The 25th annual VIRTUAL #CoolHouseTour 6/13 10a-2:30p CT, produced by the Austin Energy Green Building Program and the Texas Solar Energy Society, showcases homes designed and built to high standards of #energyefficiency, comfort & regional design. Hear from the teams who made them possible in up-close conversations with owners, architects, contractors from the comfort of your couch. BTW, this year general admission is FREE! Settle in and tour all six homes or tune in for the homes that interest you. See you…

The Serengeti ecosystem spans much of northern Tanzania into southern Kenya in East Africa and covers 12,000 sq. km (5,695 sq. miles). It is famous for one of the most spectacular mass game migrations in the world, involving over 1 million blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), 200,000 plains zebra (Equus burchelli), and 400,000 Thomson’s gazelle (Gazella thomsoni). The migration represents one of the last remnants of a large, mammal-dominated ecosystem which has existed in Africa since at least the Pleistocene (the…

Is it a Yellow-bellied or a Least? A Couch’s or a Tropical? The Tyrannidae are diverse and can be quite confounding. Join Craig Hensley for a look at the world of flycatchers. You’ll learn about their natural history and learn tips and tricks for identification, as well as the realities of limitations associated with field identification of a few. Approved for AAMN AT hours. Craig Hensley, a lifelong naturalist and educator, is one of two Texas Nature Trackers Biologists with…

The State of Texas Alliance for Recycling's Reuse Council's annual Reuse Tour is in El Paso this year! Texas is a big state, so don't fret if it's a little further than you care to drive, because we're hosting our tour virtually this year! The tour will be spread across three Fridays in June, during lunch, on the 4th, 11th, and 25th. We'll feature a different reuse organization each week, and have built in time for small group networking rooms.…

The virtual conference is an opportunity for community leaders across the state to come together to learn, educate and grow their networks and knowledge. KTB provides innovative keynotes, speakers, panels and sessions that tackle environmental topics like waste reduction, recycling education, and more. This year's conference will open with an afternoon of pre-Conference sessions followed by three days of conference programming and networking opportunities. This year's Conference will take place in the afternoons of June 29-July 1. View the schedule…

Every year, thousands of students participate in adventure-based stewardship curriculum at IDEA Camp RIO, located in deep South Texas. IDEA Public Schools has partnered with the East Foundation in a three-year study designed to measure the short– and long-term impact of students’ time at camp on their interests in natural resources and land stewardship, academic achievement and well-being, and college and career choices in the natural sciences. We are excited to share more behind the purpose of this research, the…