Calendar

Nov
14
Wed
Michael Phillips Presents “The King of Mycorrhizal” @ United Way
Nov 14 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Michael PhillipsThe Organic Horticulture Benefits Alliance hosts a seminar packed with mycorrhizal insight and much more. Michael Phillips, author of Mycorrhizal Planet, will dive deep into how fungi and plants work together to create dynamic ecosystems. Come to learn how plants and microbes communicate and how you can take your lawns, gardens, and landscapes to the next level.

OHBA Members: $20

Non-members: $40

Dec
27
Thu
“Let’s Protect Our Earth!” seminar @ North Channel Library
Dec 27 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Image result for empower let's protect our earth 2018 eventbriteJoin EmpowerE in understanding how we all can save Mother Earth by empowering everyone around us. They will have a very interactive seminar followed by a networking session. EmpowerE wants to go beyond the formal education system and begin educating ourselves and others around us about what we all can do to better the planet. See the truth of the current state of our Earth and change the way we live. If we can minimize or reduce our use and waste, we will be able to mitigate many of the world’s major problems like pollution, climate change, hunger, poverty, and diseases, to name a few.

Jan
25
Fri
EmpowerE’s “Let’s Protect our Earth!” seminar @ Jacinto City Branch Library
Jan 25 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

EmpowerE will have a very interactive seminar followed by a networking session. Can we go beyond our formal education system and educate ourselves and others around us what we can each do to better the planet that we all inhabit? Can we change the way we live? If we can minimize or reduce our use and waste, we will be able to mitigate many of the world’s major problems like pollution, climate change, hunger, poverty, and diseases, to name a few.

Jan
29
Tue
OHBA Seminar featuring Dr. Eva Selhub @ The United Way Building
Jan 29 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Image result for ohba organic educatorsIn this fascinating seminar, Dr. Eva Selhub will reveal the huge impact nature has on our cognitive brain function, mental health, and our physical well-being. Come learn how nature is vital to improving your health.

Schedule:

5-6 p.m. Registration, Networking, Light Bites

6-7:30 p.m. Dr. Eva Selhub on ‘Your Brain on Nature’

Jan
31
Thu
AIA Prosperity Summit, Building Economic Resilience in Practice @ AIA/Houston
Jan 31 @ 9:00 am – Feb 1 @ 3:00 pm

AIA Houston invites you and the future leaders of your firm to participate in an exciting two days learning to build economic resilience in your practice. You will:

  • Gain significant insight into what it takes to launch a firm, and sustain its profitability;
  • Learn how to develop your firm’s unique strategy,
  • Look into the future and explore innovative practice models,
  • Participate in a diversity workshop exploring unconscious bias,
  • Leave with an action plan to improve your firm’s bottom line.

Don’t miss out on the discounted early-bird rate, as well as discounted rates for AIA members.

Panel Highlight:  Financial

Jennifer Devine will show you how to utilize different accounting systems running in the cloud to manage the profitability on your projects.  A CPA, Ms. Devine’s goal is to help all of her clients utilize whatever accounting system they are using to its fullest potential and to streamline as many of their accounting processes as possible.

Feb
27
Wed
“If You Breathe It, Drink It, Sit on It – What’s In It?” @ Green Building Resource Center
Feb 27 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Maybe you don’t want to know. If you do, this session is for you. Manufacturers and everyone utilizing manufactured items put chemicals in the air, water, and the very goods they sell or dispose of. Some of these chemicals are dangerous to life and create unintended consequences.

This event is free and open to the public. RSVP to Steve Stelzer at 832-394-9050.

Jun
4
Tue
Q+A Christopher Kelly Leadership Development Program @ Kirksey Architecture
Jun 4 @ 6:00 pm

Want to know more about the Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program (CKLDP?) Not sure whether to apply? Join us for an informal Q+A Session where we’ll discuss the program, schedule, application requirements and materials.

The Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program (CKLDP) was founded in 2013 by the Emerging Architects Committee as part of the AIA|DC Chapter. Since its founding, the CKLDP has been established in Washington DC, Denver, Detroit, Miami, Georgia and Houston, and strives to carry forward Christopher’s legacy by actively training and nurturing the next generation of leaders within the architectural profession.

The year-long program consists of nine individual half-day sessions attended by a competitively selected group of 16 emerging professionals from Houston. The curriculum focuses on core skills such as entrepreneurship and firm management, the art of negotiation, bringing in new clients, community leadership, industry culture, and developing one’s future within the practice.

Jun
7
Fri
Design Make Residency/TXRX Labs Open House Presentation @ TRXR Labs
Jun 7 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Aziz Alshayeb, Edward Hidrogo, Austine Yu and Marcel Merwin will present their working projects at TXRX Labs. The Design Make Residency, a partnership between YAF and TXRX Labs, is an innovative program that bridges the gap between theoretical design and physical production.

Jun
12
Wed
AIA Full Day CE Event Opportunity @ Stantec
Jun 12 @ 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

AIA Houston cordially invites you to attend a full day of Continuing Education (CE) Seminars. Individual classes are not available for the event. Pre-registered attendees will be given a reduced rate (payment due at time of registration).  Pre-registered pricing includes breakfast and lunch. Parking is free.

Online registration will close Monday, June 10th.

Full Day Continuing Education seminar @ Stantec
Jun 12 @ 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

We cordially invite you to attend a full day of Continuing Education (CE) Seminars. Individual classes are not available for the event. Pre-registered attendees will be given a reduced rate (payment due at time of registration). Pre-registered pricing includes breakfast and lunch. Parking is free.

Online registration will close Monday, June 10th.

If the class has not met capacity, attendees can also register on-site the date of the event beginning at 8:30 am; higher registration fees will apply.

A minimum of 3 days’ notice is required to receive a full refund if you need to cancel your reservation.