Water

Learn how to install drip irrigation tubing from your faucet or how to convert an existing zone to drip. Drip irrigation is the most efficient irrigation method and essential to sustainable landscapes. Drip irrigation for foundation watering will also be covered.  Dotty Woodson, Water Resources Extension Program Specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, will be the speaker. Free.

Info: Dustan Compton at dustan.compton@arlingtontx.gov or 817-459-6628.

Presenters Dustan Compton, Arlington's conservation program coordinator, and ACC board president Danny Kocurek will explain how to hook up that nice rain barrel you made or bought, how to use it when it gets full, how to deal with common problems like overfill and how to scale it up.

They will demonstrate a 55-gallon rain barrel, a 600-gallon homemade approach and a 3,000-gallon professionally installed system. They also will show how to deal with gutter debris and overflow, how to calculate how much water to expect, and how to attach devices to use your free water. All of this can be done with a few simple implements, which will be available for a little hand tool hands-on.

Refreshments will be provided, to complement the self-satisfied glow of accomplishment.

Learn about wildfires and their importance to the prairie. Lucas Fire Department will have fire trucks on hand for kids to check out. See how to be firewise around your home to keep it safe from wildfires. Meet the BPRC raptors. $3-$5.

First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church is showing the Dolphin Blue documentary, Cry Heard ‘Round the World: The Journey to DC to Take a Stand for Mother Earth. The film documents the bus trip from Texas to the DC Climate Rally in February 2013. Free. Info: Karl at administrator@firstjefferson.org or 682-465-0021.

READ MORE: http://greensourcedfw.org/articles/film-follows-texans-journey-dc-climate-rally

8:30am-noon: Community Clean Up. Register @ KFMB.org.

10am-1pm: Environmental & Health Fair. Booths promoting healthy and eco-friendly lifestyle. Kid's activities, workshops. Paper shredding for residents. Clothes, housewares and electronics collection.

Info: events@KFMB.org.

The Dallas City Council will vote on a proposal to ban single use plastic bags or to impose a fee to discourage use. 

READ MORE: 

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140323-dallas-city-council-to-vote-on-bag-ban-issue-wednesday.ece

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.