Title: Hit the Trails: Getting Outdoors for Fun and Fitness at ABNC
Location: Armand Bayou Nature Center, 8500 Bay Area Boulevard in Pasadena, TX
Event Link: Click here
Description: Where’s the perfect place to combine fun, fitness and education? It’s Armand Bayou Nature Center, located at 8500 Bay Area Boulevard in Pasadena, TX. The nature center’s September Second Saturday, “Hit the Trails: Getting Outdoors for Fun and Fitness” is all about the importance of being fit while enjoying nature. Hiking one or all of the four trails at the center is a great way to begin. Join us on Saturday, September 11 from 10:00 am – 12 noon to find out other ways you and your family can enjoy the outdoors while getting fit.

Christus St. John Hospital, Nassau Bay is partnering with ABNC on the event, making for a perfect fit for this month’s topic. Personnel from the hospital will offer health screenings and set up fitness stations. What a great opportunity to get important information about your blood pressure, BMI (Body mass index, a measure of body fat based on height and weight), grip strength, stretching and flexibility.

Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2010-09-11
End Time: 12:00

Title: MPC Volunteer Opportunity: Garden on the Living Bridge
Location: Meet at the Bridge, located at the Corner of North Picnic and the 7700 Block of Memorial Drive
Description: The Memorial Park Conservancy Bridge Club Volunteers meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of September. No gardening experience is necessary. If you would like to volunteer, contact Allison Gryder at 713 863 8403.
Start Time: 08:30
Date: 2010-09-22
End Time: 10:00

Title: MPC Volunteer Opportunity: Garden on the Living Bridge
Location: Meet at the Bridge, located at the Corner of North Picnic and the 7700 Block of Memorial Drive
Description: The Memorial Park Conservancy Bridge Club Volunteers meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of September. No gardening experience is necessary. If you would like to volunteer, contact Allison Gryder at 713 863 8403.
Start Time: 08:30
Date: 2010-09-08
End Time: 10:00

Title: TCEQ Public Hearing on Oil and Gas Site Permits
Location: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Building E, Room 201S, 12100 Park 35 Circle, in Austin
Event Link: Click here
Description: The TCEQ is publishing in the Texas Register a proposed revision to permitting replacing the current standard permit for the construction and/or modification of oil and gas production facilities with a new standard permit. The new standard permit contains significant new requirements including: a single site-wide authorization; authorization of planned maintenance, start-up, and shutdown emissions; and requirements for emissions control and best management practices to ensure that emissions from oil and gas sites do not threaten human health. The proposed standard permit would also feature variable emission limits based on the height above ground of emission release points and distance from those release points to off-property receptors such as residences, institutions, and public areas. Beginning Jan. 5, 2012, facilities authorized under the current standard permit must meet the requirements of the new standard permit relating to MSS emissions. As of Jan. 1, 2015, upon renewal, the owner or operator of a facility would be required to fully comply with this new standard permit.

A public hearing on the proposed standard permit and related revisions to the permit by rule for oil and gas sites will be held on Sep. 14, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Building E, Room 201S, 12100 Park 35 Circle, in Austin. Call the TCEQ’s Office of Permitting and Registration, Air Permits Division, at 512,239-1250 for copies of the proposed standard permit for oil and gas production facilities or go to the TCEQ website at: http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/permitting/air/nav/standard.html.

Comments may be mailed to Beecher Cameron, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of Permitting and Registration, Air Permits Division, MC 163, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or faxed to 512-239-1070. All comments should reference the standard permit for oil and gas production facilities. Comments must be recieved by 5:00 p.m. on Sept. 17, 2010. For further information, contact Mr. Cameron at 512-239-1495. Si desea informacion en Espanol, puede llamar al 800-687-4040.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2010-09-14

Title: Are We A Global Leader: A Forum on Math and Science Education in Houston
Location: 50 Waugh Drive Houston, TX 77007
Event Link: Click here
Description: CHILDREN AT RISK, Citizen Schools, CSTEM, Education Pioneers,
Harris County Department of Education, Houston A+ Challenge,
and Project GRAD-Houston invite you to join us
on Tuesday, September 14th for

Are We A Global Leader?
A Forum on Math and Science Education in Houston

Presented by El Paso Corporation

Details and registration at the link above.
Start Time: 11:00
Date: 2010-09-14
End Time: 12:30

Title: Save the Date: Environmental Challenges and Innovations Conference: Gulf Coast 2011
Location: Crowne Plaza Houston near the Reliant Park – Medical Center, in Houston, Texas
Event Link: Click here
Description: Hold The Date! February 10, 2011

Planning is underway for ECIC11, the Environmental Challenges and Innovations Conference: Gulf Coast 2011. Close to 300 professionals attended the 2010 meeting benefitting from the great value of a local one-day meeting that had five concurrent sessions and an exhibit floor. Presentations, technical sessions and workshops provided valuable information, training in ethics and environmental topics, CEU credits and networking opportunities. You can count on even more at ECIC11.

To help shape this conference to be the best it can be, join the Planning Committee and make sure the meeting addresses your needs. Contact conference@taep.org for more information.

Sponsored by the Texas Association of Environmental Professionals, ECIC11 will be held at the Crowne Plaza Houston near the Reliant Park – Medical Center, in Houston, Texas on February 10, 2011. Watch for details on TAEP’s web site at www.taep.org.
Date: 2011-02-10

Title: Where in World is the Katy Prairie?
Location: Katy Heritage Museum @ Katy Heritage Park, 5990 George Bush Drive, Katy, Texas
Event Link: Click here
Description: Where in World is the Katy Prairie?

We get phone calls all the time from people asking us where exactly is the prairie. KPC and Keep Katy Beautiful are hosting a joint event to answer that question and lots more about what you can see and do on the Katy Prairie.

Registration required. Space limited. This event is open to the public. Call 713.523.6135 or email info@katyprairie.org for more details. Free.
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2010-09-08
End Time: 20:30

Title: Pathways to Successful Gardening Class 1
Location: All Purpose Room, Oberholtzer Hall, University of Houston Campus
Event Link: Click here
Description: Pathways to Successful Gardening
This is the first of five classes that may be purchased as a package or as individual classes. For package $158 ($104 members) For the other four classes see urbanharvest.org

#1 Backyard Composting & Fertilizers
Compost improves plant health and can easily be done at your home. This class also explores fertilizers and basic plant nutrition.
WHEN: Tue, Sept 14, 6:30-9:30pm
WHERE: All Purpose Room, Oberholtzer Hall, University of Houston Campus
$35($23 members)

To register for these classes go to urbanharvest.org or call 713-880-5540
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2010-09-14
End Time: 21:30

Title: Urban Harvest Class: Building a Rain Barrel
Location: All Purpose Room, Oberholtzer Hall, University of Houston Campus
Description: If you would like to collect rainwater for all of its benefits, but do not have room for a cistern, why not consider a system using one or more 55-gallon drums?
WHEN: Sat, Sept 11, 9:30-noon
WHERE: All Purpose Room, Oberholtzer Hall, University of Houston Campus
$35($23 members)
Start Time: 09:30
Date: 2010-09-11
End Time: 12:00

Title: Insectigators
Location: Jones Park
Event Link: Click here
Description: Visitors ages 12 and up are invited to join “Team Insectigator” to help survey and record insects and other arthropods in Jones Park. Collection of insects and arthropods is not permitted, and previous knowledge of entomology is not required. Anyone interested in attending is encouraged to participate and needs to wear closed-toe shoes, long pants, and be prepared for varied habitats and weather conditions.
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2010-09-14

Title: Second Sunday Pickers
Location: Jones Park
Event Link: Click here
Description: Second Sunday Pickers take center stage for an afternoon of folk music played on a variety of old-fashioned instruments. Visitors of all ages are invited to listen, sing along, or bring an instrument to join in the fun.
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2010-09-12
End Time: 16:00

Title: Second Saturday Settlers: Pioneer Construction
Location: Jones Park
Event Link: Click here
Description: Second Saturday Settlers: Pioneer Construction at Jesse Jones Park.

Park visitors of all ages are invited to learn how settlers and American Indians built their homes during the 1800s. Jones Park staff and volunteers will use hands-on demonstrations to help bring some of the daily activities of Texas settlers at the Redbud Hill Homestead to life.
Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2010-09-11
End Time: 15:00

Title: TPWD Boater Education Workshop
Location: Jones Park
Event Link: Click here
Description: This six-hour course, suitable for participants ages 12 and older, covers all of the requirements for the Texas Parks & Wildlife Boater Education Certification. A $13 program fee is required for materials. Reservations are required and begin Wednesday, September 1.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2010-09-11
End Time: 16:30

Title: Bayou Preservation Association 2010 Symposium
Location: United Way of Greater Houston, 50 Waugh Drive
Event Link: Click here
Description: The Bayou Preservation Association is a citizens’ group whose mission is to “protect and restore the richness and diversity of our waterways”. BPA facilitates collaborative projects and public awareness about the region’s streams and bayous in order to foster watershed management, conservation, and recreation along Houston’s defining natural resource.

The symposium will have many speakers covering a wide variety of topics about the bayous.

Registration is $50.00 (including lunch).
Start Time: 07:30
Date: 2010-10-06
End Time: 16:00

Title: 3rd Iraq Oil+Gas Summit
Location: 425 N Sam Houston Parkway East, Houston TX 77060
Event Link: Click here
Description: The 3RD Iraq Oil and Gas Summit is the continuation of its series to bring potentially huge business deals tapping into much of Iraq’s energy reserves and exploring Iraq’s potential productivity as one of the world’s best long-term petroleum prospects, with substantial output potentially flowing from relatively few and high-yield wells.

With great potential of oil and gas wealth for Iraq which remains largely unrealized and awaiting discovery, the country’s vast resources would yield to lucrative export earnings and could boost Iraq’s redevelopment and reconstruction as a nation on its course towards recovery and progress.

Reserve your seat at the 3rd Iraq Oil & Gas Summit 2010!
For more information call (202) 536-5000 and our New-Fields customer representative will gladly assist you.

This is a two day event taking place on October 7th and 8th.
Start Date: 2010-10-07
Start Time: 8:00
End Date: 2010-10-08
End Time: 17:00

Title: Artist Boat Paddling Adventures
Location: Cypress Swamp
Event Link: Click here
Description: For more details, visit the Artist Boat Website at the link above. Prices are $50 per person and $25 per person who provides
their kayak.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2010-12-19
End Time: 14:00

Title: Save the date! USGBC 6th Annual Celebration
Location: Minute Maid Park’s FiveSeven Grille
Event Link: Click here
Description: SAVE THE DATE!
Please join the USGBC – Houston for our 6th Annual Celebration!

The event will be held at Minute Maid Park´s new FiveSeven Grille and includes drinks, hors d´oeuvres, casino games, prizes, music and mingling.

RSVP today!

Cost: $20
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2010-09-30
End Time: 22:00