Adult volunteers are needed to help students from area high schools as they examine and remove invasives and plant natives in Memorial Park as part of an outdoor education program organized by Endangered Species Media Project and Memorial Park Conservancy.
The City of Houston has a job opening for a program manager for its Building Materials REUSE Warehouse. Duties include providing supervision to community volunteers and workforce labor; managing inventory; advertising to the construction industry to bring in materials, and to the non-profit sector for distribution of material.
Nominations are still open for the 2009 Texas Environmental Excellence Awards. These annual awards recognize projects across Texas that significantly reduce waste, conserve natural resources, and prevent pollution.