Mar 2 2022

EPA: Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities - Public Comment (Thru March 16)

Feb 1 2022 - 7:00am to Mar 16 2022 - 11:45pm

Online TX

On October 28, 2021, EPA released the draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities (Lead Strategy) for public comment. The agency is seeking input from communities affected by lead contamination through virtual workshops nationwide.

EPA’s Lead Strategy will utilize the full suite of EPA authorities, expertise, and resources to reduce lead exposure. It outlines three significant ways the agency can reduce lead exposure in overburdened communities.

The EPA has extended the public comment period until March 16, 2022.

Dallas Arboretum: Dallas Blooms - Dallas (Feb. 19-April 10)

Feb 19 2022 - 9:00am to Apr 10 2022 - 5:00pm

Dallas Arboretum

8525 Garland Road

Dallas , TX

See map: Google Maps

Dallas Blooms is the largest annual floral festival in the Southwest. Presented by Veritex Community Bank, Dallas Blooms will feature larger-than-life peacock topiaries along with more than 500,000 spring blooming bulbs to create the largest and most colorful floral display in the Southwest. An explosion of spring flowers comes from 100 varieties of spring bulbs, thousands of azaleas and hundreds of Japanese cherry trees.

Event Website:

http://dallasarboretum.org

Slow Food DFW: Growing Grants - Deadline March 31

Mar 1 2022 - 7:00am to Mar 31 2022 - 5:00pm

Each year, Slow Food DFW awards 10 $500 Growing Grants to deserving schools, organizations and community gardens and farms. The awards are given to groups who show dedication and passion for growing food, building communities and understanding how to cultivate and provide good, clean, fair food for all.

The Slow Food DFW Growing Grants program was created to fill gaps in traditional funding sources for local food-related projects. Priority for funding is given to Black, Indigenous, LatinX, People of Color, women and/or veteran lead, use of local skills and resources and availability of locally grown food.

Application deadline: March 31. See website link below for application.

Info: wyonella_henderson-greene@baylor.edu

Event Website:

https://slowfooddfw.org/growing-grants/

Arlington Conservation Council: Ranjana Bhandari, Liveable Arlington - Zoom

Mar 2 2022 - 7:00pm

Zoom TX

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Liveable Arlington Executive Director Ranjana Bhandari is a longtime Arlington resident who was a stay-at-home mother when natural gas drilling arrived in Arlington. She founded Liveable Arlington in January 2015 over concerns about the detrimental effects of pollution from gas drilling and its role in accelerating the climate crisis.

Ranjana is on the board of earthworks, a national nonprofit dedicated to protecting communities from the adverse health impacts of energy development. She also serves as a member of Arlington’s Citizens' Environmental Committee. She holds a master's in economics from Brown University.

Her talk will highlight her group's efforts, including the recent 23-month-long campaign to stop the permitting of gas wells next to an east Arlington preschool that ended with a permit denial last month.

Join here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89949190891

Event Website:

http://www.acctexas.org/meetings/