North Texas Renewable Energy Group Meeting

Water Conservation Symposium Set for Thursday in Waco

 The Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club and a number of other organizations are sponsoring a Brazos Valley Water Conservation Symposium in Waco this Thursday, June 21 to highlight the ways in which the region may meet its water needs through enhanced water conservation. The symposium, subtitled “The Business Case for Water Conservation,” is aimed at water utility professionals and local decision-makers but the general public is welcome to attend. Co-sponsors of the symposium include the national Alliance for Water Efficiency, the Brazos River Authority, the City of Waco, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Texas Water Foundation.

Where does it all go? This is a question that EVERY resident of a metropolitan area should know the answer to.

Join us at the Fort Worth Landfill, located at 6288 Salt Road
Fort Worth, TX 76140 for a lunch & learn hosted by Allied/Republic Waste services.

RSVP's ARE REQUIRED for this event!!!!!!! Please contact Kate Vansanford at kvansanford@republicservices.com

Lunch is provided and the schedule is 'Come and go'.

Grab a friend, RSVP and head out for a day of adventure!

Learn more about similar meet-ups by visiting: http://www.meetup.com/DFW-Tarrant-County-Greenweavers/

 
Debbie has some fascinating information on what the current programs, participation and strategies are.

Debbie hails from Kansas City, Missouri. She received a B.S. in Environmental Science from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and an M.S. in Biology from Baylor University. She spent four years working for the City of Waco as their Recycling Coordinator before moving to Fort Worth. Debbie has been with the City of Fort Worth as the Commercial Recycling and Keep Fort Worth Beautiful Coordinator since late 2007 and enjoys the opportunity to help residents and businesses improve our shared environment. Debbie is married and has two boys in elementary school and enjoys reading, hiking and recreational sports in her spare time.

2012 JUNETEENTH presented by the Memnosyne Foundation

Benefiting the children of Camp Fire USA, Family Gateway, Lifeway Church,

The Stewpot, and the Wilkinson Center


Tuesday, June 19th

3:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Dallas Heritage Village

1515 South Harwood Street


Please mark you calendar for the next clean air meet up on Thursday, June 21st at Picassos in Dallas, at 12300 Inwood Road, off Inwood and Forest.  Start-up is 6:30 pm.

We will get caught up on tar sands pipelines, the Exide victory, what's next for Winfrey Point, and  more.

In the meantime, check out this KERA story which aired last Monday re: the Keystone XL pipeline,

The mission of the Dallas Peace Center is to promote a just and peaceful world through constructive action in education, dialogue, reconciliation and advocacy.

The Dallas Peace Center Presents the 8th Annual  Summer Dinner Lecture

Shahid Buttar  
Executive Director Bill of Rights Defense Committee

  Civil Rights Lawyer | Constitutional Scholar | Independent Columnist |

Hip-Hop & Electronic MC Singer and Poet |Grassroots Community Organizer|

Learn about the resources, best practices and opportunities for community outreach in promoting the Live Green in Plano message. 

SAT June 9, 2012    3:00pm - 5:00pm
THU Oct. 25, 2012    7:00pm - 9:00pm

To register for this event, please visit http://livegreeninplano.obsres.com/Info.aspx?EventID=12

Dallas Sierra Club General Meeting - Tuesday, June 12

Urban Wilderness: The Surprising Link Between Nature and Prosperity
Gary Olp, environmental architect, will discuss how the built environment has an effect on ourselves and all living organisms and systems, and will show examples of architecture that integrates buildings into the natural environment.

We are becoming more removed from a sense of reverence for the wild places.  Every square inch of soil under our feet is a wild place, home to living organisms and a teeming unseen wilderness!

 
ECO-MIND AUTHOR FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ
 TO SPEAK IN FORT WORTH JUNE 24
 
Frances Moore Lappé, author of the 1971 best-seller "Diet for a Small Planet" and the 2011 book "Eco-Mind", will speak at First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1959 Sandy Lane, Fort Worth, Texas, on June 24  at 11 a.m.
 
The engagement is free and open to the public. Lappé will be signing books following her talk.
 

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