TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Online: Planning and Planting Your Spring Vegetable Garden – 12-1pm. Darciea Houston and Dr. Kara Casy will share growing tips to help make your garden a success. Registration required: Tinyurl.com/y2wuolwr. Online: When Flowering Plants Took Over the World – 12-1pm. New insights into the changing structure of forests during the Cretaceous. A virtual brown bag Lecture by Dr. Dori Contreras. Free. Via YouTube. Register: brit.org.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Online: Spring Pruning in the Garden: Trees and Shrubs – 9-10:30am. Get your trees and shrubs in shape before the burst of spring in this blended workshop with Japanese Garden Horticultural Manager, Nick Esthus. Enjoy a pre-recorded lecture as well as attend a pruning demonstration in the Japanese Garden. $28, $25/ member. Via Zoom. Register by Feb 4: brit.org. Online Beginners Class: Vegetable Gardening and Planting Sites – 10am-12pm. Discover the essential elements of vegetable gardening. A special emphasis will be given to the planting site and vegetable varieties for our locale. $25, $20/ member. Via Zoom. Register by Feb 4: brit.org.
performance building criteria and how it can be achieved with minimal first costs premiums with a quick ROI to achieve significant operational cost savings. Registration required: Tinyurl.com/ y2wuolwr. Virtual: Dallas Sierra Club General Meeting – 7pm. Topic: Coping with Climate Change: Keeping Your Cool in a Warming World. Presentation provides practical tips for self-care geared towards environmental activists. Learn about the mental health impacts of climate change and strategies to avoid burnout and stay mentally healthy, including ecotherapy. Via Zoom. More info: DallasSierraClub.org.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Virtual: Developing Future Returns – 12-1pm. As Texas develops, it’s critical that conservation and business work together to create innovative spaces, practices, and leaders to care for our natural resources, prosperity and health for generations to come. More info & register: TexanByNature.org.
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Great Backyard Bird Count – 9am-12pm. Families will count the birds at Oliver Nature Park to help the citizen-science project of collecting data on wild birds. Activities include games, crafts, bird feeder making, live animals and nature walks. Free. Elmer W. Oliver Nature Park, 1650 Matlock Rd, Mansfield. More info: Tinyurl.com/yysepdkv.
Reducing Operational Costs with High Performance School Buildings – 12-1pm. This presentation will provide the “why” for high
Online: It’s Valentine’s Day, Time to Prune Your Roses – 1-2:30pm. This blended class includes a pre-recorded lecture from resident rose expert,
Jeffrey Myers, as well as a hands-on pruning experience in the Rose Garden. $28, $25/member. Via Zoom. Register by Feb 11: brit.org.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Online: Carbon Fee and Dividend Policies: Overview of What’s in Congress & Research –12-1pm. Citizen Climate Lobby Education Director Brett Cease will provide a lay person’s overview of one of the more ambitious climate policies in Congress, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, and review recent research that speaks to the many economic and health benefits that come from climate policies. Registration required: Tinyurl.com/y2wuolwr.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Pallet Gardening 101 – 2-3pm. Build your own vertical hang on pallet garden. It’s a great way to upcycle something into a place to plant your herbs and flowers. $27. Elmer W. Oliver Nature Park, 1650 Matlock Rd, Mansfield. Preregistration required: Tinyurl.com/y4njbufu.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Online: At the Intersection: Implicit Bias and Sustainability – 12-1pm. What is implicit bias, and how does it affect sustainability? Dr. Kenneth Chapman will lead a discussion on attitudes or stereotypes that may impact sustainable efforts. Registration required: Tinyurl. com/y2wuolwr.
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the bliss of silence and stillness. Cosmic Cafe, 2912 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas. 214-521-6157. CosmicCafeDallas.com.
Carrollton Runners Club Mile + 5K – 7:30am. A low-key 5K and 1-mile race every last Sun. McInnish Park, 2335 Sandy Lake Rd, Carrollton. CarrolltonRunners.com.
Celebration Service Live – 11am. Meditation, music and lessons on YouTube live: Unity on Greenville Dallas, TX or Cutt.ly/2tzQx4i. Love offering. Unity on Greenville, 3425 Greenville Ave, Dallas. 214-826-5683. DallasUnity.org.
Sunday Service/Meditation and Purification – 9-11:30am. Participate in meditation, chanting and readings from the Bible and Bhagavad Gita. 9-9:45am, Meditation and Purification; 10-11:30am, Service. Ananda Dallas Meditation & Yoga Center, 4901 Keller Springs Rd, Ste 103, Addison. 972-248-9126. AnandaDallas.org.
Sunday Meditation – 3:15-4:15pm. With Lynne Patterson. Class offers many meditation techniques and styles, with a focus on mindfulness and open awareness. $10. Yoga Mart, 2201 Tucker St, Ste 101, Dallas. 214-238-2433. DallasMeditates.com.
Vegan Sunday Brunch at Spiral Diner – 9am3pm. Vegan diner and bakery since 2002. Sunday brunch features vegan pancakes, tofu scramble, breakfast quesadillas and organic mimosas. 1314 W Magnolia Ave, Fort Worth & 1101 N Beckley, Dallas. SpiralDiner.com. Gentle Waves – 9:15-10:15am. A healing meditative practice that moves very slow and intentional. Gaia Flow Yoga, 3000 Blackburn St, Ste 140B, Dallas. Register: GaiaFlowYoga.com. Dynamic Meditation – 10-11am. One of the active meditations compiled by Osho. Breath, jump, scream and shout, let it all go, then be in
music and message based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh. Facilitated by Brother ChiSing. Donation accepted. Dallas Meditation Center, 727 S Floyd Rd, Richardson. 972-4327871. DallasMeditationCenter.com.
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monday Online: Zen to Go – 12-12:45pm. Mon-Thurs. An oasis in the middle of the day offering walking and sitting meditation followed by brief sharing. Donation accepted. Dallas Meditation Center, 810 We Arapaho Rd, Ste 98, Richardson. 972-432-7871. DallasMedi tationCenter.com. Hatha Yoga – 7-8pm. A gentle hatha yoga geared for all ages and levels with a special focus on breathing, meditation and a specific intention each sequence. Cosmic Cafe, 2912 Oak Lawn Dr, Dallas. 214-521-6157. CosmicCafeDallas.com.
Chakra Sound Meditation – 5-6:30pm. Includes chakra sounds and breathing techniques. Cosmic Cafe, 2912 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas. 214521-6157. CosmicCafeDallas.com. Online: Awakening Heart Meditation – 5-7pm. Interfaith mindfulness meditation,
Meditation Mondays via Zoom – 7-8pm. Meditation Mondays focuses on the practice and the experience of various forms of meditation. Free. Unity of Dallas, 6525 Forest Ln, Dallas. 972-233-7106. UnityDallas.org.
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