Workplace

Walk to the Park - Dallas

Downtown employers are encouraged to permit a long lunch and herd employees to the new Klyde Warren Park on Friday. Entertainment, food trucks, ping pong tournament, croquet, yoga, mah jong are on the lineup. See complete schedule on website.

Women in the Environment : Gaylord ICE! Family Event

Event hosted by the Women in the Environment.

Women in the Environment: World Wear Tour

Tour at Dallas-based textile recycler WORLD WEAR PROJECT starts at 10 a.m. Free/members, $10/nonmembers. Networking lunch at Chili's at 2222 West Northwest Highway follows tour. Hosted by Women in the Environment. Register at: eventbrite.com/event/4850597267. READ the GREENSOURCEDFW.ORG article about WORLD WEAR PROJECT: http://greensourcedfw.org/articles/dallas-based-company-recycles-clothin...

Tarrant County Greenweavers: Learn About Clothes Recycling - Keller

Eileen Birnbaum worked in the legal field for 27 years before begining the World Wear Project, LLC 2 years ago. Through her efforts, this business has been a force not only for landfill diversion, but distribution of clothing resources and fund raising for schools, religious institutions, community organizations and a variety of other nonprofits. Hear her story, get educated about opportunities to further reduce our landfill contributions and grab some lunch from the Texas Harvest Pie Company.

DFW Greenweavers Meetup - Dallas

DFW Greenweavers was established for the purpose of networking those professionals and companies who are either green-minded, eco-friendly or wishing to become more so.

We welcome those entrepreneurs, inventors, contractors, local food growers and similar synergistic partners helping us "grow" a better green business environment in the DFW area.

Grass-Fed Beef - Keller

Event hosted by Tarrant County Greenweavers.

Hear about (and enjoy the products from) the principal owner and decision maker for a grass fed rand in North Texas. In addition to some awesome, healthy food, we will hear about other projects including Thriving Villages and Solar Air Conditioning.

http://www.meetup.com/DFW-Tarrant-County-Greenweavers/

Networking Night Out - Fort Worth

Networking Night Out

with NTCRA and USGBC North Texas Chapter!

(North Texas Corporate Recycling Association and US Green Building Council)

Thank you to our sponsors - EWD and Balcones Resources

Thursday, June 21

4pm - 7pm

Social Innovation Lunch Series - Collective Impact - Dallas

May 18 – Collective Impact

Panel Featuring Susan Hoff of United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Regina Nippert of the Center on Communities and Education at Simmons, Todd Williams of Commit!, and Danny Henley of the Zero-to-Five Funders Collaborative

Stanford Social Innovation Review’s 2010 feature, “Collective Impact,” asserts that large-scale change requires broad, cross-sector coordination. Dallas is home to several such programs who share the ambitious mission of improving student educational achievement. DSVP will assemble a stellar panel of local thought leaders, including Susan Hoff of United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Todd Williams of Commit!, Regina Nippert of the Center on Communities and Education at Simmons, to discuss how this model is impacting our region.

Tickets $50.00

http://dsvp.eventbrite.com/

http://www.dsvp.org/p/sils

Electronic Recycling Event - Dallas

May 5^th, from noon to 5 pm.

We help you protect the environment by keeping electronic waste materials out of landfills and putting them back into the manufacturing process to make new products. Drive up and our team will unload your items for recycling. There are small fees for monitors and TVs .click here for more information.

North Texas Renewable Energy Group Meeting

Been thinking about a career change? Were you laid off, but offered assistance to learn another profession? Would you like training and education so you can apply to work in the solar energy industry or related fields? Perhaps you're considering opening a solar energy business of your own?

Saturday's meeting offers answers!

The topic of our meeting will be "College Education in the Field of Renewable Energy" with Dr. Chuck Dale, Ed.D, presenting. Dr. Dale is Eastfield College's Department Chairman, and Professor of Renewable Energy, Electronics, and Mechatronics.He has been teaching at the college level for over 46 years. He's been a pioneer in the field of Electronics Program development with the first Digital Electronics program in the State of Texas. He co-founded the most successful Telecommunications Program, as well as one of the most successful Mechatronics programs in the state.