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Integrating Water Management on the Texas Gulf Coast:
Moving Forward with a One Water Approach
Join Gulf Coast Water Conservation Symposium on Wednesday, October 28 – Thursday, October 29, 2020, for this two-day, virtual program. Each day’s programming will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Integrating Water Management on the Texas Gulf Coast:
Moving Forward with a One Water Approach
Join Gulf Coast Water Conservation Symposium on Wednesday, October 28 – Thursday, October 29, 2020, for this two-day, virtual program. Each day’s programming will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Texas Tech University will host a virtual 1.5 day seminar that will meet the requirement for becoming a part of the OLE! Texas Design Network. Those who complete this training will no longer need to complete the NLI course.
Dates & Times:Â November 12, 2020 from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM & November 13, 2020 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PMÂ
Fee: There is no fee associated with this workshop, however, we are asking all participants to support the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Texas Association for the Education of Young Children with a $20 donation towards their 2021 Healthy Beginnings Conference. The conference theme is “Taking Learning Outdoors” and donations will support conference scholarships for local early care and education professionals. Donations can be made via their PayPal Account. Â
Participation Requirements:Â Participants must attend the full workshop in order to be added to the list of OLE! Texas certified designers. This evens is ONLY for Landscape Architects & Designers who are willing to support early care and education programs in the Harris County area.
Presenters:  Charles Klein, PhD, PLA, Research Associate, Landscape Architecture, Texas Tech University & Kristi Gaines, PhD, IIDA, IDEC, Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Professor in the Department of Design, Texas Tech University.
Registration Link:Â https://www.eventbrite.
About this Event
Join the Texas Girls Collaborative Project for our 4th Annual Texas Women and Girls in STEM Summit designed to share best practices, connect organizations and individuals, and showcase outstanding efforts to increase the number of girls in STEM and support the retention of women in STEM careers.  STEM professionals and all who are engaged in education, outreach, recruitment, and/or retention of women and girls in STEM are invited to join in.
This event is hosted around Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), held in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer and #WomeninSTEM role model Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906).
Get the full agenda and all details at https://www.txgcp.org/texas-women-girls-in-stem-summit.
Social Media: Find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @TXGCP. We’ll use hashtag #TXGCPSummit for the event.
Join the STAR Reuse Council for their bi-monthly general meeting, held regularly on the first Tuesday of every other month, from 2–3 pm. Non-members are invited to attend.
Members will receive an email invite with the call-in information and Zoom link to join via video conference.
Non-members of STAR, please contact State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR) at info@recyclingstar.org for information about how to join the call.
What do fabric scraps, distillers grain slurry, and markers all have in common? They can all be turned into a business! [RE]verse Pitch is an innovative social entrepreneurship competition designed to help start the next big venture.
Join virtually on Feb. 2nd to learn more about this year’s materials, meet the material suppliers, and network with fellow entrepreneurs.
During the opening pitch event, you will hear from businesses and institutions consistently generating or collecting by-product, surplus or otherwise underutilized materials streams in Austin, Texas, that could be put to higher and better use in new social enterprises.
Join State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR) for a virtual presentation to meet the material suppliers, learn more about these materials, network with other [RE]verse Pitch participants, and new this year – learn how you can source your own material.
This event is free and open to the public, but your RSVP is requested. Attendance is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to compete for an Innovation Fellows Prize.
In fall 2017, at the COP23 UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, spiritual leaders presented the Walk on Earth Gently multifaith statement to world leaders. Now Houston Peace and Justice Center is asking Texans of faith to join them in accepting the Walk on Earth Gently invitation and committing to a sustainable lifestyle. Walk on Earth Gently invites people of faith into a journey of Living the Change that the world needs. The journey is inspired by religious teachings to turn away from consumerism & to seek balanced relationships with all people and the planet we share as our common home.
 This 12-week program focuses on making personal lifestyle changes in three areas: transportation; energy; and food. The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to join Houston Peace and Justice Center on this journey, via a weekly online discussion group. Can’t make it every week? Join Houston Peace and Justice Center as you are able. A detailed schedule is given below. All participants will receive a copy of Living the Change materials customized for the Houston area. Are you ready to commit to a more sustainable lifestyle? Then join Houston Peace and Justice Center on this journey to Living the Change.
Please register for this event on www.eventbrite.com.
Feb. 4:Â Introduction & Transport, week 1
Feb. 11, Feb. 18 & Feb. 25: Transport, weeks 2, 3 & 4
Mar. 4, Mar. 11, Mar. 18 & Mar. 25: Energy, weeks 1, 2, 3, & 4
Apr. 8, Apr. 15 & Apr. 22: Food, weeks 1, 2 & 3
Apr. 29: Food, week 4 & closing
Note:Â no discussion group meeting on Apr. 1
The 2021 Texas Land Conservation Conference will be held as a virtual event April 14-16 and will offer a variety of program content and learning experiences related to land and water conservation in the Lone Star State. This year’s event will also feature regional (outdoor, safe, and socially distanced!) in-person networking events on Thursday evening. As 2021 will be our 25th-anniversary conference, we will be raising a glass to celebrate this milestone!
With nearly 300 attendees and growing, the conference is the preeminent statewide meeting for anyone working in the field of land and water conservation, private landowners interested in conserving their land, government, business, and NGO agency partners, and any person interested in learning more about these important issues in Texas. This year’s event will be our first-ever virtual event and it will be jam-packed with fantastic sessions on a diversity of important land and water conservation topics. Please make plans to join Texas Land Conservation Conference for what is sure to be another excellent learning and networking opportunity!
The 2021 Conference Planning Committee is putting together a conference that will have health and safety measures in place. American Society of Landscape Architects will have touchless badge registration, chairs in the classrooms will provide safe spacing, and American Society of Landscape Architects are requiring that everyone wear a mask. Hand sanitizer will be located throughout the convention center and in the exhibit hall.
American Society of Landscape Architects are hopeful that we will once again be able to come together in Galveston for a few days of education, networking, and advocacy. In the event that it is determined that it is unsafe to host an in-person conference in April, the chapter leadership and Conference Planning Committee will review alternate dates for 2021 or offer a virtual conference.
Register before March 17, to take advantage of the early bird attendee registration prices.