Calendar

September 2018

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2	3	4	5	6 HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays 9:00 am HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays @ HPARD Greenhouse Sep 6 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Habitat Restoration Our volunteer group meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon at theÂ 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,...	7	8 High Island Workdays 8:30 am High Island Workdays @ High Island Sep 8 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets 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...
9	10	11	12 Center for Houston’s Future Summer Breakfast Salon: Follow the Big Ideas: Smart Cities 7:30 am Center for Houston’s Future Summer Breakfast Salon: Follow the Big Ideas: Smart Cities @ Junior League of Houston Sep 12 @ 7:30 am – 9:00 am Tickets The Centerâ€™s Summer Salons are a series of casual breakfast conversations, bringing big-picture thinkers and regional experts together with broader audiences, for an extended deep-dive discussion of issues that matter most to our future, with a focus on the next steps for creating a sustainable and competitive Houston region. Following Houstonâ€™s Future Breakfast Series: September 12 â€“ Follow the Big...	13 TPWD Recreation Grants Public Meeting 9:00 am TPWD Recreation Grants Public Meeting @ TPWD State Parks Region 4 Headquarters Sep 13 @ 9:00 am – 3:30 pm Tickets TPWD Recreation Grants is planning a series of statewide public input meetings to discuss and assess evaluation criteria for awarding funds through the Community Outdoor Outreach Program (CO-OP) Grant and for Local Park Grants. Your feedback will assist TPWD in keeping the evaluation criteria relevant for future grant applicants. Those unable to attend a public meeting will have the opportunity...	14 Texas City Prairie Preserve Volunteer Workdays 8:30 am Texas City Prairie Preserve Volunteer Workdays @ Texas City Prairie Preserve Sep 14 @ 8:30 am – 11:30 am Tickets Looking for a way to get your hands dirty and get back to nature? Become a Nature Conservancy volunteer! Weâ€™ve established aÂ robust volunteer programÂ at ourÂ Texas City Prairie Preserve, a 2,300-acre expanse of coastal prairie and marshland just south of Houston. Established in 1995, the preserve provides vital habitat for more than 280 different bird species. Its coastal grasslands also act...	15 Summer Garden Club at Mercer Botanic Gardens 10:00 am Summer Garden Club at Mercer Botanic Gardens @ Mercer Botanic Gardens Westside Arboretum Sep 15 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets When the area garden clubs go on summer hiatus, we have the perfect solution for not only garden club members but anyone who would just like to be a part of a fun SummerÂ SaturdayÂ Workshop. Call 713-274-4160 to register or click here to link toÂ The Mercer Society Online Registration. Registration is required. Your registration fee includes all project materials for your...
16	17 Harris County Master Gardeners Open Garden Day & Plant Sale 8:00 am Harris County Master Gardeners Open Garden Day & Plant Sale @ Genoa Friendship Gardens Educational Center Building Sep 17 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets Open to the public on the third Monday of every month through October from 8:00 am-11:00 am. Master Gardeners will be available to answer your gardening questions Blackwood Farm School 8:30 am Blackwood Farm School Sep 17 @ 8:30 am – 2:00 pm Tickets Beginning this Fall: Blackwood Farm School Blackwood Farm School, begins this September for Middle School students (Grades 6 – 8th). Farm School is designed to provide students an in-depth, hands-on look into how a farm operates. In a day, theyÂ will live the full cycle of basic agro-ecology and learn the value of preparing wholesome food.Â Students will leave with a strong...	18	19	20 HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays 9:00 am HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays @ HPARD Greenhouse Sep 20 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Habitat Restoration Our volunteer group meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon at theÂ 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,...	21	22
23	24 Houston Tomorrow’s 20th Birthday Party – 20 Years of Change 6:00 pm Houston Tomorrow’s 20th Birthday Party – 20 Years of Change @ Cafe Brasil Sep 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The first person to hear the idea to create Houston Tomorrow around the mission of improving the quality of life for everyone in Houston was Ann Hamilton, then of Houston Endowment. In 1998, when Houston Tomorrow created the regionâ€™s quality of life movement, we began to look around the nation and the world to see what was working in cities...	25 Webinar on Local Parks Grant 9:00 am Webinar on Local Parks Grant @ Online Sep 25 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Recreation Grants program is hosting a series of public input meetings to discuss and assess evaluation criteria for awarding fundsÂ for Local Park Grants.Â Public feedback during upcoming open meetings will assist TPWD in keeping the evaluation criteria relevant for future grant applicants. The Local Park Grants program consists of five individual programs that... Webinar on Local Parks Grant 1:00 pm Webinar on Local Parks Grant @ Online Sep 25 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Recreation Grants program is hosting a series of public input meetings to discuss and assess evaluation criteria for awarding fundsÂ for Local Park Grants.Â Public feedback during upcoming open meetings will assist TPWD in keeping the evaluation criteria relevant for future grant applicants. The Local Park Grants program consists of five individual programs that...	26	27 HPARD’s Greenhouse Workday 9:00 am HPARD’s Greenhouse Workday @ Memorial Park Greenhouse Sep 27 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Volunteers meetÂ the second and fourth Thursday of every month to 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. They will also have special seed collecting trips, invasive species removal workdays, and planting events in restored prairies. If youâ€™re interested in volunteering for the... Webinar on CO-OP Grant 9:00 am Webinar on CO-OP Grant @ Online Sep 27 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets TPWD Recreation Grants is planning a series of statewide public input meetings to discuss and assess evaluation criteria for awarding funds through the Community Outdoor Outreach Program (CO-OP) Grant. Your feedback will assist TPWD in keeping the evaluation criteria relevant for future grant applicants. TPWD developed the CO-OP in 1996 to help introduce underserved populations to environmental education, conservation and... Hurricane Harvey: In the Eye of the Storm 6:00 pm Hurricane Harvey: In the Eye of the Storm @ Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute -- 2nd Floor, John F. Bookout Auditorium Sep 27 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets 51 inches of rain in four days devastated Houston in August 2017, inflicting injuries, infectious diseases, chemical exposures and mental trauma on residents. What are Harveyâ€™s lessons for leaders? On September 27, 2018, 6-8 p.m., join David E. Persse, Public Health Authority, City of Houston, and Joshua M. Sharfstein, Vice Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, for a...	28	29 Green Garden Boutique 9:00 am Green Garden Boutique @ The Recreation Center at Rob Fleming Park Sep 29 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets The Woodlands GREEN will hold a Green Garden Boutique in conjunction with The Woodlandsâ€™ Landscaping Solutions. The Boutique features sustainable products including green toys, gardening tools, yard art, jewelry, and re-purposed heirlooms from â€œGrannyâ€™s Atticâ€. Proceeds from the Boutique support environmental education through student scholarships, library donations, and Village Challenges. For more information visit Green Garden Boutique.
30 Chinaâ€™s National Sword Policy And Its Impacts on Recycling 6:00 pm Chinaâ€™s National Sword Policy And Its Impacts on Recycling @ Online Sep 30 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets On September 30, 2018, at 6 p.m., Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2018 is Stewardship. In September, the Church welcomes Jordan Fengel, Executive Director of STAR (State of TX Alliance for Recycling). The US has relied on China to process our mixed plastic and mixed paper...

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