Home improvement

How To Avoid Waste Of Materials, Money And Energy On Our Properties

Hosted by EcoTuesday, an important message to building/property owners and managers will be given by Lori De La Cruz, ABC, and the Vice President of Sustainability Education at U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce (Lone Star Chapter). This is also a networking opportunity to meet other people in the property/building industry and trades. Refreshments will be served. Please sign up ASAP to attend at: http://www.meetup.com... before registration fills up.

Dallas Green Fest

Stroll through the park visiting with vendors, artists and artisans who are building a greener city. Learn how to garden, attract honeybees, raise chickens, save energy, conserve water, protect our Trinity River and much more. Bring the kids for hands-on activities and teaching opportunities.

Architecture on Tap: Sustainable Culture

The primary goal of sustainable architecture is to consume fewer resources. How can this be reconciled with a culture and economy that measures its vitality in terms of how quickly consumption can be grown?

Panelists: Benje Feehan, Assoc. AIA, bcWorkshop; Larry Good, FAIA, Good Fulton & Farrell; and Monica Heid, AICP, Community Projects Manager, Richardson.
Cost: $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
Appetizers and drinks served.

Water-Wise Landscape Seminars - Dallas

Mountain View College Performance Hall (Building “E”)
4849 W. Illinois Avenue, Dallas, TX 75211
Saturday, September 22
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Click here for a location map and a list of area restaurants.

Landscape designer and author Bonnie Reese of Beautiful Landscapes will be the speaker at both sessions. The first 100 attendees at each session will receive a copy of Ms. Reese’s book, “Common Sense Landscaping” (hard copy or electronic version). Attendees can also enter a drawing for free bags of Green Sense organic fertilizer from Rohde’s Nursery and Nature Store.

Do-It-Yourself Plumbing Repair Workshop - Dallas

Eastfield College-Pleasant Grove Campus – Community Room
802 S. Buckner Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75217
Saturday, August 18, 2012
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Did you know the average American home loses 14% of their water use to leaks? Attend our FREEworkshop to learn how you can perform do-it-yourself minor repairs to save water and help lower your water bill. Below are some of the topics that will be covered at the workshop:

Checking for leaky toilets, faucets and hose bibs
Replacing toilet flapper valves
Fixing leaking faucets
Installing faucet aerators and low-flow showerheads
Water Conservation tips

Plumber Charlie Brown of GWS Services in Garland will be the instructor.

MAKING A RESERVATION

3rd Saturday Tour: Take Control of Your Sprinklers - Plano

Are you watering wisely or irrigating irrationally? Do you have a sprinkler problem that has you scratching your head? Come to this event to learn about how to water your lawn, fix simple sprinkler repairs, and talk with vendors about the latest and greatest irrigation technologies.

Location: Environmental Education Center, 4116 W. Plano Parkway, Plano, TX 75093

SAT, August 18 9:30-11:00am

Livestock in an Urban Setting – Benefits and Challenges - Irving

Perhaps the final step in completing a backyard homestead is the addition of livestock, such as goats. This class will offer discussion about a variety of livestock—selection, care, feeding, benefits, and challenges—that would be included in an urban farm setting and discuss City of Irving codes related to keeping livestock – limitations and expectations.

*Part of Irving’s Urban Farming Lecture Series

Saturday, July 7
9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Irving Animal Care Campus
4140 Valley View Lane

Speakers:
Fredi Sanderson, Animal Services Manager, City of Irving

To register online click here.

For more information, call the Office of Environmental Stewardship at (972) 742-2296.

DFW Greenweavers Meeting - Dallas

“DFW Greenweavers is a power group of local, sustainable businesses that have been operating in the Metroplex as experts in their given Green fields.”

We will be following our synergizing format that we did last time. When people arrive you will be broken into three groups:

1) Home and Buildings

2) Food and Gardening

3) Health and Lifestyle

The first part of the meeting will be spent socializing with the people in your industry. There has been a great response from people spending time with others that are in their given fields.

Landowner Workshop - Dallas

For landowners interested in learning methods to preserve or rehabilitate habitat to increase wildlife

Friday, July 27, 2012

8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Urban Solutions Center
17360 Coit Road
Dallas, TX 75252

To register for this event, please visit http://ntmn.org/LandOwnerWkshp/?page_id=65

Topics and Speakers

Dr. Dale Rollins, quail expert and founder of Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch in Abilene (funded in part by Boone Pickens and Park Cities Quail Club) and wildlife specialist at the AgriLife Extension & Research facility in San Angelo, will share his expertise on managing habitat for wildlife.