Soil and Green

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Let’s Do Lunch
Sponsored by the North Texas Clean Air Coalition and imc2

Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Lending.com Building Auditorium (12712 Park Central Drive, Dallas, Texas, 75251)
Website: http://www.workingforcleanair.org/Events/tabid/73/Default.aspx
Cost: FREE

Make a profit while making a difference.  Give your company competitive advantages in recruitment, retention, and sustainability by implementing (more…)

Saturday, September 05, 2009

Ride the Rim Moonlight Bike Tour at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

Time: 7:30 p.m. (Moonrise is at 8:12 p.m.)
Location: Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (2155 CR 2008, Glen Rose, Texas, 76043)
Websites: http://www.fossilrim.org/visiting/guided_tours.php and http://www.fossilrim.org/promos/rtr_tours.html
Reservations: Call (254) 897-2960 or email ridetherim@fossilrim.org for more information and to reserve your spot on the tour.
Cost: $35.00 per person

Where in the world can you ride your mountain bike to within 5 feet of a 2000-pound rhino, have your picture taken with a wolf hiding in the bushes, and see your kids stalked (more…)

Thursday, September 03, 2009

Open Space Protection in Urban Settings: Considerations for State-Wide Habitat, Wildlife, and Landscape Planning

Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Location: North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) Transportation Room (616 Six Flags Drive, Arlington, Texas, 76005)
Website: http://www.usgbcnorthtexas.org/events/2009.09.03_OpenSpace/2009.09.03_PerservingOpenS.html
Cost: $10.00 for chapter members, $20.00 for non-members, and $5.00 for students and Emerging Green Builders
Registration: Go to the website above to register for this event.
Learning units will be available.

Main Presenter: Carter Smith, Executive Director, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

Open space and natural areas are continually lost due to urban sprawl and insensitive development. We are in dire need (more…)

Sunday, September 06, 2009

Community Yard Sale at the Dallas Farmers Market

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Dallas Farmers Market (1010 South Pearl Expressway, Dallas, Texas, 75201)
Website: http://www.dallasfarmersmarket.org/Events/yardsales.html

Save space in the landfills, while making/spending some money!!  Dallas Farmers Market welcomes downtown residents and the metro community (more…)

Saturday & Sunday, September 12 & 13, 2009

Grand Opening of the Rosine Smith Sammons Butterfly House and Insectarium

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m both days
Location: Texas Discovery Gardens (3601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, 75210)
Website: http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org/upcoming_events.shtml
Cost: Half-price admission: $4.00 for adults, $3.00 for seniors, and $2.00 for children ages 3 to 11.

The butterflies are coming!  Make plans to be a part of our historic opening of this year-round tropical butterfly house.

Be the first to walk down a spiral walkway to the ground floor, immersed in butterflies the entire way.  A ribbon cutting Saturday (more…)

Thursday, September 03, 2009

LEED Green Associate Exam Prep Class

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: III Lincoln center (5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas, 75240)
Website: http://www.aiadallas.affiniscape.com/cde.cfm?event=270689
Cost: $399.00  (Catering for the day is included in this cost.)
Registration: Go to http://www.leedteacher.com/dallas-leed-seminars/ or call (800) 355-1751 to register for this class.
This class is worth 8 HSW (4 SD) continuing education units.

The purpose of this eight-hour course is to familiarize the individual with the required information for the Green Associate Exam as a supplement to individual preparation.  We start with (more…)

Friday-Sunday, September 25-27, 2009

Tenth Annual Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair

Time: Friday 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Market Square (Fredericksburg, Texas)
Website: http://theroundup.org/
Cost: $10.00 for Friday, $12.00 for Saturday, and $10.00 for Sunday.  Or $20.00 for a three-day pass.  Children under 12 are free.  General admission tickets sold at the gate only.

Over the past 10 years, this community and family oriented Green Living Fair has grown to be the largest “green show” in the South. It occurs at the end of September, every year, in historic Fredericksburg, Texas.  You can see the latest (more…)

7 days a week, 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Head down to Dallas Farmers Market (DFM) instead of to the grocery store any day of the week!  Farmers come to DFM from within a 150-mile radius of Dallas, so this is your chance to buy local produce and meat.  You can also find specialty and prepared foods at the market, as well as flowers, shrubbery, and trees.

Buying from local farmers is beneficial and green for a number of reasons:

• You can ask the farmer (more…)

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Saving from a Rainy Day – Making a Rain Barrel

Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Texas AgriLife Extension Service Pavilion Building (17360 Coit Road, Dallas, Texas, 75252)
Website: http://www.texrca.org/id4.html
Cost: $40.00 per class (This covers the cost of the rain barrel materials.)
Registration: Class size is limited, so register early.  Email Tamaron Hunt at t-hunt@tamu.edu for a registration form.

Learn how to design and install a rainwater harvesting system!  Dr. Dotty Woodson, Extension Program Specialist – Water Resources will be teaching this class and will provide participants the opportunity to construct a 55-gallon rain barrel as well as discuss installing an efficient irrigation system.  The rain barrel is yours to take home!