Title: 2011 Christmas Cruise Along Buffalo Bayou
Location: downtown’s Allen’s Landing (Commerce and Main Street) on the other side of Main Street Bridge from the Spaghetti Warehouse
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Description: Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership in celebrating the holiday season with 30-minute pontoon boat rides along Buffalo Bayou served up with plenty of decorations, brightly colored lights, song and cheer!
Start Time: 17:00
Date: 2011-12-15
End Time: 20:00

Title: 2011 Christmas Cruise Along Buffalo Bayou
Location: downtown’s Allen’s Landing (Commerce and Main Street) on the other side of Main Street Bridge from the Spaghetti Warehouse
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Description: Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership in celebrating the holiday season with 30-minute pontoon boat rides along Buffalo Bayou served up with plenty of decorations, brightly colored lights, song and cheer!
Start Time: 17:00
Date: 2011-12-09
End Time: 20:00

Title: 2011 Christmas Cruise Along Buffalo Bayou
Location: downtown’s Allen’s Landing (Commerce and Main Street) on the other side of Main Street Bridge from the Spaghetti Warehouse
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Description: Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership in celebrating the holiday season with 30-minute pontoon boat rides along Buffalo Bayou served up with plenty of decorations, brightly colored lights, song and cheer!
Start Time: 17:00
Date: 2011-12-03
End Time: 20:00

Title: 2011 Christmas Cruise Along Buffalo Bayou
Location: downtown’s Allen’s Landing (Commerce and Main Street) on the other side of Main Street Bridge from the Spaghetti Warehouse
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Description: Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership in celebrating the holiday season with 30-minute pontoon boat rides along Buffalo Bayou served up with plenty of decorations, brightly colored lights, song and cheer!
Date: 2011-11-26

The Council for Environmental Education (CEE) is an award-winning nonprofit environmental education organization that CEE manages the national headquarters for Project WILD, the largest wildlife education program in the United States. It also administers Flying WILD, Project WILD Aquatic, and Growing Up WILD, an exciting new early childhood program. The Intern will be based at the Council for Environmental Education’s national office in a pedestrian friendly neighborhood within walking distance of Rice University in Houston. The Intern’s responsibilities may include assisting with programs and publications, assisting in the preparation of the 28th Annual Conference, and contributing to organizational support. To apply, please forward a cover letter and resume to: Council for Environmental Education, 5555 Morningside Dr., Suite 212, Houston, TX 77005. You can also fax your application to 713.520.8008 or email it to: info@councilforee.org. Applications are due by November 11th.

Title: Free Marine Recreation Community Workshop
Location: Historic Hotel Galvez, 2024 Seawall Blvd., Galveston, TX
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Description: National Geographic Workshop FlyerNational Geographic’s Ocean Initiative will be hosting a free workshop on Wednesday, November 2, in Galveston designed for the marine recreation community, including boat/dive charter companies, dive shops, park rangers and lifeguards. Participants will discuss what they have done to motivate and inspire guests to be stewards of the ocean environment and how they can be a part of ocean conservation to ensure a future for continued ocean recreation. The event will be held in the Historic Hotel Galvez from 11:30 am to 5:30 pm.

Space for the workshop is limited. Please RSVP by sending your name, your organization, your contact information, and the total number of people attending by October 19, 2011 to NatGeoRSVPTexas@gmail.com.
Start Time: 11:30
Date: 2011-11-02
End Time: 17:30

Title: Roy Lee Schultz Bridge Cleanup
Location: Roy Lee Schultz Bridge
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Description: Kingwood Kayak & Canoe Rentals is seeking volunteers to help remove log jams, trash, and debris from under the Roy Lee Schultz Bridge. This is the bridge that connects Kingwood and Atascocita over Lake Houston via West Lake Houston Parkway. The cleanup is scheduled for two Saturdays, November 5 and November 12, from 6 am – 6 pm. Due to the large amounts of trees and log jams located underneath, we have decided to devote the first Saturday, November 5 to nothing but log jam removal.
The second Saturday, November 12 will be devoted to the remaining trash and other
debris.

The cleanup is supported by the Texas Waterway Cleanup Program (a partnership
between Keep Texas Beautiful and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The program assists community organizations, scout and youth groups, schools, local governments, businesses, and concerned citizens across the state as they host inland freshwater area cleanups and environmental education activities. The TWCP has generously donated trash bags, and a few litter grabbers, gloves, and masks for the cleanup, but this will barely be enough to get the job done. Some of the things we need are a crane to pick up debris, a dump truck, a method of disposal, all-terrain vehicles, chainsaws, bow saws, wheelbarrows, heavy duty wagons, shovels, metal rakes, litter grabbers, gloves, goggles, masks, food, water, and snacks for the volunteers, and someone on standby to administer first aid in case of emergency.

This is a great opportunity for scouts, sports teams, clubs, social groups, area
businesses, and individuals to get involved in the local community to improve water
quality, restore natural beauty, and reduce potential threats to human health and
wildlife. You may not be able to physically volunteer, but you may be able to
donate or loan an item or tool that is needed on the list. You may be able to work
only 2 hours or 12 hours. If you’re not able to do anything but put out flyers or
forward this email to at least 10 people in your area of influence, then please do
that. Any gesture is doing your part and is much appreciated.

If you would like to volunteer your time or services, donate food, water, or snacks, loan a tool or equipment, please contact Denise at kingwoodkayakandcanoe@yahoo.com or call directly at (281) 736-3203.
Date: 2011-11-05

Title: Roy Lee Schultz Bridge Cleanup
Location: Roy Lee Schultz Bridge
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Description: Kingwood Kayak & Canoe Rentals is seeking volunteers to help remove log jams, trash, and debris from under the Roy Lee Schultz Bridge. This is the bridge that connects Kingwood and Atascocita over Lake Houston via West Lake Houston Parkway. The cleanup is scheduled for two Saturdays, November 5 and November 12, from 6 am – 6 pm. Due to the large amounts of trees and log jams located underneath, we have decided to devote the first Saturday, November 5 to nothing but log jam removal.
The second Saturday, November 12 will be devoted to the remaining trash and other
debris.

The cleanup is supported by the Texas Waterway Cleanup Program (a partnership
between Keep Texas Beautiful and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The program assists community organizations, scout and youth groups, schools, local governments, businesses, and concerned citizens across the state as they host inland freshwater area cleanups and environmental education activities. The TWCP has generously donated trash bags, and a few litter grabbers, gloves, and masks for the cleanup, but this will barely be enough to get the job done. Some of the things we need are a crane to pick up debris, a dump truck, a method of disposal, all-terrain vehicles, chainsaws, bow saws, wheelbarrows, heavy duty wagons, shovels, metal rakes, litter grabbers, gloves, goggles, masks, food, water, and snacks for the volunteers, and someone on standby to administer first aid in case of emergency.

This is a great opportunity for scouts, sports teams, clubs, social groups, area
businesses, and individuals to get involved in the local community to improve water
quality, restore natural beauty, and reduce potential threats to human health and
wildlife. You may not be able to physically volunteer, but you may be able to
donate or loan an item or tool that is needed on the list. You may be able to work
only 2 hours or 12 hours. If you’re not able to do anything but put out flyers or
forward this email to at least 10 people in your area of influence, then please do
that. Any gesture is doing your part and is much appreciated.

If you would like to volunteer your time or services, donate food, water, or snacks, loan a tool or equipment, please contact Denise at kingwoodkayakandcanoe@yahoo.com or call directly at (281) 736-3203.
Date: 2011-11-12

Title: 3rd Annual Green Building Components Expo
Location: University of Houston College of Architecture (Atrium)
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Description: Featured projects this year include:
Sun Stop Solar – an EV charging station that also serves as a convenience stop providing ATM, information, WIFI, water, ice, etc. which can serve as localized emergency response centers.

Gulf Coast Mod – is a team working directly with Kirksey Architects and others in the manufactured building industry to develop a high quality, sustainable modular classroom building.

Botanica Bio-regenerative Air Purifier – is a team comprised of biotech professionals, technology experts, and designers seeking to commercialize a hydroponic air purification system for both consumer and architectural markets.

Z-Fab Housing – is a local design team seeking to develop an ancillary structure of approximately 500 SF that will be a highly sustainable prefabricated structure, with an off-grid option for energy production and storage.

Parametric Precast Concrete System –a pre-fabricated concrete block system that provides growing pockets, acoustical properties, high quality, and low cost / environmental impact concrete building modules for use in walls, highway barriers, parking structures, and other applications.

The event is free and open to the public.
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2011-11-17
End Time: 20:00

Title: Natural Resources Advisory Committee Meeting
Location: H-GAC Offices, Conference room A, 3555 Timmons Lane, Houston, TX
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Description: Besides normal business, the Committee will be hearing from a group of experts regarding the impact of the drought on the region’s agriculture.
Start Time: 13:30
Date: 2011-11-03
End Time: 15:30

Title: Insights on Color & Architecture, A Talk By Carlos Jiménez
Location: Sewall Hall 301, Rice University
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Description: You are invited to hear Carlos Jiménez illustrate his personal reflections on the meaning and use of color in architecture using historical precedents and examples of Jiménez’s own work tomorrow evening, October 25.

Carlos Jiménez is a professor in the Rice School of Architecture and the principal and lead designer.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2011-10-25

Title: The UP Experience
Location: Stafford Center Performing Arts Theater
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Description: UP 2011 is taking place this Thursday, October 27th, at the Stafford Center Performing Arts Theater. Prepare to meet 16 of the world’s most influential and respected experts in business, leadership, technology, science, medicine, and education.

During 20-minute onstage presentations, you will hear how each expert is changing our world, and be able to ask them how to use their solutions in your life; offstage, you’ll experience UP close and personal with Q&A sessions and later get to network with other like-minded individuals from Houston and around the world seeking new solutions to challenges we face today.
Start Time: 08:15
Date: 2011-10-27
End Time: 16:15

Title: Bill Walsh: Healthy Building Network
Location: 1002 Washington Avenue Houston, Texas 77002
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Description: Indoor Air Quality: We have a marvelous opportunity to hear from a premier source of information in this realm: the Executive Director of the Healthy Building Network, founded by Bill in 2000. The HBN has been a leader in creating tools that encourage the use of healthier building products including the Green Guide for health Care, new pilot Credits in LEED, and walsh150the Pharos Project, an online evaluation tool for building materials. Bill has spoken here at Gulf Coast Green three years ago; and at Greenbuild 2011 addressed a standing room crowd as he introduced a new tool for the green building movement: the Health Product Declaration. If you are concerned about what kind of toxic materials are present in your environment, this declaration is an open standard format which encourages the standardized disclosure of content and health hazard information about building products. Bill’s talk will focus on new trends in product transparency and disclosure that are growing in the green building movement and likely to change the way LEED material credits are awarded. Come and learn from one of the best…..

Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2011-11-09
End Time: 19:30

Title: ASSET Star Party
Location: Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
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Description: The Astronomical Society of Southeast Texas (ASSET) will be at Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center for a Star Party on Thursday, November 3, 2011, from 6:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. ASSET is a friendly group of amateur astronomers from Jefferson, Hardin, Jasper, Newton and Orange counties. Members will be on hand with more than 20 telescopes to allow visitors to enjoy the night sky. This event is free to the public and children accompanied by an adult are welcome.
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2011-11-03
End Time: 21:00

Title: Houston Area GIS Day
Location: Lone Star College-CyFair; 9191 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress, TX 77433
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Description: The Houston Area GIS Day is the largest showcase of its kind on how Geographic Information Systems are used in the City of Houston and surrounding areas.

Business people, educators, students, and the general public will be given a free access pass to products and services that encompass the GIS program. Since its debut, this event has grown steadily to achieve a prominent position with public, private and governmental agencies in the GIS field. The Houston GIS Day has received national recognition at the Annual ESRI User Conference. Every year, the GIS Student’s Day event alone brings in over 350 to 400 students and educators from the Houston Independent School District. We hope more schools will take part in this event. It is good investment that gives students the opportunity and motivation to pick an area for their future career studies. Prizes will be awarded for school essay projects and GIS Mentorship Projects.
Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2011-11-10
End Time: 16:00

Title: Texas Invasive Plant and Pest Conference
Location: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
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Description: The Texas Invasive Plant and Pest Council will host the fourth statewide conference on invasive species at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin Nov. 8–10. The Texas Invasive Plant and Pest Conference is a professional level meeting including keynotes, concurrent sessions, posters and symposia designed to serve scientists, land managers, state and federal agencies, local governments and other professionals with an interest in Texas’ invasive species.

More than 40 oral and poster presentations in the following categories will be presented at the conference: Leadership and Coordination/Public Policy, Early Detection and Rapid Response, Control and Management, Research, Information Management, and Education and Public Awareness.

The conference will also include a Legislative Update by State Representatives Jimmie Don Aycock and Donna Howard, a keynote address by EDDMapS author Chuck Bargeron, a Caddo Lake Case Study hosted by the Caddo Lake Institute, and an update on the City of Austin’s Invasive Species Management Plan.

Early registration, on or before Nov. 1, is $125 for professionals and $50 for students. After Nov. 1, registration is $175 for professionals and $60 for students. Registration is available only online. The conference is also awarding student travel grants to help defray expenses students may incur presenting at the Texas Invasive Plant and Pest Conference. In addition to a $100 travel stipend, recipients will receive complimentary conference registration.
Start Date: 2011-11-08
End Date: 2011-11-10

Title: Wild Edibles Talk and Walk
Location: Spring Creek Greenway Nature Center
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Description: Wild edibles talk and walk with the favorite outdoor edible guru, Mark Vorderbruggen.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2011-11-05
End Time: 14:00