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Title: TCEQ Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers and Galveston Bay Stakeholders Committee
Location: Lonestar Convention Center in Conroe
Event Link: Click here
Description: The purpose of the meeting is to initiate the development of a work plan that satisfies Section 11.02362(p) of the Texas Water Code.
Start Time: 01:00
Date: 2010-10-06
The Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) is a national nonprofit dedicated to educating America’s high school students about the science behind climate change and inspiring them to do something about it—while having fun along the way. The website for ACE Texas is http://www.acespace.org/about/ace-near-you/texas.
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Title: Turn Texas Green – Help Texas Environmental Candidates!
Location: 4394 Fiesta Lane Houston, Texas
Event Link: Click here
Description: Sierra Club Houston Group is hosting a fundraising event at the Home of Jim Williams and Madeleine Crozat-Williams.
Reservations should be made by September 25th to Doug Peterson at 713-782-2721 or
dougpeterson@earthlink.net.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-09-30
End Time: 20:30
Title: 2nd Annual Community GreenFest
Location: Emile Street Community Farm, 711 N. Emile
Event Link: Click here
Description: The event will feature music from all over the world, spoken word, dance and drumming as well as workshops and speakers including, Colin Beavan, the No Impact Man, Meriwether the Adventurer (a wild edibles expert from Houston) and one of our partners, Dan Phillips, recently named the number one recycler in American by Reader’s Digest Magazine.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2010-10-16
End Time: 16:00
Title: Armand Bayou’s Prairie Pandemonium
Location: Armand Bayou
Event Link: Click here
Description: Help Armand Bayou Nature Center restore the tall grass prairie, a critical native habitat. As a part of ongoing restoration work, ABNC volunteers have grown two thousand pots of locally rare native grass at the nature center for transplantation into the prairie preserve.
Start Time: 08:00
Date: 2010-10-16
End Time: 12:00
Title: Solar-Powered Green Home Kick-Off
Location: Milby Park in northeast Houston – 8801 Sterlingshire, 77078
Event Link: Click here
Description: Houston Habitat for Humanity invites you to celebrate with us at the kick-off of our major green building initiative. Houston Habitat homes are affordable, energy-efficient, and sustainable – now there is even more! Please join us as we flip the solar switch to a new phase of eco-conscious living.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2010-11-06
Title: Jones Park Bio-Blitz
Location: Jones Park
Event Link: Click here
Description: Jones Park will be hosting a Bio-blitz on Saturday, October 2. This two part event will involved identifying and counting the birds, reptiles and amphibians, and invertebrates in the park. The first program begins at 7:30 a.m. with the separate groups going out to survey for the different groups of animals. Later that evening, a Bio-Blitz: Nocturnal Insects group will meet at 7 p.m. to document and survey the many insects attracted to the park’s special light traps. Reservations are required for both events and begin on Wednesday, Sept 22.
Start Time: 07:30
Date: 2010-10-02
TreeFolks seeks Executive Director Position. TreeFolks, Inc., a non-profit Urban Forestry organization in Central Texas, is seeking a full-time executive director to lead and expand the organization. TreeFolks seeks a director with a passion for the environment who can lead the organization into its next phase of growth. The Executive Director will report to the Board of Directors, provide leadership to the organization, and manage day-to-day operations consistent with its mission and financial objectives. The position is located in Austin. To apply, send electronic letter of introduction and resume to ahrclresponse@gmail.com.
Title: Fall Beach Cleanup
Event Link: Click here
Description: There will be a beach cleanup along the Texas coast. Visit the website to find a location nearest you.
Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2010-09-25
End Time: 12:00
Title: Wildlife Center Volunteer Orientation
Location: 7007 Katy Road, Houston, TX 77024
Event Link: Click here
Description: There will be a volunteer orientation for people interested in the Wildlife Center and assisting with injured and
orphaned wild animals. Interested individuals need to email volunteer@WRandE.org to sign up for the orientation.
Date: 2010-10-09
Title: Houston Urban Gardeners Meeting
Location: Houston Garden Center, 1500 Hermann Dr.
Event Link: Click here
Description: Houston Urban Gardeners will be having their next meeting. Carol Brouwer, Ph.D., with Agrilife will tell and show pictures of What To Plant and Do Now.
The meetings are free and inclusive – everyone is invited.
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2010-10-13
Title: Wild West Tour – Hawks on the Move!
Location: Indiangrass Preserve
Event Link: Click here
Description: Join local naturalist and birding expert Glenn Olsen on an exciting outing as he reveals the predatory birds winging their way across the prairie in the crisp days of early October.
Start Time: 08:30
Date: 2010-10-02
End Time: 13:00
Title: Making Connections: Creating a Bicycle-Friendly Region
Location: Crowne Plaza Houston near Reliant Park/Medical Center 8686 Kirby Drive Houston, TX 77054
Event Link: Click here
Description: The event will be full of learning and networking with others who share an interest in making the Houston region more bicycle-friendly. The luncheon will feature innovative local and national initiatives that will provide helpful lessons for improving bicycling for transportation, recreation, and quality of life. Submitted for AICP Certification Maintenance Credits.
Start Time: 11:00
Date: 2010-10-15
End Time: 14:30
Title: Buffalo Bayou Ball – Happy Trails to You
Location: Downtown’s Historic Sabine Street Bridge
Event Link: Click here
Description: From downtown to Houston’s East End, Buffalo Bayou hike and bike trails
are providing important connections for neighborhood residents, and
helping joggers and bicyclists travel more safely to other parks and
destinations.
Buffalo Bayou will be hosting a ball to honor two community leaders who are
collaborating with Buffalo Bayou Partnership in its efforts to connect
people and places along our City’s historic waterway.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-11-04
