Urban Sustainability

Rainwater Harvesting
Don’t let your rain go down the drain! Saving water in your yard is something that you can do with ease. Dr. Dotty Woodson, Extension Program Specialist – Water Resources will share basic water harvesting strategies, how to calculate the amount of water that you can capture and then help you construct your own rain barrel. Just in time for our spring showers, this class is a must for anyone who is trying to conserve water on their property.

5/21 at 12pm, $75

Creating a Sustainable Landscape
Did you know that 40% of the nutrients that we put out in the garden never makes it to your plants? Sustainable gardening reduces the amount of time, money and labor that goes into your yard and is gaining popularity across the country. Derek Little, Certified Landscape Professional and author, will show you how to have a healthy, vibrant and beautiful landscape by using techniques that conserve resources without stressing yourself or the environment. Come find out how to create a lush landscape without all the work.

2/26 at 12pm, $25

Saturday,. Feb 26 - Introduction to Vegetarian Ecovillage to be built east of Dallas. Come to a power point presentation of this ecovillage and meet other interested people at 4 pm. Upstairs at Central Market, Meeting Room B,  214 234-7000, 5750 East Lovers Ln at Greenville, Dallas. There is an elevator here. The phone number for Central Market is 214 234-7000, and my phone number is 817 545-0140. More information here. http://dfwnetmall.com/ecovillage/

Green Fire: Aldo Leopold And A Land Ethic for Our Time
DATE:            Monday, March 07, 2011
TIME:              6:45 P.M.
LOCATION:   Flower Mound Public Library
ADDRESS:    3030 Broadmoor Lane, Flower Mound, TX  75022
 FOR FREE ADMISSION: Register to attend at the Library Information
Desk or call 972.874.6165.  For more information, visit www.fmlibrary.net
TO VIEW MOVIE TRAILER, VISIT: http://www.aldoleopold.org/greenfire/

Green Fire film connects legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold with modern environmental projects.
It is the first full-length, high definition documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold. The film explores Aldo Leopold’s life in the early part of the twentieth century and he many ways his land ethic idea continues to be applied all over t he world today.

More than 20 exhibitors and five presentations in each of the following four
tracks:
 
Sustainable Homes
Sustainable Landscapes and Agriculture
Sustainable Businesses
Sustainable Careers
 
We'll also have two keynote speakers:

Anna Clark, author of Green, American Style
Mabrie Jackson, president/CEO of the North Texas Commission
 
All of this is open to the public and there is no charge for attending. However, we
do request that people pre-register, if possible.
 

APRIL 28, 2011
10 A.M. – 8:30 P.M.
Presented by Eastfield College and

SO SAVE THE DATE
 
Oak Cliff Earth Day 2011
Sunday April 17, 2011
Noon to Five (12 - 5)
Lake Cliff Park
 
The registration forms are being put on the web site, so stay tuned.
The cost of the event remains the same: free for non profits; 25.00 for
businesses or for profit groups; 30.00 for food vendors.
If you have attended OCED in the past you should be pre approved, all new
vendors must complete a simple pre approval form before you can register.
Thanks
Roger Bolen, Co Chair
Oak CLiff Earth Day, 2011
www.oakcliffearthday.com <http://www.oakcliffearthday.com/> 

Friday, May 20, 2 pm to 4 pm. Butterfly Plant Safari.
This pre-sale tour shows you how to incorporate native and adapted plants into your landscape. Bonus! If you enroll in the walk, you can purchase plants at our Member's Special Preview Night, which starts at 4 p.m. $25; $20 members.

Thursday, April 14, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Organic in the City Fashion Show + Auction.
Discover cutting edge sustainable and organic couture fashion with Texas Discovery Garden's third annual Organic in the City Fashion Show + Auction. $50 in advance; $65 at door.

Saturday, Feb. 26, 9 am to 1 pm.Grow With Us -- Water Conservation Techniques: Methods of efficient Irrigation.
Learn how water is wasted and methods of irrigation to reduce water waste, with an overview of state regulations. $60; Register for Course/Section Number HALT2005.53101  through El Centro College. Online: www.dcccd.edu (click on-e-connect-CE/W Training).    Call in:  214 860-2147 Walk In:  801 Main St., - 2nd Floor Continuing Education Window. For more information on this course, visit the El Centro Continuing Education Website athttp://www.elcentrocollege.edu/Program/CE/.

Saturday, Feb 19, 9 am to Noon. Victory Gardens Workshop: Discover the Art of Vegetable Gardening.
Join a growing trend and learn how to create a bountiful organic community or backyard vegetable garden. We cover hands on summer gardening topics just in time for you to begin work on your summer gardens. $25; $20 for Texas Discovery Garden Members.