Since Turkey Day is tomorrow, I thought I’d take the opportunity to talk birds. Specifically, I’d like to share information about the upcoming Christmas Bird Counts, as well as ongoing bird activities hosted in our environmental community. The 118th annual Christmas Bird Count is scheduled for December 14, 2017, to January 5, 2018. Organized by the National Audubon Society, this…
Following our wildly successful 2017 showing, the Citizens’ Environmental Coalition is proud to bring the Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Tour, one of the largest environmental film festivals in North America, back to Houston for the fourth year for two nights: January 24 & 25, 2018! We invite you to join us at the 2018 W&SFF On Tour to be held at the historic…
UN Water’s World Toilet Day is coming up on Sunday. How is this relevant to Houston, you ask? We are among the 39% of the global population (2.9 billion people) that have access to a safely-managed sanitation service. “Even in wealthy countries,” according to the UN, “treatment of wastewater can be far from perfect, leading to rivers and coastlines that cannot be safely…