Climate Change & What You Can Do

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Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2019 is environmental issues and what you can do. In February, Dan Cohan, associate professor at Rice University, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, will speak on climate change. Climate change has been deemed one of the most significant environmental issues facing North America by the U.N.'s Global Environmental Outlook, the U.N.'s flagship environmental assessment.

Free

Climate Change & What You Can Do

Dan Cohan, associate professor at Rice University, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, will speak on climate change. Climate change has been deemed one of the most significant environmental issues facing North America by the U.N.'s Global Environmental Outlook, the U.N.'s flagship environmental assessment. Professor Cohan will educate on the latest research and reports on climate change, so that you thoroughly understand the issue. He will also explain the actions you can take to combat climate change.

Free

Called to Conversion: Laudato Si’ & Catholic Ecological Awakening

Villa de Matel Convent 6510 Lawndale, Houston

Called to Conversion: Laudato Si’ & Catholic Ecological Awakening, 9-12 p.m. Saturday, March 16th, Villa de Matel Convent, 6510 Lawndale Street, Houston, TX.  The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Houston, host a morning of critical reflection on one of the greatest moral challenges of our time. "TEDTalk"- style presentations and a panel of local Catholic leaders will discuss the responsibility of individual Christians and the role of the local Church to Care for our Common Home. Come early for a Labyrinth Prayer Walk at 8 a.m. Free with Spanish interpretation offered.

Free

Plastic Pollution & What You Can Do

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Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2019 is environmental issues and what you can do.In March, Hyun-Min Hwang, associate professor at Texas Southern University, Department of Environmental & Interdisciplinary Studies, will speak on plastic pollution in the oceans.

Free

Drawdown EcoChallenge

The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites all area residents to take part in 21 days of action focused on the most substantive solutions to global warming. Join the Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston team for the Drawdown EcoChallenge, beginning April 3.  Choose from categories such as electricity generation, women & girls, buildings & cities, food, land use, transport, and materials. 

Free

Spring 2019 Interfaith Environmental Stewardship Event

Willow Waterhole Conservation Reserve 5300 Dryad, Houston

Calling people of all faiths, or no faith at all, to come together to care for our shared environment in celebration of Faith Climate Action Week during Earth Month. We will mulch around trees & remove trash at the Willow Waterhole Conservation Reserve, 5300 Dryad in Houston. Tools/supplies will be provided.

Free

Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe Fundraiser

Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church 1900 Bering Dr., Houston

Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ HTX) invites you to learn how to join and unite with the Native Original Tribe of Texas in a respectful way in the massive efforts to protect our state from environmental and political destruction. The Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe is repopulating a network of frontline encampments on their ancient village sites, protecting indigenous sacred sites, resisting construction of the LNG (fracked gas) terminals and their source of pipelines for more fracked gas, and educating people about the environmental devastation the Border Wall will cause. They are peacefully struggling to stop the senseless endangerment of people, animals our only environment and for a rapid equitable transition to sustainable/renewable natural ways of life to secure a future for all children and our future generations.

$5 – $30

Greater Houston Coalition for Justice: News Conference

TBH (Talento Bilingüe de Houston) 333 S. Jensen Drive, Houston, TX, United States

The Greater Houston Coalition for Justice, call for state and congressional hearings as a results of the explosion at the KMCO facility and the Intercontinental Terminals Co. plant in Deer Park.

Free

The Ecological Crisis & The Response of Faith

What is our present ecological crisis? What specific issues are central? Lisa Brenskelle will examine the science that explains the present state of our world and the major environmental issues we face. She will then consider how our faith both informs and enables our response to this crisis.

Free

How Water Conservation Will Save the Dry Day & What You Can Do to Help

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Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2019 is environmental issues and what you can do.

In April, Robert Mace, professor of practice at U.T. - Austin, Department of Geography, will speak on water issues in Texas. Water Scarcity has been deemed one of the most significant environmental issues facing North America by the U.N.'s Global Environmental Outlook, the U.N.'s flagship environmental assessment.

Free

The Texas Coastal Exchange – How Houses of Worship & Their Members Can Engage

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston

The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to learn about the Texas Coastal Exchange (TCX), a new carbon offset program for our region of Texas. As Jim Blackburn, Rice professor and member of the board of directors for TCX will explain, the TCX is designed both as a land conservation tool and a means to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions. Find out how you/your house of worship can support local land conservation as a buyer of carbon offsets! Or, learn how you/your house of worship can sell carbon storage on your land!

Free

Achieving Zero Waste in Houston & What You Can Do

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You are invited to join Rosanne Barone, Program Director in Houston for Texas Campaign for the Environment, for an online talk on Achieving Zero Waste in Houston & What You Can Do. Rosanne will address policymaking at the local and state levels to achieve zero waste goals and address problematic waste facilities, as well as international efforts to curb the production of products that can’t be recycled.

Free

Climate Change Forum hosted by PSR East End

The City of Houston's - E.B. Cape Center 4501 Leeland St., Houston

PSR East End Houston is hosting a climate change forum on Saturday, June 1 to discuss current efforts by the City of Houston and Harris County to create policies around climate change in our area and what advocacy efforts are needed to see such policies implemented for the benefit of Houston's East End, the City of Houston, and Harris County, Texas.

Plastic Free Ecochallenge

The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites all area residents to join their team for the Plastic Free EcoChallenge! This challenge engages participants in committing to reduce consumption of single-use plastics during July. Choose from challenges in food, personal care, community, lifestyle, pets, family, or create your own custom challenge.

Free

Free film screening: The Chocolate Case

Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United States

Come for the film, enjoy the treats and even shop the #FairTrade store for gifts or yourself. Every purchase matters and this is your chance to be a part of the movement to put people and the planet first.

The film follows 3 Dutch journalists who uncover child labor in the cocoa production chain, which triggers them to try to persuade large corporations to end unethical practices. The trio sets out on a mission to develop the first ‘slave-free’ chocolate bar, known as ‘Tony’s Chocolonely’ – now one of Holland’s leading chocolate brands. The film is both an expose of problems within the chocolate supply chain, and an inspirational story of people trying to change the world they live in.

Free

United We Win – Collaborating to Solve Houston’s Toughest Environmental Challenges

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2019 is environmental issues and what you can do.

In July, Jaime Gonzalez, Houston Urban Conservation Programs Manager for The Nature Conservancy, will highlight a variety of local environmental issues, and how local people/organizations are coming together to address them.  He will explain tools used for environmental action mapping that make collective action more effective. And, he’ll speak about how all of us can work together to create positive environmental change.

Free

Harris County Demonstration: Tell the DNC We Need a Climate Debate

TX, United States

Climate change is an emergency that disrupts every aspect of our lives, especially in Houston, and it's about time the Democratic party started to act like it. We deserve to know each 2020 candidate's plan to protect our city: we need a climate debate!

Join youth leaders from the Sunrise Movement Houston by showing up at our local Democratic office, where, together with members of our Harris County Democratic Party, we'll tell our stories, bring our signs, and demand our DNC members join us in calling on the DNC to host a #ClimateDebate.

Free

Creation Care Fest/Environmental Extravaganza

Faith Lutheran Church 4600 Bellaire Blvd., Bellaire

You are invited to the 2019 Creation Care Fest – Environmental Extravaganza! This free event is actually three events in one: lectures by expert speakers on The State of Our World, an exhibit by local environmental organizations, and a family-friendly festival with kids’ activities such as nature/environment-focused games, crafts, encounters with live education animals, seed planting (to take home & watch grow!) and much more.

Free