BAT BOAT TOUR WITH WINE, CHEESE, AND GLENN OLSEN

Date: July 31

Time: 7:30-9:30pm

Location: Depart from Allen’s Landing

Fee: $55 per person (reservations required – limited seating)

Contact: Trudi Smith at tsmith@buffalobayou.org or 713.752.0314 ext. 3

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Join Glenn Olsen, for a bat tour in style! In addition to watching the Waugh Bridge bat colony emerge at dusk, Glenn will share his environmental knowledge and identify the various wildlife and plants that call Houston’s waterway home, as well as explain Buffalo Bayou’s role and our city’s ecological system.

PLANNING THE FALL VEGETABLE GARDEN
Date: July 30
Location: Urban Harvest

Contact: www.urbanharvest.org

The Citizens’ Environmental Coalition will honor local activists and organizations for environmental service at its annual Synergy Awards celebration on Wednesday, November 9, 2009.  (more…)

The CEC is now soliciting nominations for its 2009 Synergy Awards.  For more information, a list of past winners, or a nomination form, please visit http://www.cechouston.org/?page_id=636. Nominations are due August 15, 2009. (more…)

LyondellBasell Bike Around the Bay is a fun, two-day, 150 mile bicycle ride around Galveston Bay showcasing the natural beauty of the bay and benefiting the Galveston Bay Foundation. (more…)

Houston Audubon is celebrating Texas’ bottomland hardwood forests and their improtance to millions of migratory songbirds, waterfowl, and resident birds. (more…)

Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 11:30 to 6:30 at Hilton Americas Hotel. This year’s theme is “Upward Mobility.” In part, the conference will focus on approximately $1.7 billion in new transit expansion and its potential to drive urban redevelopment. (more…)

Thursday, November 12, 2009. An important gala benefiting Houston Tomorrow. (more…)

The Galveston Bay Foundation can receive an automatic donation each time you shop at Kroger and use a Kroger Plus Card. (more…)

August 18th at Emerson Unitarian Church (1900 Bering, 77057) at 12:00 pm. “What role will non-profits, community/ labor based organizations and service providers play in the new Mayor’s Administration?” (more…)

On Sunday, September 6, Mark Juedeman of Transition Houston will tell us about the Transition Movement at the monthly meeting of Houston Climate Protection Alliance.  (more…)

The students of Hightower Electronic Media Academy produced a documentary on the condition of wetlands and the environmental state around Houston, Texas and within Fort Bend County. (more…)

Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership and the Houston Dynamo for a summer special soccer game on Sunday, August 23, at 7:30 p.m. (more…)

Fredericksburg September 27-29. Texans are turning “green” over the latest clean, renewable energy solutions provided by Texas companies. (more…)

New Orleans November 16-18. Registration is free. For more information check out the conference Web site at http://www.brownfields2009.org.

CIVIC FORUM ABOUT HURRICANE IKE

Date: Wednesdays, July 15; July 29; and August 19

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Brown Auditorium, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,1001 Bissonnet (Enter via the Main Street door)

Fee: Free

Contact: 713-348-4876 or http://ricedesignalliance.org/2009/learning-from-ike

With hurricane season now officially underway, the Rice Design Alliance (RDA) plans to re-examine risks facing the Houston-Galveston region, along with possible solutions to the public policy and design challenges facing the region. RDA will host three public meetings
as part of this year’s Civic Forum, “Planning: Post Hurricane Ike.”

On July 29th experts in earth sciences, coastal management, and planning will address the issue of finding the best management practices. Finally, on August 19th, leading experts will discuss alternative design solutions to defend our coastal communities and industrial infrastructure against the growing threat of hurricanes.

We hope this forum will stimulate discussion from all levels of government and planning about how our Houston-Galveston region can best prepare for the next hurricane.

Additional parking at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is available until 7 p.m. for $3 in the museum garage located at the corner of Binz and Fannin.

KPC’S SUMMER SCIENCE NIGHTS: SUNSET FLYERS

Date: July 29

Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Location: Nelson Farms Preserve

Fee: $3

Contact: info@katyprairie.org or http://www.katyprairie.org/events.html#SSN

Complete: Description:

KPC’s new Summer Science Nights classes are a perfect way to get kids off the couch and onto the prairie this summer! Summer Science Nights is a series of four evening classes, each focusing on a different topic on an exciting KPC preserve.

Students may attend as many or as few classes as they wish, in any order. The July series is a repeat of the June series.

Registration is required, as class size is limited. Parents may attend free. We ask that you please pay in advance to cut down on time spent on administration issues at each class.