Houston's First Green Fest

Houston's First Community Green Festival
Al Gore at Copenhagen

Gore addressed the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. This is an except from his speech.

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Another reason lovers should think BIG, not small.

Juice or yogurt lovers can do their bit by buying juice in concentrates and yogurt in reusable containers instead of single serving packages. This is a great tip for snack lovers too! Buy snacks such as cookies, crackers, chips and nuts in large, not individual bags.

Live Green. Right here. Shop Local.

Browse and, check out our Business Directory--your list of locals contributing to a Greener Houston. Shopping local fosters sustainable relationships and supports the local economy. It is one of the greenest things you can do! Have a favorite you don't see on the list? Let us know!

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Our mission at Houston Green Scene is to connect, inform and inspire Houstonians for a Greener Houston. We are a member-based organization focused on building community and encouraging sustainable relationships between individuals, businesses and organizations interested in learning about and living green, or greener, in Houston. We recognize that informed, conscious choices improve our quality of life as well as the impact on our community and our environment. Individually we can make a difference but collectively we can make it fun! Join us today!

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Help Save the Sea Turtles

Loggerhead Turtles Threatened by Bottom Longline Fishery in Gulf. NOAA is accepting comments through March 1, 2010, regarding the Bottom Longline Fishery in the Gulf. The Sea Turtle Restoration Project is asking people to lear more about the fishery and how it can effect turtle nesting and mortality. More information at the Sea Turtle Restoration Project website

2010 Green Heros Grant Program

2010 Green Heroes Grant Program. With assistance from Roots & Shoots, the Jane Goodall Institute's global environmental and humanitarian youth program, Green Works, the Clorox Company's line of natural cleaners, has announced the 2010 Green Heroes Grant Program.

Nature Photo Contest

Nature Photo Contest. Jesse H. Jones Park is sponsoring a nature photo conference. Photos are due Monday, April 26, 2010, by 4:30 pm. It's time to "click-click" for the park's annual photo contest. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/coak7M

Houston's CEC 2010 Environmental Resource Guides - Now Available!

2010 Environmental Resource Guide now available.

CEC is pleased to announce that the 2010 Environmental Resource Guide is now available in printed or electronic format. Visit the CEC website or call 713-524-4232 to request a guide. This Environmental Resource Guide is designed as an environmental information resource for the citizens of the Houston and Galveston area. It is a thirteen-county guide to:

Com:Plot conspires to take back a city
Com:Plot conspires to take back a city

By Tracy L. Barnett
January 2010

One of the most intriguing groups in Guadalajara is Com:Plot, whose name is a play on words; “complot” means “conspiracy” in Spanish, and “plot” is a reference to the public space in question.

 
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Upcoming Events

  • My Houston 2040 - Happy Hour
    02/11/2010 - 5:00pm - 6:45pm

    My Houston 2040
    Monthly Happy Hour
    A meeting of the minds co-hosted by Houston Tomorrow, Citizens' Transportation Coalition, & GHASP.

    Thursday, Feb 11, 2010
    5-6:45 pm
    Rudyard's Upstairs
    2010 Waugh Drive
    Free and open to the public

  • Bioneers 2009 - Public Screening
    02/12/2010 - 11:00am - 02/20/2010 - 6:00pm

    BIONEERS 2009 - Public screening of the 2009 conference at New Living- Grab a brown bag lunch or take an hour of your time any day between February 12 - 20 to to treat yourself to any of the inspiring workshops or speakers from the 2009 Bioneers Conference. The conference will be showing every day from 11 - 6 pm.
    COST: Free. Coffee and bagels served daily between 11 - 1 pm.

  • Deadline: Wind Alliance Soring 2010 Member meeting
    02/12/2010 - 6:00pm

    The Wind Alliance is very excited to announce our Spring 2010 all-member meeting to be held in Corpus Christi, Texas. Seats are filling up fast! Both the Registration Form and a Naval Base Access Form need to be completed and submitted for each attendee by February 12, 2010. A speaker dinner will feature Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson will begin at 6pm. More at the Wind Alliance website: http://bit.ly/begXy4

  • A Morning in the Country
    02/13/2010 - 10:00am - 2:00pm

    Join Blackwood Land Institute for a Morning in the Country at Blackwood in Hempstead for a viewing of a select group of Bioneers presenters from 2009 and other fun activities:
    --Self-guided Garden Tours
    --Walk the Labyrinth
    --Learn about Straw-Bale Construction

    An organic vegetarian lunch served at 12:30pm
    $24 - Reservations Required
    Register Online: http://bit.ly/diGc4E

  • Workshop: American Clay Class
    02/13/2010 - 11:00am - 2:00pm

    AMERICAN CLAY CLASS
    Second Saturday of each month 11 - 2 pm
    Touch, feel, and play with American Clay earth plaster each month.
    Great for professionals and DIYers.
    FEE: Free

  • Food For Thought from Urban Harvest
    02/17/2010 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm

    Food For Thought From Urban Harvest

    WHAT
    Urban Harvest continues its Food For Thought series, a new, thought provoking cycle of panel discussions on today’s hot topics that support growing and eating locally. The panels will be lead by local and regional experts, and are scheduled for the third Wednesday of each month. Urban Harvest inspires and empowers people of diverse backgrounds to grow healthy foods, in the process enriching the city we call home. With three hard-working programs at its core – Community Gardens, Education and Urban Harvest Farmers Market – Urban Harvest supports a network of gardens, farms and orchards in the greater Houston area. Food For Thought is the perfect complement to further Urban Harvest’s core mission.

    NEXT UP
    • Tools Of The Trade.
    Come enjoy a wonderful evening of exploration. We will be exploring, discussing and showing off a sampling of the best Tools Of The Trade. These Tools will include clever gardening gadgets, the most innovative gardening tools, the most helpful soil amendments and the best resources out there for gardeners looking for the best Tools Of The Trade. This panel discussion will be interactive in nature, so please bring your questions and your thinking caps. And once again, Grizzaffi Coffee will be on hand as one of our sponsors serving up their wicked array of beverages on a complimentary basis for attendees. So come join the fun.

    WHEN
    Wednesday February 17 from 6:30-8:30pm
    6:30-7pm- Social/Mixer; 7:00-800 pm- Panel Session ; 8:00-8:30pm- Q&A

    WHERE
    The Multipurpose Room of the Oberholtzer Residence Hall, 108 Oberholtzer Hall, University of Houston, Central Campus. For directions visit the link on the front page of our website at www.urbanharvest.org.

    COST
    Free - Open to the Public

    SPONSORS
    University of Houston, TX AgriLife Extension Service , Grizzaffi Coffee, Fischer Schalles Associates, Katy Bomar Creative, Patterson Murphy Public Relations

  • **HGS Green Mixer & Living Off the Land Dinner
    02/19/2010 - 5:30pm - 9:30pm

    Green Mixer followed by Living Off the Land Dinner Series
    Hosted by Houston Green Scene and Last Organic Outpost

    Join us for one or both on Friday, February 19, 2010 5:30p-9:30p

    Green Mixer
    Where the Green-minded Meet & Mix

    A casual mixer/collaboration event where green-minded, green-curious and green-friendly people meet to see what's happening in the Green Scene. We will be highlighting local, green businesses, organizations and sustainable-oriented efforts. If you are a green professional, own a green business, or are just looking to connect with the green community—don’t miss it!

    Living Off the Land
    A Celebration of Local, Seasonal Foods

    "Living Off the Land," is a dinner series showcasing local, seasonal, fresh food from the Emile Community Farm, the largest farm of the Last Organic Outpost. These dinners feature the creatively crafted recipes of and are skillfully prepared by the Farm’s Resident Chef Marcella Murff Icet. Plan to attend this series of dinners every 3rd Friday of the month at Last Concert Café.

    Local, fresh, pure goodness!

    Donation $20/person
    RSVP now at 713-931-6100; 50 Maximum, plates go fast!
    Dinner served at 7pm

    Last Concert Café is located at 1403 Nance, Houston 77002

    For more information, go to: houstongreenscene.org or lastorganicoutpost.org

    Direct questions to: info@houstongreenscene.org

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