Celebrate Texas Arbor Day with a tree planting demonstration and receive a complimentary tree sapling while supplies last. Visit the outdoor library corner to find books on trees and how to care for them at Mercer’s West Side Arboretum. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, FACE PAINTING, HISTORICAL TREES, CHILDREN’S CRAFTS

Interested in Urban Forestry? Come join Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, HAUFC and ISA-TX for a great day of education. Topics include: Emerald Ash Borer – Coming to a City Near You, Using Tree Growth Regulators to Reduce Pruning Costs, and Greening the Houston Region – Partnerships and Projects that Support the Urban Forest.

Memorial Park’s Forest Health Day is an opportunity for you to get your hands dirty together with the Conservancy as we continue to restore balance in the Park’s ecologies.

Join Memorial Park Conservancy, Trees For Houston, and Houston Parks and Recreation Department for this approach to urban forestry, combining tree planting with sustainable forest practices such as invasive removal and soil treatments. This is a family friendly event that welcomes tree lovers of all levels to volunteer and learn about urban forestry.

Thank you to our presenting sponsor, Williams!

Sign up to volunteer here: http://ow.ly/oCK150xCE3o

Trees not only help provide wildlife habitat, they help prevent soil erosion and reduce urban heat and noise pollution. Make a positive environmental impact by helping plant native trees and riparian plants along the Spring Creek Greenway. Bring a shovel, work gloves, and a refillable water bottle and get ready to make a difference! Dress for the weather and wear closed-toe shoes. Face coverings required.

Climathon 2021 Kick-Off!

They envision a more prosperous, inclusive, climate-resilient economy, where finance flows to green projects and activities, and where motivated people are empowered with the skills and capacity they need to take action.

This progress can only be achieved through systemic change – change that includes innovation across business, investment, regulation, governance structures, values and mindsets. They invite you to leverage Climathon Houston as a way to start ideating and innovating a solutions in these areas, or to continue working on and engaging people in solutions you may already be developing, especially those that relate to:

Urban Transitions

1. Promote retrofit and decentralized energy
2. Create green, resilient cities
3. Accelerate clean urban mobility

Sustainable Land Use

1. Make agriculture climate-smart
2. Transform food systems
3. Nurture forests in integrated landscapes

Sustainable Production Systems

1. Recast materials production
2. Reduce industry emissions
3. Reboot regional economies

Decision Metrics and Finance

1. Mainstream climate in financial markets
2. Democratize climate risk information
3. Foster bankable green assets in cities

Schedule:

• 12:00-12:10 PM Welcome + Climathon Introduction
• 12:10-12:40PM Challenge Lightning Round
• 12:40-13:00PM Next Steps & Breakout Rooms

Challenge Leaders: TBA

Learn More About the Climathon and Sign-up to Participate: https://climathonhouston.com

Join the Texas Conservation Alliance in planting longleaf pine saplings.

Help care for nursery trees from the Historical Texas trees collection and other natives at the Mercer Botanic Gardens Horticultural Propagation Center. Wear closed-toe shoes and bring a refillable water bottle. Online registration begins at 9 a.m. 30 days prior to the event. Online registration closes 48 hours prior to the event.

Mercer Botanic Gardens offers a variety of volunteer opportunities at three facilities within one mile of the gardens, interested in volunteering? Then attend this event!

Online registration begins at 9 a.m. 30 days prior to the event. Online registration closes 48 hours prior to the event.

Join your community and several area partners on Houston’s Arbor Day, January 22nd. Bayou Land Conservancy and partners will be planting native trees that will help protect water quality and community health.

There are two shifts (either from 9:00 am to 10:30am or 11:00 am to 12:30pm). You can register for one or both, all are welcome to volunteer with Bayou Land Conservancy! Register here: bayouland.org/arborday22 or contact BLC for more information.