Calendar
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.
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.
The second Thursday of each month book group for learning more about green themes including the environmental, social and economic approaches to sustainability.
For more information visit Facebook.com
One of the deepest thinkers of our time, Jared Diamond returns to The Progressive Forum to discuss his upcoming book, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis.
In his earlier monumental bestsellers, Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse, Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now in the final book of his epic trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis, including lessons for the United States and the world. The book features Diamond’s dazzling comparative approach, embracing history, geography, ecology, economics, and anthropology, as well as psychological answers for how individuals and nations can become more resilient.
Diamond will sign books and greet fans at the end of the evening. Please visit progressiveforumhouston.org if you are interested in submitting questions for Jared Diamond.
The second Thursday of each month book group for learning more about green themes including the environmental, social and economic approaches to sustainability.
For more information visit Facebook.com
The second Thursday of each month book group for learning more about green themes including the environmental, social and economic approaches to sustainability.
For more information visit Facebook.com
With the support of our dedicated volunteers, our founders created the VegFest Houston festival which debuted in 2011. VegFest Houston is The Premier Vegan Community Festival of Texas and continues to grow each year! We are Houston’s Original Vegan Festival! For more information visit www.vegansocietyofpeace.org.
The second Thursday of each month book group for learning more about green themes including the environmental, social and economic approaches to sustainability.
For more information visit Facebook.com
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.Â
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
Bayou Land Conservancy’s Wild and Scenic Film Festival, a festival by activists for activists, leaves you feeling inspired and motivated to make a difference in your community and the world. Here you can experience the adrenaline of kayaking wild rivers, climbing the highest peaks, and trekking across the globe with adventure films from around the world. You’ll witness how individuals and communities across the globe are taking action.
BLC hopes to use the festival to increase a better community understanding of the connection we share with the planet and our role as stewards to keep it healthy for the next generations.