Urban Sustainability

Build bird feeders you can take home. Learn about the birds that winter here. Take a great prairie walk with Master Naturalists.

Gardening is for the birds -- and lizards, squirrels and more. Your garden can become a buffet for wildlife. Learn how with director of horticulture Roger Sanderson. $15.

Panel will discuss how organizations define sustainability, the processes they use, the outcomes they expect to achieve and the tangible and intangible benefits of their respective sustainability strategies. 

Featuring Garrett Boone, co-founder & chairman emeritus of The Container Store and
Investor in Treehouse; Nathan Loftice, sustainability leader for FedEx; and Nelly Rocha Andresen, vice president of Quality Environment, Health & Safety; and senior cCorporate counsel for eRecyclingCorps. 

Free.  Includes continental breakfast.

The Haggar University Center is in Building #4. Free parking in lots A & B: Campus map. 

Light snacks will be provided. If you like, bring your own re-usable cup. Anyone who is interested in attending the Fort Worth Interfaith Power & Light planning meeting is welcome to arrive early at 6:30 p.m. Free.

Thousands of miles away from civilization, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote places on earth. And yet its become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. In this independent documentary film, journalist/filmmaker Angela Sun travels on a personal journey of discovery to uncover this mysterious phenomenon. Along the way she meets scientists, researchers, influencers, and volunteers whom shed light on the effects of our rabid plastic consumption and learns the problem is more insidious than we could have ever imagined.

Presented by the Green Spot. $12. Limited seating. Reserve your tickets on website link.

The U.S. Green Building Council - North Texas Chapter is hosting a tour of the Lady Bird Johnson Middle School in Irving, the largest net-zero middle school in the U.S. The school generates its own power through geothermal, wind and solar photovoltaics.  Members of the design team will lead the discussion and tour and discuss the design decisions that went into building the school.  $15-$35. Info: mmceuen@usgbcnorthtexas.org

Schedule
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Reception and refreshments
6:00 PM – 6:45 PM Panel discussion
6:45 PM – 7:30 PM Tour  

The North Texas Corporate Recycling Association's seventh annual Eco-bus tour. This year's theme:  "LEED, Lights, & Lager." Stops include Pat Lobb Toyota and Franconia Brewing in McKinney with presentation by Perfectly Green. Close-toed flat shoes are required for the tour. Optional networking lunch at 11 a.m. at Hedary’s Mediterranean Grill. $15-$35/tour. Additional $19/lunch.

READ THE GSDFW ARTICLE. 

Terri Lynne Cornell, certified herbalist, will explain basic concepts in herbal preparations & medicinal aspects of culinary herbs. She will also cover:

1. Considerations when buying herbs
2. Questions to ask your supplier to ensure highest quality
3. Role of tastes in herbs, relating to their properties
4. Difference between infusions & decoctions

Free.

Local artists, farmers and food artisans. Cakewalk, raffles and music. 

UPDATE: The market date was changed to Dec. 14 due to inclement weather.

Cruise Lake Lewisville on The Chamonix II. Help judge the "Twinkle Light Boat Parade. Enjoy dinner featuring locally sourced meats and produce. Drinks provided by Lakewood Brewing Co. Benefits Connemara Connservancy. $50.  Info: Sandra Greenway, 469-200-4085 ext 101.

UPDATE: The event has been moved from Dec. 7 to Dec. 14 due to inclement weather predictions.