Urban Sustainability

Arbor Day event, Earth Day celebration and a home and garden show featuring more than 70 booths with tree and plant sales, gardening products, landscaping services and home improvement items. 

There will also be resources and information for individuals looking to improve their home and community, with an emphasis on sustainable or "green" practices and local, Denton-based businesses. 

Also there will be children’s environmental exhibits and activities, a live TRASHion Runway show, live music, educational workshops and festival foods. Free.

The menu will feature WRLM growers and merchants. $70. Reservations required: 214-680-5740 or email info@ChefDat.com.

Find new, rare and fun varieties from other gardeners and farmers, swap tips and stories and meet some great people. You do not have to have seeds to trade - there's always plenty to go around.

Festival hosted by the city of Plano at the Shops at Legacy features speakers, demonstrations, hands-on activities, entertainment and a green art show.

New this year, butterfly bike rides from the Austin Bike Zoo. There will also be a mountain bike track and an instrument petting zoo. 

 Free.

Celebrations for the new park in Mansfield. Schedule:

• 10 a.m. Ribbon Cutting
• 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Nature Activities
• 1 p.m. Blackland Prairie Raptor Center –  see some live hawks and owls
• 2 p.m. DFW Herpetological Society – examine some live reptiles with reptile experts
• 3 p.m. Texas Parks and Wildlife Urban Biology – learn about bobcats and coyotes

Parking only at Mansfield High School

3001 East Broad Street - link to google maps

Shuttle provided – starts at 9 a.m.

Concessions available. 

Green Source DFW story. 

Hosted by NYR (Neal's Yard Remedies) Organic and Executive Producer Peter Kindersley. 

Unacceptable Levels examines the results of the chemical revolution of the 1940s through the eyes of affable filmmaker Ed Brown, a father seeking to understand the world in which he and his wife are raising their children. 

One night only. $11.

Join the North Texas Renewable Energy Group and Plano Solar Advocates to discuss the "Solarize" concept. "Solarize" is a group bulk-purchase process that can help neighborhoods and cities install rooftop solar photovoltaics at reduced cost. Learn how you can start a solarize program in your neighborhood. The goal of the meeting will be to begin creating a network of people across the DFW area that are interested in launching projects in their own communities.

Presentation by Larry Howe and Bob Litwins of Plano Solar Advocates.

"Speciesism: The Movie" takes viewers on a sometimes funny, sometimes frightening adventure across the country, to expose the biggest secrets about modern "factory farms" and to ask the biggest questions about the belief that our species is more important than the rest. You’ll never look at animals the same way again. Especially humans.

Director Mark Devries will be on hand at the Texas premiere for a Q&A afterwards.  

TICKETS: https://SpeciesismDallas.eventbrite.com/

TRAILER: http://SpeciesismTheMovie.com/

Join UNT Sustainability at this premier networking event for professionals in the DFW Metroplex. Ticket price includes refreshments and one free drink from select menu. $15.

Learn bokashi - a traditional Japanese fermentation practice that will allow you to compost even meat and dairy leftovers indoors. Free.

Register at https://livegreeninplano.obsres.com/Info.aspx?EventID=3