POLLUTION PREVENTION WEEK 2009, SEPTEMBER 21 – 27 Date: Sept. 21-27 Complete Description: For more than a decade now, EPA has joined governments, communities and citizens taking part in National Pollution Prevention Week. Pollution prevention measures can protect the environment before pollution even begins, save energy and natural resources, and leave our homes, schools and workplaces cleaner and safer. It’s…
GARDEN FAIRE Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009 Time: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Mercer Arboretum Contact: http://www.hcp4.net/mercer/ Complete Description: This free two-day event, held at the west side picnic loop, features regional plant societies, local artists who specialize in garden art, and garden-related authors. The public is invited to take a stroll along the trails while also visiting a…
CEC’s annual meeting on Tuesday, April 24, will feature a presentation on the effect of global warming on Houston. Dr. Barry Lefer, atmospheric scientist and assistant professor in geophysics at University of Houston, and LaVerne Williams, a local pioneer in green architecture, will make presentations about the global and local effects of atmospheric warming. Karl Pepple, Director of Environmental Programming,…