Sat, May 14 - “A Culture of Cooperation” by Permaculture instructor and consultant Dick Pierce. Free class features Community, Collaboration, Caring, Co-mingling, Co-Housing, EcoVillages, Kinship – “More Cooperation, [maybe] Less Competition?” Talk to other groups while here. Doors open at 6:30 pm to talk to other groups at the Dallas AgriLife Research Center, 17360 Coit Rd, Dallas 75252. Dick speaks from 7 until 8:30.

An eco-conscious springtime festival designed to inspire every-BODY to move, play, integrate, breath deep, and learn through pleasure, a myriad of experiential movement modalities from yoga to tai chi o ecstatic dance, are offered to make joyful embodied living accessible and inviting to folks of all ages & all walks of life.

EVENT SCHEDULE

NOTE: Vortexes
are casual interactive areas where you are invited to join in and have
fun. Be sure to dress in loose clothes and comfortable shoes.

Earth Day Dallas hopes to catalyze a "green" movement in North Texas by staging a two-day event on April 22nd and 23rd over several city blocks in the Dallas Arts District.  We anticipate 500 civic, corporate and non-profit participants engaged in an event that will be the biggest and best Earth Day celebration in this part of the United States.  Sponsors currently include:

    * The Environmental Protection Agency
    * D Magazine
    * The Nature Conservancy
    * Chevrolet
    * Dallas Independent School District
    * Half Price Books

This will be the seminal event in an ongoing movement to showcase green business and civic efforts that improve North Texas and the lives of North Texans.  Events will focus on entertaining, inspiring and educating attendees with various ways to think, work and live green by showcasing emerging green technology and providing eco-friendly activities.

    * Up to 50,000 visitors in the downtown Arts District (accessible by DART).

Hear about the air quality in North Texas and meet with agency, transit and corporate partners doing their share for cleaner air! Special guest speaker - Brian Tulloh, VP Public Affairs, TXU Energy.

Please join us for this free special lunch event.

RSVP at: http://april2011cleanairlunch.eventbrite.com

Space limited.

For more information contact Jennifer W Cohen at jennifer@workingforcleanair.org.

The North Texas Clean Air Coalition Let’s Do Lunch program is a monthly outreach event designed to educate employers about air quality issues including EPA standards, transit solutions, telecommuting and flex-time as well as designing energy conservation measures for their businesses and utilizing sustainable practices to reduce their impact on the environment. The NTCAC works in conjunction with the Founding Member Partners to provide information on clean air initiatives including facts and figures and what they mean for the region now and in the future.

Geology class for ages 6-9 to learn about the fascinating world of rocks and minerals. $10.

Because our buildings have such a profound impact on our lives, the way we live is changing. The manner in which we use our buildings, their architectural design and how they are constructed necessitates a change to a more sustainable approach.

This class provides an interactive discussion where a panel of subject matter experts and you, the participants, will discuss renewable energy and high-performing green buildings. The class will conclude with a discussion of future building codes, standards, and government regulations, which will answer the question "What industry changes are pending?"

After this course, participants will be able to:

Free open house celebrating the grand opening of the Elizabeth Hoggatt Whatley Ag Complex. The open house will include building tours and presentations on sustainable agriculture, alternative energy, backyard vegetable gardening, cooking, soap making, etc.

Exhibit tells the dynamic story of energy and alternative energy resources in North Texas, the Barnett Shale, and the innovative pioneers who continue to make energy a leading industry in the region. Ages 11 and up. Included in $14/adult, $10/child admission.

Earth Day Dallas hopes to catalyze a "green" movement in North Texas by staging a two-day event on April 22nd and 23rd over several city blocks in the Dallas Arts District.  We anticipate 500 civic, corporate and non-profit participants engaged in an event that will be the biggest and best Earth Day celebration in this part of the United States.  Sponsors currently include:

    * The Environmental Protection Agency
    * D Magazine
    * The Nature Conservancy
    * Chevrolet
    * Dallas Independent School District
    * Half Price Books

This will be the seminal event in an ongoing movement to showcase green business and civic efforts that improve North Texas and the lives of North Texans.  Events will focus on entertaining, inspiring and educating attendees with various ways to think, work and live green by showcasing emerging green technology and providing eco-friendly activities. 

    * Up to 50,000 visitors in the downtown Arts District (accessible by DART).

Dallas Sierra Club Meeting

Tuesday, March 8, 2011
REI Dallas, Guadalupe Peak Room
4515 LJB Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75244
Phone: 972 490 5989

Smarter Water For North Texas
    The Texas Conservation Alliance invites North Texans to an informative and positive program, "Smarter Water for North Texas."  The good news is that we have enough water in existing reservoirs to meet our water needs for the next 50-plus years.  We can avoid new reservoirs which would destroy many thousands of acres of bottomland hardwood forest, uproot families, and harm existing local economies . . . if we make the right water allocation and use decisions.  This program will allow us to explore low-impact water supply options which will allow us to avoid the monetary and human costs associated with unnecessary new reservoirs.