The course will be facilitated by Transition US trainers Bill Aal (from Seattle) and Zaida Amaral (from Albuquerque).  (more…)

Join Legacy Land Trust’s Environmental Education Coordinator, Teri MacArthur, who is a mycologist, for a mushroom walk through the Montgomery County Preserve nature trails on Saturday, November 28, 2009. (more…)

Thursday, December 3, 2009, 6:30-8:30 pm at the Edith L Moore Sanctuary cabin. Authors, Houston Audubon executive director Gina Donovan (Neches River User Guide), nature writer Gary Clark and wildlife photographer Kathy Adams Clark (more…)

Thursday, December 3, 2009, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. The Katy Prairie Conservancy and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) invite you to join us for a conversation, book signing, and reception, (more…)

December 5, 10:00 to 11:30 am. In this class you will sample about 80 varieties of citrus fruit from back yards throughout Houston.  (more…)

December 5, 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Join us for free fun, food and crafts at Houston Audubon’s SIMS Bayou Urban Nature Center. Take a picture with Scooter – Santa’s favorite rooster! Enjoy 10% off your purchases at SBUNC Nature Store. http://www.houstonaudubon.org

Tuesday, December 8, 2009, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. H-GAC is hosting an informational open house to share information and concerns about bacteria in regional waterways. (more…)

Open to public – members and non-members welcome. Wednesday, Dec. 8,  7:00 pm social, 7:30 speaker. (more…)

Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Project managers from TCEQ and the EPA Superfund Program will give presentations on efforts to identify the sources of dioxin and PCB pollution in the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay (more…)

The Edie V. Gray Westlands Education and Recreation Center in Baytown is not offering the Wetlands Wagon. (more…)

Gulf Coast Green 2010 seeks presenters from architecture, interiors, planning, engineering, contracting, education, energy analysis and other building-related professions for its April event (more…)

The Houston Land/Water Sustainability Forum launched a major Design Competition on September 1st. Twenty-three integrated design teams are currently developing designs that use Low Impact Development (LID) methods rather than traditional development techniques in three design challenge categories. (more…)

7 Reef Projects to Benefit, Including Accessible Shallow-Water Sites. (more…)

Good news…you can now access CATEE Conference PowerPoint presentations online! http://catee.tamu.edu/program
Our speakers’ presentations are now available to you in portable document format (pdf) for your convenience.

The Environmental Policy Advisory Committee of the Greater Houston Partnership invites you to a special lunch meeting on December 10, 2009, to learn about the Greater Houston Regional By-Product Synergy Project of the US Business Council for Sustainable Development (US BCSD). (more…)

(Tell them you heard about it from us!)

1. The Texas Water Resources Institute has a Project Manager position available located in College Station, TX. (more…)

BROWNFIELDS 2009 CONFERENCE

Date: November 18

Time: 7:15 am to 4:00 pm

Location: Brownfields 2009 Exhibit Hall

Contact: http://www.brownfieldsconference.org/en/index.aspx

Complete Description:

The National Brownfields Conference is the largest, most comprehensive conference focused on cleaning up and redeveloping abandoned, underutilized, and potentially contaminated properties in the nation.  There is no better deal in the redevelopment marketplace than Brownfields 2009. Why?  Because registration is free, and by signing up you gain access to more than 150 educational and learning opportunities, outstanding plenary sessions, 200 exhibitors, scores of networking events, special training sessions, film screenings, book signings, and much, much more.

Brownfields 2009 offers over 150 educational sessions, including lively panel discussions, dynamic roundtables, outstanding plenary sessions, special trainings, film screenings, and more.