As birds, butterflies and bees become increasingly imperiled, more homeowners are creating gardens to nurture and sustain pollinators. These dynamic gardens not only support wildlife but also provide an attractive and healthy environment for people.

Master gardener and naturalist Glenn Olsen explains which wildflowers, flowering shrubs, fruit trees and even vegetables offer food and shelter for pollinators. Learn to create an outdoor oasis for yourself and for pollinating creatures. The class includes a field trip to the Rice University Betty and Jacob Friedman Holistic Garden, the Urban Pocket Prairie and the Lynn Lowery Arboretum. To register and for more details, visit glasscockcatalog.rice.edu.

Keep Pearland Beautiful and the City of Pearland- Parks and Recreation Department are partnering to host Keep Pearland Beautiful’s Twenty-third Annual Earth Day Celebration. More than 800 people, including a number of local dignitaries, have attended each of the last twenty fairs.

Businesses and organizations are encouraged to target their environmental messaging towards children and their families. Each booth or activity space is FREE and must have an environmental theme that fits into KPB’s mission to empower Pearland Citizens to take responsibility for their environment or our vision to make Pearland the cleanest most beautiful city in Texas.

This is an outdoors event. Please provide your own table, chairs and canopy. If you are interested in hosting a booth, or an activity, register today.

As birds, butterflies and bees become increasingly imperiled, more homeowners are creating gardens to nurture and sustain pollinators. These dynamic gardens not only support wildlife but also provide an attractive and healthy environment for people.

Master gardener and naturalist Glenn Olsen explains which wildflowers, flowering shrubs, fruit trees and even vegetables offer food and shelter for pollinators. Learn to create an outdoor oasis for yourself and for pollinating creatures. The class includes a field trip to the Rice University Betty and Jacob Friedman Holistic Garden, the Urban Pocket Prairie and the Lynn Lowery Arboretum. To register and for more details, visit glasscockcatalog.rice.edu.

This year’s theme is “Careers in STREAM” based on Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Math. The event is expected to draw over 50 sponsors and exhibitors sharing a variety of careers in both the public and private water and waste water sectors. The event will also educate the community regarding the City’s high-quality drinking water, our drinking water supply and treatment system, water conservation and efficiency initiatives, waste water treatment system, Corral the Grease Program and other sanitary sewer overflow prevention methods.

Join Houston Renewable Energy for a networking breakfast and discussion highlighting the latest trends in renewable energy development in Texas and around the U.S. The discussion will feature Vice President of the North American Development at Pattern Energy, Cary Kottler.

This workshop, led by CTRA, will focus on needs and solutions specific to rural recycling centers and options for rural communities to support sustainable programs. For further information visit www.facebook.com/events

Join the Houston-Galveston Area Council and the Save Water Texas Coalition for a Clean Waters Initiative Field Trip on August 8 to learn more about the coalition’s programs and tour its brand new Water Quality Mobile Teaching Lab.

The meeting and tour will be at the North Harris County Regional Water Authority, 3648 Cypress Creek Parkway, Houston. Please dress in cool, comfortable, casual clothing appropriate for outdoor weather. Parking is available but carpooling would be helpful if several folks from one organization are attending. Transportation will not be provided to the meeting location.

The Save Water Texas Coalition’s mission is to promote public understanding and discourse about the challenge and opportunity to secure the state’s water future.Coalition focuses include water conservation, water reuse, and water pollution education and outreach to assure sustainability of groundwater and surface water resources for our state. Examples of resources include PattyPotty.com, SunflowerSuzie.com, TexasWaterHog.com, and much more.

For more information about the field trip or the Clean Waters Initiative workshop series, please contact Brian.Sims@h-gac.com or 713-993-2438. 

You are invited to the 2019 Creation Care Fest – Environmental Extravaganza! This free event is actually three events in one:  lectures by expert speakers on The State of Our World, an exhibit by local environmental organizations, and a family-friendly festival with kids’ activities such as games, crafts, encounters with live education animals, seed planting (to take home & watch grow!) and much more. Please register for this event for planning purposes on www.eventbrite.com. Note that all children must be accompanied by an adult. Contact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs.lrc@gmail.com with any questions. 

Lecture Details:

• 10 a.m. State of Biodiversity, Professor Kerri Crawford, University of Houston
• 10:45 a.m. State of the Air, Professor Dan Cohan, Rice University
• 11:30 a.m. State of Fresh Water, Professor Hanadi Rifai, University of Houston
• 2 p.m. State of the Oceans, Professor Hyun-Min Hwang, Texas Southern University
• 2:45 p.m. State of the Land, John Ferguson, owner of Nature’s Way Resources

Exhibits by local environmental organizations 12 – 2 p.m. including:

• Co-Housing Houston
• Houston Climate Protection Alliance
• Public Citizen
• All those listed below under kids’ activities

Kids’ Activities 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. provided by:

• Blackwood Educational Land Institute
• Galveston Bay Foundation
• Green Building Resource Center
• Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
• Gulf Coast Master Naturalists
• Harris County Parks Dept.
• Houston Botanic Garden
• Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Garden
• Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept.
• Vegan Society of Peace
• Westbury Community Garden
• Wildlife Center of Texas