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Webinar: Climate Communications Initiative (CCI)
9:00 am
Webinar: Climate Communications Initiative (CCI)
@ Online
Mar 6 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
 The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Climate Communications Initiative (CCI) aims to coordinate efforts across the Academies to successfully address public questions about climate change, develop innovative approaches for communicating and disseminating climate information, and provide easy access to evidence-based findings and explanations of climate change to various audiences. The CCI will enable the Academies to advise the nation...
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HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
9:00 am
HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
@ HPARD Greenhouse
Mar 8 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
 Habitat Restoration Our volunteer group meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon at the HPARD Greenhouse. We propagate plants from locally collected native seed. A typical workday may include seeding pots, bumping up trays into 1-gallon containers, separating seedlings, and weeding pots. We will also have special seed collecting trips, invasive species removal workdays,...
Urban Harvest’s Growing Organic Vegetable Series
6:30 pm
Urban Harvest’s Growing Organic Vegetable Series
@ University of Houston, Central Campus, McElhinney Hall, Room TBD
Mar 8 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
 In a total of 10 classes (25 hours of instruction), this series covers everything you want to know about growing vegetables. Topics include the advantages of organic and ecological approaches over chemicals; vegetable garden design; irrigation and drainage; soil fertility, mulches and composts; organic pest control; seeds, transplants, where to get them and how to plant them. The last half...
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High Island Workdays
8:30 am
High Island Workdays
@ High Island
Mar 10 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
 Workdays are held once a month, October through March on the second Saturday of the month. We start work around 8:30 AM and work until about noon, when we break for lunch, provided by Houston Audubon and prepared by the lunch crew. Lunch at the picnic area of Boy Scout Woods is a good chance to visit with other volunteers...
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H-GAC Parks and Natural Areas Roundtable
1:30 pm
H-GAC Parks and Natural Areas Roundtable
@ Houston-Galveston Area Council
Mar 12 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
 Join the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) for the Parks and Natural Areas (PNA) Roundtable on Monday, March 12, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at H-GAC Conference Room A, Second Floor. The PNA Roundtable is open to anyone interested in participating. The topic of the meeting is Maintenance and Beyond. Speakers will discuss parks as flood mitigation and park maintenance before and after...
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Adopt-A-Trail!
9:00 am
Adopt-A-Trail!
@ Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center
Mar 17 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Join sponsoring teams to help remove invasive plants. Learn more about this effort at www.texasinvasives.org. Ages 10+. Reservations required beginning Mar. 07, 2018. All Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center programs requiring reservations are limited in size and open to one family per phone call. Group reservations are not allowed unless otherwise indicated. Preferential reservations are given to Harris...
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Brays Bayou Association Meeting
7:30 pm
Brays Bayou Association Meeting
@ The Gathering Place
Mar 19 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
The Brays Bayou Association meets the third Monday of each month at The Gathering Place. Brays Bayou Association does not currently have a website.
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2045 RTP Public Meeting – Waller County
6:00 pm
2045 RTP Public Meeting – Waller County
@ Prairie View A&M
Mar 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
 Fast forward to 2045. What will your multimodal transportation system look like? Become a part of the transportation planning process. Get involved today to plan for tomorrow’s transportation future. 2045 RTP (Regional Transportation Plan) public meetings are held in various locations throughout Houston and neighboring regions. For a comprehensive list, visit 2045rtp.com. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act,...
Herb Society Meeting: The Bitter Herbs of Passover
6:30 pm
Herb Society Meeting: The Bitter Herbs of Passover
@ Cherie Flores Garden Pavilion
Mar 21 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The Bitter Herbs of Passover presented by Jean Fefer, PhD. You can contribute to the educational value of Wednesday’s program by bringing a food item to the pot-luck dinner that contains at least one bitter ingredient. This is easier than it sounds – there are all the endives, chicories, and cruciferous vegetables to choose from; quinoa, millet or amaranth; artichokes, eggplant or white asparagus;...
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HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
9:00 am
HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
@ HPARD Greenhouse
Mar 22 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Habitat Restoration Our volunteer group meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon at the HPARD Greenhouse. We propagate plants from locally collected native seed. A typical workday may include seeding pots, bumping up trays into 1-gallon containers, separating seedlings, and weeding pots. We will also have special seed collecting trips, invasive species removal workdays,...
2045 RTP Public Meeting – Harris County
6:00 pm
2045 RTP Public Meeting – Harris County
@ Alief Community Center
Mar 22 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Fast forward to 2045. What will your multimodal transportation system look like? Become a part of the transportation planning process. Get involved today to plan for tomorrow’s transportation future. 2045 RTP (Regional Transportation Plan) public meetings are held in various locations throughout Houston and neighboring regions. For a comprehensive list, visit 2045rtp.com. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act,...
Urban Harvest’s Growing Organic Vegetable Series
6:30 pm
Urban Harvest’s Growing Organic Vegetable Series
@ University of Houston, Central Campus, McElhinney Hall, Room TBD
Mar 22 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a total of 10 classes (25 hours of instruction), this series covers everything you want to know about growing vegetables. Topics include the advantages of organic and ecological approaches over chemicals; vegetable garden design; irrigation and drainage; soil fertility, mulches and composts; organic pest control; seeds, transplants, where to get them and how to plant them. The last half...
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Building Healthy Soil Saves Time and Money Now
6:00 pm
Building Healthy Soil Saves Time and Money Now
@ Online
Mar 25 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
 Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2018 is Stewardship. At the March web meeting, the Church welcome John Ferguson, soil scientist & owner of Nature’s Way Resources, a Houston-based composting, mulch & recycling firm. John’s talk is an introduction to a new model of soil science and...
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Jesse Jones Park Volunteers
7:00 pm
Jesse Jones Park Volunteers
@ Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center
Mar 26 @ 7:00 pm
The JJPV invites everyone to its monthly program and meeting. Ages 16+. All Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center programs and events are free of charge unless otherwise noted and open to the public regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, physical ability, national origin, or religion. Anyone requiring special assistance to participate in these programs should contact the...
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2045 RTP Public Meeting – Fort Bend County
6:00 pm
2045 RTP Public Meeting – Fort Bend County
@ Sugar Land City Hall
Mar 28 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Fast forward to 2045. What will your multimodal transportation system look like? Become a part of the transportation planning process. Get involved today to plan for tomorrow’s transportation future. 2045 RTP (Regional Transportation Plan) public meetings are held in various locations throughout Houston and neighboring regions. For a comprehensive list, visit 2045rtp.com. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act,...
Fruitful Foraging
6:00 pm
Fruitful Foraging
@ Family Garden in the McGovern Centennial Gardens
Mar 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
 Hermann Park Conservancy’s FREE garden class series in the McGovern Centennial Gardens continues with a session on foraging. Believe it or not, indigenous foods that you can eat can be found all around you! Foraging foods is a fun and fast-growing movement all over the world. Foraging a meal could be picking winter weeds at a nearby park or going...
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2045 RTP Public Meeting – Harris County
5:30 pm
2045 RTP Public Meeting – Harris County
@ Kashmere Gardens Multi-Service Center
Mar 29 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Fast forward to 2045. What will your multimodal transportation system look like? Become a part of the transportation planning process. Get involved today to plan for tomorrow’s transportation future. 2045 RTP (Regional Transportation Plan) public meetings are held in various locations throughout Houston and neighboring regions. For a comprehensive list, visit 2045rtp.com. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act,...
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Green Living: Growing Herbs
11:30 am
Green Living: Growing Herbs
@ Finca Tres Robles Urban Farm
Mar 31 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
 The class will cover basic herb growing in the Houston area. Students will learn best practices for soil preparation, growing from seed or transplants, seasonality of various types of herbs, growing in containers vs. garden beds and dealing with our unique climate conditions. Time permitting, we will cover best harvesting practices and easy ways to use herbs in everyday food...
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