Urban Sustainability

The Organic Garden Club of Fort Worth is presenting a lecture series entitled:

Self Sustainability for Your Lifestyle

A wide range of speakers will present the following topics:

- The Ins and outs of growing tomatoes
- Garlic: How and Why? Growing and the uses of Garlic
- Herbs-Remarkable Plants. What do I do with them?
- Urban Beekeeping Awareness and Preservation: Creating a Beescape
- Hold the Salt! A Herbal Solution
- The Caprine Connection

Free and open to the public.

For further information you may contact:
David Urbanek
940.206.2969
or
Esther Chambliss
817.263.9322
herbalhen@yahoo.com

City of Forney's

Environmental Co-op

Backyard Habitat Workshop Series

$5/class

grow all year long - care-free & companion plants * save water

Register at eco@trashbusters.org

Join us late afternoons at BRIT for hour-long gatherings to learn about local and national conservation issues from a variety of guest speakers. Spend time in an intimate setting with visiting scientists, local naturalists, BRIT staff, and friends. Free to the public!

September 14 - Environmental Art and Ecological Citizenship with Dr. Jason Simus

Join us late afternoons at BRIT for hour-long gatherings to learn about local and national conservation issues from a variety of guest speakers. Spend time in an intimate setting with visiting scientists, local naturalists, BRIT staff, and friends.  Free to the public!

August 10 - Research at BRIT – Into the Internet Age (past, present, future)
with Keri Barfield

Learn how you can improve your home energy efficiency and reap benefits such as:

• Reduce energy costs.
• Improve your health, the environment, and your home's market value.
• Learn how to get a free home energy audit.
• Learn about ONCOR's program that pays you to make home energy improvements.

Our speaker will be Robin Sowton, co-Chair of our Conservation Committee.

Everyone is welcome. You don't have to be a Sierra Club member.

Our General Meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. but come at 6:30 for snacks, information and fellowship.  Click over to our General Meeting page for more information and a map.

North Texas Renewable Energy Group September Meeting

What: Big Earth Racing Spring/Fall Classic Sprint Triathlon
1/2 mile Swim, 23.8 mile Bike, 3.1 mile Run
Dan Lepinski's "Solar Shuttle" solar trailer will provide 100% solar electricity for the race needs (all timing clocks, public address systems, lights, communications, and more).
The Spring/Fall Classic event will host a recycling area, which will include companies recycling such items as athlete shoes, bike chains, athletic water bottles, tire tubes, cell phones - to name a few.
About Big Earth Racing: Big Earth Racing recognizes the importance of sustainable living. They are committed to green business principles in their operations and event planning. They are dedicated to contributing to a sustainable future for our planet through conservation, recycling, and education. They consciously promote green companies who share their commitment to the environment, and support

Making dark, rich, crumbly compost doesn't take much time, work or space. Learn the essentials including the composting process, hands on demonstration of how to build an active compost pile, and how worms can recycle food scraps into rich organic compost. Improve your soil, and your flowers and vegetables will thank you. Ages 16 and up. $20.

Annual fundraiser to feature live music, local produce and dinner under the stars

 The Connemara Meadow Preserve will once again be filled
with food, fun and friends when the Connemara Conservancy Foundation hosts its
second annual Into The Meadow celebration on Oct. 1.

Tickets, which are $150 per person, are available at connemaraconservancy.org or
by calling (214) 351-0990. The event begins at 5 p.m. and benefits the Connemara
Conservancy, which currently protects more than 3,400 acres of land throughout North
Texas.

In just one year, Into The Meadow has become Connemara’s signature fundraising
event, celebrating locally produced food and the conservancy’s mission of preserving
and protecting open space throughout North Texas.

Once again the event will feature cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the Pecan Grove, live
music, a local vendor market place, an auction and the signature white tablecloth dinner
held under the stars in the Meadow Preserve and catered by Pecan Lodge Catering.

“From the cocktail reception in the Pecan Grove to the dramatic sunset to the fireflies

Clean Air Action Day
July 7, 2011 | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
CentrePort/DFW Airport Station
TRE East/West Fare Zone Divider
14470 Statler Blvd., Fort Worth 76155
(southeast of Trinity Blvd. and Hwy. 360)

BBQ Lunch and Alternative Fuels Expo
•Alternative fuel vehicles on display
•Ride and drive available to attendees
Panel Discussion
Including representatives from:
•National Biodiesel Board
•Propane Education Research Council
•Public Utility Commission of Texas
•Renewable Fuels Association

Limited Seating. RSVP required.
cleanairactionday2011.eventbrite.com
For more information contact:
Pamela Burns
pburns@nctcog.org
Jenna Cohen
jennifer@workingforcleanair.org