Environmental Events

What’s happening in and around Dallas / Fort Worth? If it’s green or it involves the outdoors, it’s listed here!

If your nonprofit group or organization would like to list your events in GreenSourceDFW, please submit it via email to events@greensourcedfw.org. Events will be screened.

Tue, 05/01/2012 - 6:00pm - Tue, 06/05/2012 - 6:00pm

Weekly “Strategy Session” Gas Drilling Meetings - Every Tuesday
Tue, 05/01/2012 - 6:00pm - Tue, 06/05/2012 - 6:00pm
Texas Campaign for the Environment Dallas Office
3303 Lee Parkway Suite 402
Dallas, TX 75219
United States
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The local Texas Campaign for the Environment office is hosting follow up meetings about the gas drilling issue  in Dallas. TCE is also launching a statewide campaign to urge Wal-mart to start a take back recycling program for old and obsolete electronics and this will be a forum to discuss this program. Electronic waste is toxic waste (it contains lead, mercury and many hazardous chemicals) that doesn’t belong in D/FW landfills – which are often situated close to area waterways. TCE is thus urging Walmart to match the recycling program Best Buy is offering in their retail stores nationwide, and we launched a “social media action”.  

As part of that action TCE is urging everyone to: 
 
Post a message today on Walmart’s “What’s on Your Mind” Facebook page calling on the company to take back e-waste for recycling. This link will take you to Walmart's customer feedback page. http://www.facebook.com/walmart/app_262083887168302
Clean air Environment Environmental Organization or Group Gas drilling Public Policy Sustainable Business

Sun, 06/03/2012 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Life on the Prairie - Prairie Vertebrates - Fort Worth
Sun, 06/03/2012 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
9601 Fossil Ridge Road
Fort Worth, TX 76135
United States
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Life on the Prairie, Prairie Vertebrates: Animals of the prairie such as bison and White-tailed Deer can be seen at the Nature Center.

We will discuss some of these vertebrates and we will take off to find as many of these animals and/or signs of these animals as we can.

Part 5 of the Life on the Prairie series. $5 (with paid admission)/MEMBERS FREE.

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Bird & Nature Walks Wildlife

Sun, 06/03/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Alternate Finance, Banking & Commerce in a Post-[ _____]_Metroplex - Dallas
Sun, 06/03/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Central Market
Lovers Lane & Central Expwy
Dallas, TX
United States
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Please join us for a lively presentation and discussion...Sun., June 3rd, 7:00, Central Market - Lovers Lane

- Alternate Finance, Banking & Commerce in a Post-[   _____]_Metroplex

- Central Market - Lovers Lane & Central Expwy - Dallas

- 7:00 - 8:30 plus discussion - but come early for dinner/dessert/coffee at C/M

- Speaker is Dick Pierce, PC Instructor, of the Austin Permaculture Guild

- Bring friends, neighbors, and other folks that you care about. This is an entertaining and thought-provoking talk about what is changing, needs to change, will change in DFW lifestyles, business, commerce in the post-__[everything]___ era just ahead - environmentally friendly/caring, local community, local businesses and products, more sustainable, less oil/less transport, more self-reliant, more fun...

- Who should be there: Permaculture people, Green Living folks, the Transition Movement, Slow Money, Slow Food, Localization/Re-Localizationetc. All who care about and want to shape/get ready for a future that will be very different than today and who want that to be a fun; also those who care about the DFW we will be leaving to our grandchildren.


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