Calendar

Dec
8
Wed
Prairie Stampede Awards Dinner @ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Dec 8 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Dec
17
Fri
Wild About Houston: A Green Film Festival @ MECA center
Dec 17 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The Wild About Houston Green Film Festival returns this year with an exciting lineup of short films about Greater Houston’s environment.
CEC would like to use this festival to tell local environmental stories, highlight the work of CEC’s member organizations, and to inspire our residents and visitors to make a difference in the environment and our quality of life.

Join us for the 4th Annual Wild About Houston Green Film Festival, showcasing more than a dozen short films from the Greater Houston Area that tell the story of local environmental issues, their champions, and how you can make a difference.


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Feb
1
Tue
Civic Science: Inquiry to Action Virtual Learning Course @ Virtual Event
Feb 1 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Civic Science: Inquiry to Action

This six-session synchronous course will delve into CELF’s Inquiry to Action Framework to enhance real-world learning in your school community and engage student learning through inquiry, place and action. You will join a multi-state cohort of 5th-12th grade educators, developing and building upon place-based projects and exploring environmental pathways, such as water, biodiversity and air. This program is designed to support educators at any point in their civic science journey providing the opportunity for students to become civic scientists, equipped to confront 21st-century challenges.

Feb
3
Thu
Civic Science: Inquiry to Action Virtual Learning Course @ Virtual Event
Feb 3 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Civic Science: Inquiry to Action

This six-session synchronous course will delve into CELF’s Inquiry to Action Framework to enhance real-world learning in your school community and engage student learning through inquiry, place and action. You will join a multi-state cohort of 5th-12th grade educators, developing and building upon place-based projects and exploring environmental pathways, such as water, biodiversity and air. This program is designed to support educators at any point in their civic science journey providing the opportunity for students to become civic scientists, equipped to confront 21st-century challenges.

Feb
8
Tue
Civic Science: Inquiry to Action Virtual Learning Course @ Virtual Event
Feb 8 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Civic Science: Inquiry to Action

This six-session synchronous course will delve into CELF’s Inquiry to Action Framework to enhance real-world learning in your school community and engage student learning through inquiry, place and action. You will join a multi-state cohort of 5th-12th grade educators, developing and building upon place-based projects and exploring environmental pathways, such as water, biodiversity and air. This program is designed to support educators at any point in their civic science journey providing the opportunity for students to become civic scientists, equipped to confront 21st-century challenges.

Feb
10
Thu
Civic Science: Inquiry to Action Virtual Learning Course @ Virtual Event
Feb 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Civic Science: Inquiry to Action

This six-session synchronous course will delve into CELF’s Inquiry to Action Framework to enhance real-world learning in your school community and engage student learning through inquiry, place and action. You will join a multi-state cohort of 5th-12th grade educators, developing and building upon place-based projects and exploring environmental pathways, such as water, biodiversity and air. This program is designed to support educators at any point in their civic science journey providing the opportunity for students to become civic scientists, equipped to confront 21st-century challenges.

Feb
11
Fri
Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards @ H-GAC - Conference Rooms BC
Feb 11 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Parks and Natural Areas Awards

H-GAC established the Parks and Natural Areas awards program in 2006 to highlight best practices and innovative approaches to parks planning and implementation. H-GAC honors projects in the categories of Projects Over $500,000, Projects Under $500,000, Planning Process and Policy Tools, and Programming.

This program recognizes outstanding parks and natural areas around the region. No funding is associated with this award program.

Feb
15
Tue
Civic Science: Inquiry to Action Virtual Learning Course @ Virtual Event
Feb 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Civic Science: Inquiry to Action

This six-session synchronous course will delve into CELF’s Inquiry to Action Framework to enhance real-world learning in your school community and engage student learning through inquiry, place and action. You will join a multi-state cohort of 5th-12th grade educators, developing and building upon place-based projects and exploring environmental pathways, such as water, biodiversity and air. This program is designed to support educators at any point in their civic science journey providing the opportunity for students to become civic scientists, equipped to confront 21st-century challenges.

Feb
17
Thu
Civic Science: Inquiry to Action Virtual Learning Course @ Virtual Event
Feb 17 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Civic Science: Inquiry to Action

This six-session synchronous course will delve into CELF’s Inquiry to Action Framework to enhance real-world learning in your school community and engage student learning through inquiry, place and action. You will join a multi-state cohort of 5th-12th grade educators, developing and building upon place-based projects and exploring environmental pathways, such as water, biodiversity and air. This program is designed to support educators at any point in their civic science journey providing the opportunity for students to become civic scientists, equipped to confront 21st-century challenges.

May
1
Sun
The Great Texas Birding Classic Conservation Grant Deadline
May 1 all-day

Conservation Grants

Conservation Grants can be awarded to projects anywhere in Texas. In its first 25 years the Birding Classic has donated $1,071,000 in conservation funding to nature tourism and avian habitat restoration, enhancement, and acquisition projects throughout the state!

Number of grants awarded (and their amounts) are determined based on team registration fees (independent and sponsored) and corporate sponsorship dollars collected each year. The Birding Classic is a cost-recovery event, so once minimal event costs are covered all remaining funds go to conservation grants in Texas. Organizations are not required to register a team in the Birding Classic to be eligible to submit a project proposal.

All approved projects submitted by the May 1st deadline will be provided to winning Birding Classic teams to select which projects are funded by Conservation Grants.