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2008 Community Green Calendar
November
Saturday, November 1st
Pride in Your Neighborhood
Larry Johnson Recreation Center
3700 Dixon Circle
11 am - 1 pm
It’s time to beautify, clean up, and repair our neighborhoods. It’s time to take “pride in your neighborhood.” This is the first of 4 Pride In Your Neighborhood pilot program events
Contact Sheila Overton at (214) 671-8065.
Sunday, November 2nd Daylight Saving Time Ends
Friday, November 7th
Blue Thumb Awards
Dallas Water Utilities’ annual industrial awards
City Hall, L1FN
9 am - Noon
The Blue Thumb Awards honor permitted significant industrial users in the Dallas area for environmental compliance with wastewater discharge and reporting requirements. The awards are given by the Pretreatment and Laboratory Services. Of the 117 permitted industries, there are 70 winners. Among them are 4 five-year winners, and 1 ten-year winner. Last year Pretreatment began recognizing Pollution Prevention (P2) efforts at permitted industries. This year there are 4 entries that will be honored for their P2 accomplishments.
Contact Yilma Zerihun at (214) 243-2362 .
Saturday, November 8th is World Usability Day
Saturday, November 8th
Pride in Your Neighborhood
Arlington Park Recreation Center
1505 Record Crossing
11 am - 1 pm
Contact Sheila Overton at (214) 671-8065.
Monday, November 10th
Park Cleanup @ J.J. Craft Park
J.J. Craft Park
3125 Lyons
1 pm - 3 pm
Dallas Park and Recreation will conduct a cleanup at JJ Craft Park. Frazier Elementary School will be helping with the cleanup and the public is invited. Cool Cat, the mascot for “Keep Your Parks clean,” will be on hand to pass out Be A Cool Cat stickers to all participants.
Contact Jill Beam at (214) 670-8890.
Saturday, November 15th is America/Texas Recycles Day
Saturday, November 15th
Pride in Your Neighborhood
Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest Library
208 E. Kiest Blvd
11am – 1 pm
Contact Sheila Overton at (214) 671-8065.
Saturday, November 15th
Fall Recycling Round Up
Fretz Park, 6900 Beltline, 75254
Reverchon Park, 3505 Maple, 75219
Kiest Park, 3080 S. Hampton, 75224
Lake Highlands Elementary, 9501 Ferndale Road, 75238
11 am – 5 pm
Contact Renee Chatham at (214) 671-8137.
Saturday, November 15th
Texas Recycles Day—Drive-thru Recycling Drop-off
Newman Smith High School’s Parking Lot
2335 N. Josey Lane, Carrollton, 75006
You can help divert TONS of recyclables from the landfill!
Bring the following recyclables:
- Computers, electronics, monitors, fax machines, printers (NO TV’s)
- Car tires, car batteries
- Cell phones and lap tops ( all year long)
- Knitting yarn
- Eye glasses and accessories
- Durable medical equipment – braces, crutches, canes, chairs, beds
- Gently used clothes for children and adults
- Gently used books
- Used athletic shoes for refurbishing or reuse
- “White metal” (appliances without Freon), scrap metal, etc.
- Personal document shredding
For more information, go to the Keep Carrollton Beautiful web site or call (972) 466.2121.
Wednesday, November 19th is Dallas Recycles Day
Thursday, November 20th is Use Less Stuff Day
Thursday, November 20th
Sustainability Brown Bag on the Use of Geothermal Energy in Texas
Dallas City Hall
L1FN Conference Room B
12 pm – 1:30 pm
Presenter: Maria Richards, Geothermal Lab, SMU.
Description: Geothermal power is energy generated by heat stored beneath the Earth's surface. It offers a number of advantages over traditional fossil fuel based sources as the energy harnessed is clean and safe for the surrounding environment. The ability to cool and heat homes using these ground source heat pumps is a way to use the ground temperatures right below us to offset the normal electrical needs. Currently in the U.S there is over 7000 MWt of energy offset by geo-exchange systems. Texas also has the capacity to generate electricity from existing oil/gas wells that are producing fluids and refracturing them to increase water production. In Texas, 1000s of wells produce fluids over 200°F, in fact some of the south Texas wells have fluids over 400°F. Using these resources, the state of Texas has potential to generate renewable electricity from geothermal energy in the near future.
Tuesday, November 25th
Dollar Day at the Dallas Zoo
9 am - 4 pm
Special Admission Price: $1 all day
- Visit Amphibians: Life Under the Leaf and find out why frogs and other amphibians are disappearing from the planet.
- Take a trip to Stingray Bay* before it closes at the end of November.
- See the new giraffes and cheetahs.
- Attend the expanded schedule of zookeeper talks throughout the park.
Save a buck before Turkey Day and attend Dollar Day at the Dallas Zoo. Bring your out-of-town visitors and children who are on vacation out for an affordable day of fun.
Dollar deals will be available at the Zoo throughout the day, including $1 food items such as hot dogs, chips, drinks, ice cream, popcorn, donuts, and more. The Zoofari Market will have specials and a selection of gifts for $1, $2 and $3.
The Dallas Zoo strongly encourages visitors to take the DART Red Line to the Zoo entrance to save time by avoiding traffic and parking this day. Be Green—Drive Clean!
For more information, visit the Dallas Zoo web site or call (214) 670-5656.
Wednesday, November 26th
Go Green Lecture Series
Mountain View College
Illinois & Duncanville Rd
West Side campus in the Free Speech area next to library
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Call (214) 860-8775 or email acts1336ep@aol.com.
Friday, November 28th is Buy Nothing Day
