Houston Green Film Series: American Meat with director Graham Meriwether. The Houston Green Film Series will continue on February 13, 2013, at 7pm at the Rice Media Center, Rice University Campus. American Meat is a documentary that takes a pro-farmer look at chicken, hog and cattle production in America. Beginning with a history of our current industrial system, the feedlots and…
Civic Scientist Lecture featuring Sylvia Earle. National Geographer Explorer and Oceanographer Sylvia Earle will be speaking at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University on February 12, 2013, at 6 p.m. (registration is required). As Chair of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (at Texas A&M Corpus Christi), Dr. Earle will focus on the Gulf…
Featured Travel Channel Names Galveston Island in Top 5 ‘Best Gulf Coast Beaches’ List (Guidry News, 2/7/13) The Galveston Island State Park was recently named one of the top 5 “Best Gulf Coast Beaches” by the Travel Channel – the only Texas beach to make the list. The article describes Galveston as feeling like “a major resort destination” able to…