In addition to the discounts on select native and adaptive plants, you can talk with a master gardener, plant expert, or irrigation specialist and get ideas and tips for landscaping in North Central Texas. See website for other dates and locations.
In addition to the discounts on select native and adaptive plants, you can talk with a master gardener, plant expert, or irrigation specialist and get ideas and tips for landscaping in North Central Texas. See website for other dates and locations.
In addition to the discounts on select native and adaptive plants, you can talk with a master gardener, plant expert, or irrigation specialist and get ideas and tips for landscaping in North Central Texas. See website for other dates and locations.
In addition to the discounts on select native and adaptive plants, you can talk with a master gardener, plant expert, or irrigation specialist and get ideas and tips for landscaping in North Central Texas. See website for other dates and locations.
Visit one of the locations below on March 22, to learn how to repair and replace leaking faucets, toilets and sprinkler systems.
10 am - 10:40 am: Repair/Replace Leaking Faucets
10:40 am - 11:20 am: Repair/Replace Leaking Toilets
11:20 am - Noon: Sprinkler System Repair
The Home Depot #554 Lowe’s #520
1000 W. Arbrook 201 Road to Six Flags West
E-Waste recycling event hosted by the city of Glenn Heights with E-Waste Collections. Free.
Info: Renee.Chatham@E-WasteCollections.net or 214-384-4289.
Items accepted include:
Desktop Computers
Laptops/Tablets
CRT & Flat Screen Monitors
Keyboards & Mice
Cables & Wiring
Printers, Copiers & Toner/Ink
Other Peripherals & Gadgets
Power Supplies & Chargers
UPS Systems & Batteries
Networking Equipment (servers, racks)
DOD-Hard Drive Wipes ($20 fee)
Kitchen Appliances (refrigerators, blenders)
Washer & Dryer
Light Fixtures & Fans
Rechargeable Batteries
Auto Batteries
TVs of all types
Other Multi-Media Equipment
Gaming Equipment
CDs & VHS Tapes
Digital Cameras
Cell Phones, PDAs
Fitness Equipment
Medical Equipment
Toys: plastic, electronic
Textiles: clothes, shoes, belts, purse
The Dallas Sierra Club and the Dallas Young Sierrans need volunteers to help pick up bottles and cans at the St. Patrick's Day parade for recycling. Get the Dallas Sierra Club Recycling Team T-shirt.
Annual cleanup event hosted by the city of Arlington, Keep Arlington Beautiful and Exelon Handley Power Plant.
Staff will be shuttling volunteers across the lake by boat from Richard Simpson Park to the cleanup sites or volunteers can canoe or kayak at their leisure. Exelon Handley Power Plant will be providing lunch for the volunteers afterwards.
Volunteers are encouraged to wear layered clothing with pants and long sleeves, sunblock and insect repellent. Consider possible poison ivy allergies before volunteering for this event. Cleanup supplies such as bags, gloves and pickers will be provided. No registration required. Meet at the park. Info: 817-451-6860 or Meagan.Fendley@arlingtontx.gov.
Documentary, produced by Dallas-based Dolphin Blue, “Cry Heard ‘Round the World: The Journey to DC to Take a Stand for Mother Earth,” follows college students and other Texans on a bus trip to Washington, DC for the largest climate rally in the history of the United States to protest the Keystone XL pipeline. The documentary also chronicles the effects of the pipeline on ordinary people. Limited seating. Reservations required on website. Free.
The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture brings Tony Robinson, adjunct professor of environmental sustainability at SMU and associate editor at EarthPeople Media, back for another series on Culture and the Environment: Humans in the Natural World. The lecture series will continue over four Wednesdays: February 12th, March 12th, April 9th, and May 14th and is open to members, non-members and teachers.
ECOLOGY, February 12. Ecology is a truly interdisciplinary field, integrating such disciplines as biology, philosophy, chemistry, ethics, etc. What does ecology tell us about how the human organism interacts with its environment? Do human beings have a different kind of relationship with the biosphere than other organisms? Is culture part of the answer?