Drawdown, edited by visionary Paul Hawken, is the 100 MOST SUBSTANTIVE SOLUTIONS TO REVERSE GLOBAL WARMING, based on meticulous research by leading scientists & policymakers around the world. This foodie event, hosted by the Green Building Resource Center and USGBC, will feature the Top 4 of these solutions featuring local professionals that will speak to the scope of each and how they affect this region, and what you could possibly do to participate. The Top Four are Refrigerant Management, Wind Turbines (onshore), Reducing Food Waste, and a Plant-Rich Diet.  Join us to learn about how these possibly surprising complexities affect our climate (as well as a peek at the others) and introduce yourself to this solution-based work. Limited to the first 75 RSVP’s, and CEU’s available. Register at codegreenhouston.org.

Green Gifts

Education Seminar

Free and open to the public and partnering with US Green Building Council

Want to give gifts that your friends and family will love while still caring about the environment? Giving green gifts is about choosing sustainable products and going beyond that. There are lots of ways to give gifts that can help your friends be more environmentally conscious or that don’t require buying any items at all.

Come by our workshop and listen to people that are in touch with ideas that meet both of the above.  Sherry will share her experience with One Green Street regarding gifts that “do no harm”, and Carol has been a student of zero-waste and contributing her time in the faith-based sector with many ideas to share as well.  We will also have some DIY ideas and samples to inspire you.

Panelists:

Carol Burrus, Religious Education

First Unitarian Universalist Church

Sherry Eichberger, President

Central515 Business Consulting

Steve Stelzer, Program Director

Green Building Resource Center

Please RSVP to my contact information below.  For more information and a map, visit: https://www.codegreenhouston.org/node/199

Steve Stelzer AIA LEED AP Ò

Program Director

City of Houston Public Works & Engineering

Code Enforcement Green Building Resource Center

1002 Washington Avenue

Houston, TX 77002

832-394-9050

steve.stelzer@houstontx.gov

www.codegreenhouston.org

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Our first goal in reversing global warming is drawdown. This is the point where the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere levels off and begins to decline. If we get moving, we could reach drawdown by 2050.  At this event co-sponsored by Green Building Resource Center and Houston Climate Protection Alliance, the Climate Action Team of First Unitarian Universalist Church will summarize the book, Drawdown, then break into groups to focus on particular solutions:  organic farming and land use, family planning, refrigerant management, or your favorite action issue.

RSVP: NanHildreth@riseup.net or 713-504-9901

For more information, view First Unitarian Universalist Church’s flyer.

Health Symposium Exhibition & Social (SES) annually provides an opportunity for education and networking to members of the architectural and healthcare communities. The event includes happy hour, a seminar, and a panel discussion focusing on a new era of growth and innovation in the healthcare industry.

2018 Keynote Speaker

Paul D., Biddinger, MD

Chief, Division of Emergency Preparedness

Director, MGH Center for Disaster Medicine

Register Here!

PRICING

• Interns – $20.00
• AIA Member – $40.00
• Non Member – $80.00

Continuing Education Credits

• 1.5 HSW Learning Units (SES)
• All AIA Members will be reported
• All Non Members will receive certificates

For more events by the American Institute of Architects, visit their Events Calendar!

Exciting improvements are coming to the corner of Fannin and Cambridge Streets to be known as the Hermann Park Family Commons. Join the Hermann Park Conservancy for a fun day in the park, where you can learn about the development of and provide feedback to renovations in this area of the park.

Conservancy staff will be on hand to share preliminary ideas for the Hermann Park Family Commons and take your questions and feedback. Food trucks and family-friendly activities will also be present. You are encouraged to bring a picnic to enjoy with your friends and family.

The Hermann Park Family Commons is located at the intersection of Fannin and Cambridge Streets, near the Buddy Carruth Playground for All Children and the Fannin Picnic Pavilion. This event is free and open to the public. Concessions will be available for purchase. Free parking is available in Parking Lot S, located next to Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church. For a detailed map, click here. You may also get to the Family Commons by taking METRORail and getting off at the Hermann Park/Rice U stop or by utilizing the Hermann Park Railroad.

Can’t make this event but still want your thoughts and ideas heard? Send us an email at ideas@hermannpark.org.

To learn more about our master plan update project, click here.

Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE, is not yet an everyday term, but it is gaining traction in Houston. Texas PACE enables property owners to finance 100% of their energy saving, water conservation, and distributed generation improvements with little to no capital outlay. PACE enables commercial property owners to lower their operating costs, increase net operating income and the quality of the asset as the idea is what you save in utilities will be greater than your payments.  A voluntary land-secured assessment that is paid off over time, often up to 20 years or more, the City enabled PACE as a way to incentivize sustainability and resilience upgrades to commercial, industrial and multifamily properties. Partnering with US Green Building Council, PACE: Liftoff in Houston is a free education seminar, open to the public.

It will take place on Feb. 28, 2018 6:00-8:00pm at the Green Building Resource Center. The panel will be discussing the first few successful PACE projects in Houston. CEU’s available.

Please RSVP to Steve Stelzer at (832)394-9050 or steve.stelzer@houstontx.gov. For more information, visit codegreenhouston.org.

H-GAC is hosting a series of seminars and hands-on workshops to learn to use H-GAC’s interactive web applications for community and transportation planning. Participants will have access to computers to participate in an interactive session to master the use of these online applications.

A webinar option is also available; however, hands-on activities will be presented to in-person attendees only.

• Seminar 1: Demographic Explorer and Snapshot - Thursday, March 22
  
• Seminar 2: Regional Employment Snapshot & Commute Patterns - Thursday, April 26
• Seminar 3: Activity-Connectivity Explorer - Thursday, May 24

Seminar 1 focuses on the Demographic Explorer and Snapshot which provides quick and easy access to US Census American Community Survey data

Learn how to customize the data displayed to fit your needs:

• Draw and select an area of interest
• Query the data for more information
• Perform market analysis
• Summarize and download data
• Directly use the demographic snapshot tool and maps for presentations

For more information, visit h-gac.com.

Migration Celebration is held annually in April in southern Brazoria County, Texas, sponsored by the Friends of the Brazoria Wildlife Refuges in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Texas Mid-Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The Kickoff Dinner will be held on Apr. 13, 2018, and the 24th Annual Migration Celebration will be held on Apr. 21 and 22.

Migration Celebration activities are centered on the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge but formally starts with a fundraising dinner and featured speaker at Freeport RiverPlace located in the Freeport Municipal Park.

Migration Celebration’s events and presentations are designed for the introductory level but still keeps some focus on birds with our Birds of Prey programs and the San Bernard Oak Trail tours.

With the exception of fundraising activities, all other Migration Celebration events, tours, presentations, and other activities are free to the public. This is made possible by the generous donations of time and money by our sponsors, partner organizations, and volunteers.

Volunteers needed. To volunteer contact:
Ed Barrios, Volunteer Coordinator
979-297-1815 (h) 979-415-4998 (c)
barrios@refugefriends.org.

For more information, migrationcelebration.org.

Migration Celebration is held annually in April in southern Brazoria County, Texas, sponsored by the Friends of the Brazoria Wildlife Refuges in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Texas Mid-Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The Kickoff Dinner will be held on Apr. 13, 2018, and the 24th Annual Migration Celebration will be held on Apr. 21 and 22.

Migration Celebration activities are centered on the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge but formally starts with a fundraising dinner and featured speaker at Freeport RiverPlace located in the Freeport Municipal Park.

Migration Celebration’s events and presentations are designed for the introductory level but still keeps some focus on birds with our Birds of Prey programs and the San Bernard Oak Trail tours.

With the exception of fundraising activities, all other Migration Celebration events, tours, presentations, and other activities are free to the public. This is made possible by the generous donations of time and money by our sponsors, partner organizations, and volunteers.

Volunteers needed. To volunteer contact:
Ed Barrios, Volunteer Coordinator
979-297-1815 (h) 979-415-4998 (c)
barrios@refugefriends.org.

For more information, migrationcelebration.org.

H-GAC is hosting a series of seminars and hands-on workshops to learn to use H-GAC’s interactive web applications for community and transportation planning. Participants will have access to computers to participate in an interactive session to master the use of these online applications.

A webinar option is also available; however, hands-on activities will be presented to in-person attendees only.

• Seminar 1: Demographic Explorer and Snapshot - Thursday, March 22
  
• Seminar 2: Regional Employment Snapshot & Commute Patterns - Thursday, April 26
• Seminar 3: Activity-Connectivity Explorer - Thursday, May 24

Seminar 1 focuses on the Demographic Explorer and Snapshot which provides quick and easy access to US Census American Community Survey data

Learn how to customize the data displayed to fit your needs:

• Draw and select an area of interest
• Query the data for more information
• Perform market analysis
• Summarize and download data
• Directly use the demographic snapshot tool and maps for presentations

For more information, visit h-gac.com.