The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to join Sarah Gossett Robinson, Senior Community Liaison for Houston Water, to learn how you/your house of worship can assist in conserving water & preserving water quality. Houston Water, a service line of Houston Public Works, aims to treat and deliver safe and clean water resources through ongoing investment in sustainable technologies, infrastructure and community engagement. This presentation will outline the community engagement, outreach, and informal education strategies that complement engineered solutions to improve the City’s drinking and wastewater infrastructure, including opportunities for partnership for houses of worship and their members to further engage with these initiatives. The event will be recorded, so if you can’t make it, you can still get a copy of the training recording to review later.

Register at eventbrite.com.

For more information, please contact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs.lrc@gmail.com.

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2020 is the wonders of nature.

In September, join Professor Adrienne Correa of Rice University to learn about coral reefs & their relationship with their predators. Coral reefs are biodiverse ecosystems that are constructed by partnerships between coral animals and their resident microorganisms (i.e., the coral microbiome). Healthy reefs remain covered by corals because consumers, such as some fish and urchins, eat algae and other organisms that compete with corals for space. However, some reef-associated consumers prey on corals – they take bites from coral colonies without killing them. This non-lethal predation on corals has mainly been studied in terms of how it weakens reef frameworks, creating spaces for other reef dwellers to hide. Professor Correa’s group is investigating a surprising indirect benefit that corals receive from being preyed upon: a supply of microorganisms for their microbiome.

Join Professor Correa on Sept. 20th to learn more, including how this predator-prey interaction might ultimately be leveraged to help stressed or sick corals!

Register at Eventbrite.

Contact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs.lrc@gmail.com with any questions.

EEE Virtual Meet Ups Continue

Join fellow educators on Sept. 11 and 25 from 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Join us for a chance to connect, swap stories and help one another. Sign up on the Google Form to get a Zoom meeting link.

Calling all high school and college students!

At this unique program, you have a chance to meet in small groups with professionals who make saving the planet their life work. Ask questions, learn how to pursue a green career, and inquire about internships/job shadowing opportunities.

This is a come-and-go format, with tables open from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. on October 6.

You will receive an event link through to the Remo platform. Simply join the event, and self-select which professionals to engage in conversation.

A list of attendees and sample questions will be provided, so that you know who to look for and what to ask.

Do you currently have a green career, and want to mentor area students?

Take a few hours to meet with small groups of students. Share your career experience with them, help them chart an academic pathway, and offer information on local internships and/or job shadowing opportunities with your employer (if applicable).

You will receive an event link through the Remo platform. Simply join the event and sit at your designated table. Engage with students in a come-and-go format (they can self-select where to go).

Join in for a virtual networking event. Partners from across the state of Texas can gather to discuss getting more kids outside. Hosted by Texas Children in Nature.

Open to PreK – 8th grade teachers. Learn about forest ecosystems & different activities to incorporate forestry into your classrooms. Sponsored by Project Learning Tree, Texas Forest Service and Texas Forestry Association.

Includes three sessions: October 26, November 2 and November 9.

FREE! Registration and details found here: http://www.plttexas.org/workshop.aspx?workshopID=355