Keeping your landscape alive in the Texas heat can take a toll on your
wallet as well as your irrigation system. Fall is a great time to
assess your system and consider making some changes that will help you
conserve water now and next summer. Amanda Griffin, licensed irrigator
and owner of Smart Outdoor Services, will dicuss sprinkler components
before diving into scheduling strategies to decrease your water use in
the cooler months while keeping your landscape healthy and strong. A
little work on your system now will mean that when the sun starts to
bake your landscape, both your garden and your wallet will be a little
greener! $25 or $22.50 for Members

The South Central Regional Committee Leadership Summit

The
USGBC North Texas Chapter is very excited to be hosting our Region's
Fourth Annual SCRC Leadership Summit. Over the past months, the planning
team has researched and identified critical topics to be considered
with survey input from many of you.

In
addition, in the coming months, the team will coordinate session
content and speakers that address some of the latest advancements in
sustainable thinking within our chapters and beyond.

We
hope each Regional Chapter elevates the 2011 Leadership Summit for
participation and extending leadership training, relationship building
and cutting edge programming to the Chapters’ BOD’s, committee leaders
and volunteers.  Each attendee will need to bring
an appetite for learning but a willingness to engage in the conversation
- a conversation that shares with others:

This
session will explore the LEED Indoor Environmental Quality category in a
credit by credit format. We will look at the overall intent of this
category, as well as the individual intent of the prerequisites and
credits within it. We will also discuss the requirements and
verification steps necessary to achieve each credit and some real world
examples of strategies used to fulfill each measure.

This
session explores the LEED Materials and Resources category in a credit
by credit format, reviewing the overall category intent and the
individual intents of the prerequisites and credits within it. Learn the
technical requirements of the credits and, through real-world case
examples shared by USGBC LEED Faculty, strategies that work to achieve
them.

This
session explores two LEED credit categories, Water Efficiency and
Innovation in Design, in a credit by credit format, reviewing the
overall category intents and the individual intents of the prerequisites
and credits within it. Learn the technical requirements of the credits
and, through real-world case examples shared by USGBC LEED Faculty,
strategies that work to achieve them.

Fran Witte of the City of Irving wants people to recycle graywataer but
wants them to do it within city, county, state codes. So Irving is
offering this free class but you must register to take it. Click thru
this page to register: http://cityofirving.o...
There are many different styles of irrigation, but one of the most
challenging is graywater irrigation - irrigating using water from
sources coming from within the home such as our sinks, baths and
showers. Participants will learn more about graywater irrigation design,
codes and permits, as well as what to do and what not to do. FREE.

Celebrate & shop for your upcoming holiday gifts at the lavish Auction & Design Auction. Help International Interior Design Association of Dallas Forth Worth City Center raise money for a non-profit organization benefetting Dwell with Dignity.

Seminars sponsored by Dallas Water Utilities
Conservation, City of Dallas Stormwater Management,
and Mountain View
College.

Speaker: Landscape designer and
author Bonnie Rees

Water-Wise
Landscape Design 101

9 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m.

Whether
you have a new landscape or plan to update an existing area, it is critical to
begin with a good design. This program teaches the principles of landscape
design with an emphasis on how to create a beautiful landscape that will save
resources - natural and financial!

Fantastic Plants
for North Texas