER FREE EVENT!

Email JAllen@richlandhills.com for more info.