Aug 16 2023

City of Dallas: Budget Town Hall Meetings - Dallas (Aug. 10-24)

Aug 10 2023 - 6:00pm to Aug 24 2023 - 7:00pm
TX

Attend a town hall meeting to add your input on the city’s budget for the Fiscal Year 2023-24. See dates and locations on website link below.

Lights Out Texas: Fall Migration (Aug. 15 - Nov. 30)

Aug 15 2023 - 11:00pm to Nov 30 2023 - 6:00am
Texas TX

​Lights Out Texas is a campaign to turn off lights at night between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. during spring and fall wildbird migrations to help protect nocturnally migrating birds.

Originally launched in 2017 by Houston Audubon, Lights Out Texas has grown statewide and is facilitated by Audubon Texas in collaboration with conservation non-profits, universities, governmental organizations and Texans dedicated to the conservation of birds.

The full fall migration starts Aug. 15 and ends on Nov. 30.
The peak fall migration is Sept. 6 through Oct. 29.

Stephen F. Austin State University: Fall Sustainability Registration Courses - Online

Aug 16 2023 - 7:00am to Aug 28 2023 - 11:45pm
Online TX

Sign up for online sustainability courses available for the fall semester. Courses include:

SUST 3330 Fundamentals of Sustainability;
SUST 4340 Sustainable Energy Science and Policy;
SOCI 4177 Environmental Justice;
SUST 5375 (Graduate course) Sustainable Agriculture-Food Systems.

Available online are a BA, minor, four-course certificate (graduate and undergraduate), and a Master of Interdisciplinary Studies with a Concentration in Sustainability Management.

Info: Dr. William Forbes at forbesw@sfasu.edu

Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club: The Science of Climate Change and Its Impact on Weather - Fort Worth

Aug 16 2023 - 6:45pm
Fort Worth Botanic Garden
3220 Botanic Garden Blvd
Fort Worth , TX

Guest speaker Ernest (Buddy) McIntyre will talk about how climate change is affecting our everyday weather from heat waves and forest fires to severe weather such as floods, tornadoes and hurricanes.

Keep Grapevine Beautiful: Fall Vegetable Gardening - Grapevine

Aug 16 2023 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
The REC of Grapevine
1175 Municipal Way
Grapevine , TX

Keep Grapevine Beautiful’s August ECO Talk speaker Loretta Bailey will tell you the type of plants to choose, soil preparation and other valuable details to have a thriving vegetable garden.