DFW Clean Cities Coalition meeting is held in conjunction with the Pinnacle Propane Mower University event. In addition to the meeting agenda, attendees will also be able to learn about available incentives and test drive alt fuel commercial lawn equipment.
Info: cleancities@nctcog.org
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Free with General Admission │ Film screening tickets are limited, reserving your complimentary tickets in advance is recommended.
Go green for the evening as we explore the green burial movement during a special film screening, and explore environmental issues through hands-on activities in our lobby.
Schedule
Film Screening: A Will for the Woods
7pm | The Hoglund Foundation Theater, a National Geographic Experience
View a special screening of A Will for the Woods, an award-winning documentary exploring one man’s journey and preparation for his own green burial. Stay after for an exclusive discussion about the film and the environmental and social issues surrounding the green burial movement with the filmmakers and a guest from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
*This documentary is not rated. Due to the thematic nature of the content around death and dying, parental guidance is strongly recommended for younger children.
About the Film
Count down to the end of our fund raiser - Save the Date! Details coming....
In conjunction with our Count down watch party, Eden's is hosting a mini film festival in honor of Veteran's Day.
Films will begin upon darkness - around 6:30. (bring a lawnchair or blanket - it's outside on the farm.)
We'll be showing the film Terra Firma (http://terrafirmafilm.com/) a film about "3 women vets returning home who found ways to heal the hidden wounds of war through farming."
Time & weather permitting, we'll also show Ground Operations, (http://www.groundoperations.net/) a film that "champions the growing network of combat veterans who are transitioning into careers as sustainable farmers, ranchers and artisan food producers."
Vets get in no charge. Door fee to help cover screening - $2 contribution to the Feed the Soil - Feed the Community campaign. Payable either in advance at tickets link or at the door.
Concessions proceeds to benefit local grass rots veterans group - TBA.
Utilizing the dynamic sustainability learning opportunities available to students on campus, Cedar Valley College is launching a living lab initiative on Oct. 22.
A living laboratory gives college students the hands-on work skills they need as part of the college education they receive in academic and technical programs.
The initiative will be officially presented at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the D Building at CVC, followed at 1 p.m. by a nationwide webcast titled “Empowering Change on Campus and in the Community” that will feature higher education sustainability leaders discussing ways in which students can make a difference, be a part of sustainability solutions and build careers with “green” jobs.
The CVC Living Lab Initiative will focus on four components:
• Buildings – Students will partner with CVC Facilities to attain hands-on work skills as part of the curriculum, which includes monitoring electric meters in each college building to gather
• Energy – Performance technology students and Facilities will partner in installing a ceramic sculpture with moving parts powered by solar energy.
This class will cover the benefits of using rain water to irrigate your landscape, garden and even your house plants. Suggestions will be provided on how to utilize the rain barrel in conjunction with your existing gutter system at home. Participants will learn how to collect and utilize rainwater at home and have the opportunity to construct their very own 55-gallon rain barrel.
$50. Registration and pre-payment is required. Space is limited. Info: JFerguson@Coppelltx.gov.
A documentary that tells the story of America’s addiction to oil, from its corporate conspiracy beginnings to its current monopoly today, and explains clearly and simply how we can end it – and finally win choice at the pump.
The film is showing Friday at 7:30 pm and Saturday at 4:30 pm.
Even though the cost of electricity in Texas is among the lowest in the nation, placing new technologies at a competitive disadvantage relative to other states, rooftop solar and plug-in electric vehicles are beginning to penetrate the Texas market. As with the development of other technologies, public policy and financial incentives are helping rooftop solar and plug-in electric vehicle technologies compete in the retail market. The emergence of these technologies presents both opportunities and challenges to the Texas market.
This webinar will look at key factors driving these grid management challenges and the legal and regulatory context for such improvements. Topics Include:
• Current realities of the broader Texas solar market, and the most likely local markets for connecting these technologies to the grid;
• Legal and regulatory challenges to broad deployment of distributed generation, and how to structure transactions, system designs and ownership to meet those challenges;
Monthly get-together and networking with green-minded folks.
The October meeting is a "triple-header."
There will be a multi-media presentation by some of the homeowners who hosted visitors. There will be an overview of tours sites while they describe what they've done for energy efficiency and solar energy, and answer your questions.
Larry Howe of Plano Solar Advocates will provide an update us of Texas Home Owner Association legislation and recent Metroplex "solar ordinance" activity.
After the meeting, NTREG will host a lunch.