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Step Up for Bats Challenge
2021-10-01 - 2021-10-31 | TX
When you participate in the Step Up for Bats Challenge this October, every step you take matters for bats! Whether you’re walking, running, biking, swimming, or taking part in any another fitness activity, it all counts. Registration is $45 and includes a Step Up For Bats swift-wicking T-shirt!

Bats are crucial to a healthy planet. They pollinate important food-bearing plants like bananas, peaches, and agave. They regenerate forests by dispersing seeds. They save farmers billions of dollars each year by eating crop-destroying insects and reducing the use of chemical pesticides in the environment. But unfortunately, bats around the world are on the decline due to threats like habitat loss, disease, and starvation – threats that we can overcome.

Join the challenge to walk a collective 15,000 miles (30 million steps) around the globe to raise awareness for the importance of bats, and raise $25,000 to support Bat Conservation International’s work to protect them. At each destination, you’ll unlock a milestone badge and special content! You can earn awards for fundraising and compete to raise the most money and track the most steps throughout the month of October.

How to participate:
Register and set up your account anytime before October 31st. Once you register, you will have your own web page that will track your distance and funds you raise.

Registration is $45 (includes T-shirt). Registration fees are counted toward your fundraising goal.

23rd Annual Texas Recycling Summit
2021-10-05 - 2021-10-08
Summit has been Texas’ premier recycling conference for 23 years, offering annual CEUs, exclusive networking opportunities and cutting-edge updates to the recycling industry of Texas.
This year we anticipate welcoming more than 300 professionals from state and local government, private industry, higher education, and NGOs/trade associations.

Summit 2021 will now be a fully virtual event from Oct 4-6th, featuring more than 40 expert speakers in more than 20 professional sessions.

TreeFolks Young Professional's Podcast Club: Criminal - Episode 36: Perfect Specimen
2021-10-06 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
TreeFolks Young Professionals are starting a Podcast Club and will be hosting its first-ever virtual podcast discussion night on October 6, 2021, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. The first podcast is based on the poisoning of the Treaty Oak in downtown Austin and the discussion will feature John Giedraitis, Austin’s City Forester at the time who saved the historic tree! The link to register can be found here, along with more information and a link to the 25-minute podcast!
