Featured In the garden with Urban Harvest: Stormwater management takes many forms in urban landscape (Chris LaChance – Houston Chronicle, 3/27/2015) “Detention ponds are required by developers when natural systems such as native prairies, wetlands, and woodlands are paved over to build roads, homes, parking lots and malls. They were designed as an attempt to make up for the natural…
Featured Rising acidity of Texas bays concerns scientists (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 3/17/2015) “Many Texas bays are souring as fresh water grows scarcer because of drought and increasing urban demands, a change that could harm oysters and other shellfish and in time reverberate through the food chain, scientists reported Tuesday. Researchers from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi found a steady…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Keep an eye out for an email about our next event: Environmental Poetry & Puns the evening of April 1, 2015, 6:30 pm. Returning poets Jim Blackburn, Chuck Wemple, and Natalie Baker will be joined by Martha Serpas and a few surprises. We’d love to see you at the Nouveau Art Bar in midtown as we…