An experienced international community leader will contribute to our local community through a four-month fellowship funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and implemented by IREX. The community leader will apply a global lens to environmental issues facing the greater Houston region through practical work experience at the Citizens’ Environmental Coalition while gaining transferable…
Houston Environmental News Update July 2, 2013 CEC NOTES KPFT’s Eco-Ology to feature CEC COALITION NOTES Catalyst Awards Student Competition Houston Urban Gardeners: How to Sell Your Produce Lunch Bunch at Mercer Arboretum Summer Science Nights 2013: Catching Wildlife My Houston 2040 Monthly Happy Hour Ales and Tails II Unplugged Adventure: Night Sight Jones Park: Stargazing News & Walk from…
Featured Transforming Houston’s Concrete Bayous Into 160-Mile Greenspace (Laurie Johnson – KUHF News, 6/26/2013) A $205 million dollar makeover of Houston’s bayous is about to start thanks to an agreement between the City of Houston and the nonprofit Houston Parks Board. Voters approved the Bayou Greenways project in the 2012 bond election and this week city council formalized the agreement. The…