Join us for the 2011 Texas Conservation Alliance
Annual Meeting Saturday, September 24, at the
Trinity River Audubon Center in Dallas.  

David Marquis will perform an excerpt from his acclaimed play, The Land.  We'll also celebrate the Conservation Hero of the Year and discuss cool new conservation initiatives.

Before the annual meeting, Bobette Brasfield,
coordinator of Smarter Water for North Texas,
will teach a session in how to give the Smarter
Water program to interested groups.

Annual Meeting Schedule:

11:30 - 1:45  Training Session Smarter Water
      Sandwich Lunch Provided
      Bobette Brasfield
 
 2:00 - 4:00 Annual Meeting
     Featured Speaker TBD
     Election of Board Members
     Other Big Fun 

Dallas Green Festival at Texas Discovery Gardens
and the inaugural Texas Discovery Gardens Green Exhibit at State Fair of
Texas®!

Texas Discovery Gardens is once again hosting
the Dallas Green Festival, a celebration of environmentally positive
living! And this year we're extending it into the first ever Texas
Discovery Gardens Green Exhibit at the 2011 State Fair of Texas®!

That's over a month of environmental seeing, learning and doing!

These two fantastic events in one will feature activities and demonstrations on:

The City of Arlington Master Composter
volunteers hold composting classes the second Saturday of every month
at the composting display in the Science Center's parking lot area. The
class includes demonstrations of proper pile building, and a worm
compost bin. Attendees will receive a free book. No need to register,
just show up. Dress for the weather. For more information, call
817.459.6778 or visit www.arlingtontx.gov. FREE.

The City of Arlington Master Composter
volunteers hold composting classes the second Saturday of every month
at the composting display in the Science Center's parking lot area. The
class includes demonstrations of proper pile building, and a worm
compost bin. Attendees will receive a free book. No need to register,
just show up. Dress for the weather. For more information, call
817.459.6778 or visit www.arlingtontx.gov. Free.

DFW Surf presents:

Trash clean up will take 30 minutes and then surf on the lake immediately after.

Free.

“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.

After that you will draw a business card from the hat. You will then
have a 5 minute 1-1 with that person and you will be giving their 30
second commercial! This was a HUGE success last time. Lots of FUN!

Each meeting will be sponsored by a different business every month.
The sponsor will have 10 minutes to talk to the group about what they
do. There will be several other perks that go along with sponsorship.
The sponsor is paying the $75 room fee so that we can have our own
private room that's quiet. Finally!

Join us late afternoons at BRIT for hour-long gatherings to learn about local and national conservation issues from a variety of guest speakers. Spend time in an intimate setting with visiting scientists, local naturalists, BRIT staff, and friends. Free to the public!

September 14 - Environmental Art and Ecological Citizenship with Dr. Jason Simus

Join us late afternoons at BRIT for hour-long gatherings to learn about
local and national conservation issues from a variety of guest speakers.
Spend time in an intimate setting with visiting scientists, local
naturalists, BRIT staff, and friends.  Free to the public!

August 10 - Research at BRIT – Into the Internet Age (past, present, future)

with Keri Barfield

North Texas Renewable Energy Group September Meeting