The Woodlands G.R.E.E.N. is sponsoring a Going Green Sustainability Lecture titled “USGS Annual Groundwater Table Data: How Are We Doing?” to be held at the offices of the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC). The presentation will be by Mr. Christopher Braun of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Mr. Braun will discuss the results from the latest round of measurements and will highlight various trends that have developed over the past decades of data collection and analysis. 

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required.

For more information, visit thewoodlandsgreen.org.

The Rice Design Alliance Fall Lecture Series 2018 is organized in collaboration with PLAT Journal and Rice Architecture. Through a series of lectures and accompanying publications, RDA’s Fall Lecture Series 2018 will explore different definitions of the sharing economy as they relate to the built environment. Many of the physical spaces that architects, landscape architects, urbanists, and engineers design are inherently locales of joint access and participation. Today, digitally-based platforms, supported by vast physical infrastructures, facilitate new types of exchange. Such platforms bring about liberating possibilities to actualize transnational networks that coalesce around food, shelter, transportation, and talent. Yet, for every emancipatory path an equally restrictive one exists. The Fall Lecture Series 2018 will address these rapidly changing notions of sharing and will invite three internationally renowned practitioners to reflect on their experiences and the ways in which they have affected their design thinking. For more information and to sign up, visit signup.rice.edu/JackSelfSharing.

Carol Coletta, a senior fellow with the Kresge Foundation’s American Cities Practice, joins the Kinder Institute to talk about reimagining the civic commons — an initiative focused on revitalizing and connecting public places to form more creative, inclusive cities. For more information, visit kinder.rice.edu/events.

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to the 2018 Creation Care Fest – Environmental Extravaganza. This free event has fun and educational environmental activities for all ages such as pumpkin decorating and lectures by experts on major environmental issues. Exhibits by local environmental nonprofits will offer more opportunities to learn and engage.

Parking is available for $1 at the Rice University lot across the street from the church. Metro bus stops for lines 27 & 41 are nearby. Bike parking is available in the church lot.

For more information, visit eventbrite.com.

The Rice Design Alliance Fall Lecture Series 2018 is organized in collaboration with PLAT Journal and Rice Architecture. Through a series of lectures and accompanying publications, RDA’s Fall Lecture Series 2018 will explore different definitions of the sharing economy as they relate to the built environment. Many of the physical spaces that architects, landscape architects, urbanists, and engineers design are inherently locales of joint access and participation. Today, digitally-based platforms, supported by vast physical infrastructures, facilitate new types of exchange. Such platforms bring about liberating possibilities to actualize transnational networks that coalesce around food, shelter, transportation, and talent. Yet, for every emancipatory path an equally restrictive one exists. The Fall Lecture Series 2018 will address these rapidly changing notions of sharing and will invite three internationally renowned practitioners to reflect on their experiences and the ways in which they have affected their design thinking. For more information and to sign up, visit signup.rice.edu/JohnAlschulerSharing.

Rice Design Alliance’s Fall Lecture Series explore different definitions of the sharing economy as they relate to the built environment. Today, digitally-based platforms, supported by vast physical infrastructures, facilitate new types of exchange. Such platforms bring about liberating possibilities to actualize transnational networks that coalesce around food, shelter, transportation, and talent. Yet, for every emancipatory path an equally restrictive one exists.

This lecture will feature the Chairman of HR&A Advisors, John Alschuler. John will speak on “Innovation Lands in Urbanian: What’s Next?”

Lectures are free and open to the public.

For guaranteed seating, please register for each lecture and arrive to the lecture by 6:45 p.m. Seating will be released to unregistered guests by 6:55 p.m.

Workshop 3- How to build the business case and get financing for energy efficiency projects

Are you involved in developing the business case for energy efficiency projects? This session will detail effective ways to finance energy efficiency upgrades using various measures including Houston PACE and will also highlight key incentives and other resource offerings from CenterPoint Energy.

Speakers-

Paul Knudson – PACE Houston-Building Efficiency
Natalie Goodman, LEED AP O&M, Associate AIA – Incentifind
TBD – CenterPoint

Sponsor: CenterPoint Energy

Join HARC for a series of three lunch and learn workshops that will help small to mid-sized business owners and developers increase energy efficiency and save money.

Register for one, two or the whole series!

Registration is free and lunch will be provided.

Keep Pearland Beautiful and Brazoria County Master Gardener Association invite you to a free lecture entitled “Holiday Plants”. Learn first hand from Master Gardeners Mary Ruthe Miller & Linda Erdman what plants to use this holiday season. There is no charge for these educational garden lectures. Come when the doors open at 6:45 p.m., enjoy dessert and coffee, and visit with other attendees.

The lectures are on the second Thursday of every month at 7:00 p.m.

Dr. Robert Bullard, often described as the Father of Environmental Justice, speaks on the ethical and political questions of “who gets what, when, where, why, and how much” and reveals the gap in recovery from Hurricane Harvey, as well as related toxic conditions. Bullard’s research–from toxic waste to climate vulnerability–has documented why many communities of color have the “wrong complexion for protection,” placing their inhabitants at elevated health and environmental risks. His lecture will explore how the environmental justice framework redefined environmentalism and challenged institutional racism and the dominant environmental protection paradigm.

Admission and parking are free. The talk is part of Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church’s Kilgore Lecture series.

The Woods Project 2018 Fall Luncheon

The Woods Project trips changes lives in a thousand different ways.  In the woods, our students gain new confidence, develop critical life and leadership skills, and find a renewed drive to succeed against all odds.  Join for lunch to meet The Woods Project alumni, hear their inspiring stories of transformation, and learn more about how we are changing the trajectory of Houston’s most underserved youth.

The woods Project are thrilled to welcome keynote speaker Coert Voorhees.  Coert is the author of several award winning novels, including his newest novel On the Free, the story of 3 young campers and the struggles they face while being stranded in the Colorado wilderness.

Your support will help change lives as they expand their programs and the number of children who can benefit from The Woods Project!

Registration ends on the 15th of November.