News and Calendar for Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Saturday, Aug 2 - Fort Worth Vegetarian Society dinner, 7 pm. Spiral Diner, 1314 W Magnolia at 6th, Fort Worth. No reservation necessary; look for FWVS sign

Saturday, Aug 2 - SPCA of Texas’ Pet Grief recovery program for hose grieving the loss of a beloved companion animal. Meet at 1 pm at the conference room at SPCA of Texas, 2400 Lone Star Drive, Dallas. Free.

Sunday, Aug 3 - Sierra Club's Sustainable Sunday Lunch. Thai plant-based buffet at Thai Jasmine, (817) 283-8228, 3104 Harwood at Hwy 121, SW corner, Bedford. This all-you-can-eat buffet is served from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm. Organizer: Terry Jensen, 817 545-0140  

Saturday, Aug 3 - White Rock Crossing ecohousing group meets at Central Market, Lovers Lane at Greenville, Dallas. Free, 5 pm. Optional dinner at nearby restaurant after meeting.

Sunday, Aug 4 - Wildflower Village ecohousing meeting. Intentional green community for people ages 50 to 55 and over  meets at Cedar Hill Chamber of Commerce, 311 Houston, Cedar Hill. 2:30 pm. Free. 972 251-1532.

Saturday, Aug 9 - White Rock Lake Cleanup.Walk and talk while helping to pick up trash and recyclables at the Sierra Club's adopted section of White Rock Lake Park. Meet at 8:15 AM at the Love of the Lake office on the Northeast corner of Garland Rd. and Buckner Blvd. Look for a crowd of people drinking free juice and coffee. Gloves, trash bags, etc. provided. Our area includes one of the wonderful prairie restoration areas, so there are always birds and wildflowers to enjoy. Brunch afterwards. Leader: Carol Nash 214-824-0244(H)

Saturday, Aug 9 - Black Vegetarian Society of Dallas Vegetarian 101 class at Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 2922 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Dallas. 11:30 am -1:30 pm. Free.

Saturday, Aug 9 - Animal Connection of Texas meeting. 11 am. Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street, Dallas. 214 373-7867. Free.

Sunday, Aug 10 - Member Appreciation Day. Please join Fort Worth Sierra Club members (any chapter welcome) for a day of FUN at Lake Arlington on Sunday, August 10 from 10 am until dark. In a tree-shaded park on the shores of Lake Arlington with picnic tables, fishing (permit required), boating (permit required) and a lodge. The LODGE is great: A large air-conditioned building complete with restrooms and kitchen with microwaves and fridge. BRING your families and guests, your own beverages for the day (alcohol is allowed in the lodge), your own picnic lunch, and a dish, snack, bread, or dessert to share for a potluck at 5 pm. Also bring your own lawn chairs, beverages, board games, outdoor games, boats, fishing gear--whatever is fun to you indoors or outdoors. No swimming but we might have water games if the park allows. Come and go as you wish. VOLUNTEERS are needed to help set up at 9:45 in the morning, take down and clean up at 8 pm. DIRECTIONS: 6300 Arkansas Ln, Arlington. The park is at the end of Arkansas Lane on your left at the shoreline of Lake Arlington. From I-20, turn north (right from Dallas, left from Fort Worth) on Green Oaks to Arkansas. Turn left on Arkansas and stop right before you drive into the lake. MAP: http://www.ci.arlington.tx.us/park/guides/lakearlington/lake_arlington_map.html PERMITS are required for fishing and boats. CONTACT: Terry Jensen at 817 545-0140 or 972 251-1532 or fw.sierra.sustainability@gmail.com for more information. 

Tuesday, Aug 12 - Dallas Sierra Club's general meeting. Bees. Although captive honeybee colonies have been on the decline in the U.S. for the last half century. it was in late 2006 that beekeepers across the U.S. began complaining about sudden hive losses of 30 to 90 percent. These die-offs are referred to as Colony Collapse Disorder. They could have a major impact on food production as at least one-third of the average American diet comes from food pollinated by honeybees. The Sierra Club meets at The Center for Spiritual Living, near the northwest corner of Inwood and Spring Valley in north Dallas (see map below). From the Tollway and Spring Valley Road, go west past Inwood Road and the train tracks. Take the next right (north) on International Parkway (called Arborview on older maps). When the road bends to the right, look for the entrance way and Sierra Club signs. 

Wednesday, Aug 13 - Young Sierrans Happy Hour, Dinner. Bengal Coast - Uptown Dallas Bengal Coast offers a menu inspired by the cuisines of India, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, focusing on a manageable selection of cross-cultural stir-fries, curries, wrap sandwiches and grilled kebabs. Arrive anytime after 6:15 PM for happy hour; dinner at 7:00. All 20s/30s welcome; you don’t have to be a Young Sierran or Sierra Club member to attend. Location: 3102 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas, TX 75219. Centrum Plaza, Suite 116. Located at the intersection of Oak Lawn and Cedar Springs. Phone: 214-521-8600 

Thursday, Aug 14 Choices for Sustainable Living Book Discussion Group starts. Whole Foods Preston and Forest. 6:30 to eat, 7 pm for course. Book is $20. Upstairs on the balcony near the spa area) . Runs for 7 weeks on Thursday night. Contact class leader, David Hale, to reserve your place in this class.jdavidhale@gmail.com

Friday, Aug 15 - Nighthike on the Chisholm Trail in Plano. Meet at 7:30PM in front of the Starbucks/Barnes and Noble (north side of 15th just west of US 75 in Plano . We will walk 4-5 miles on a paved path. Bring water. No reservations, just show up. Ice cream afterwards. Leader: Judy Cato 972-238-5738(H)

Changed Denton will not meet again until September - Denton Organic Society meeting at Denton Senior Center, 509 N. Bell Av, Denton. 940-382-8551.

Saturday, Aug 16 - Jim Sargent, nationally acclaimed green builder, speaks about ecohousing in his talk Planning, Building and Living Green in an Ecohousing Community. Three, possibly four, ecovillages have land and are ready to construct in DFW. Others are in the planning stage. What are they and why would you really want to live in one? Find out while meeting potential neighbors at the reception following Sargent's talk. Meet at the REI store's Guadalupe Peak Room, 2nd Floor, 4515 LBJ Freeway just west of Welch, Dallas. Contact Terry Jensen, 972 251-1532. Details here.

Sunday, Aug 17 - Sierra Club's Sustainable Sunday Lunch. Plant-based, all-you-can-eat buffet from 12 noon until 2 pm. Regularly $9, $1 off for Sierra Club. New Start Garden, (972 243-0507) 2330 Royal Lane, ste 900, Dallas 75229. Just west of I-35 on the south side of Royal. Organizer: James Bisby 469-371-1938.  

Sunday, Aug 17 - Wildflower Village ecohousing meeting. Intentional green community for people ages 50 to 55 and over meets at Cedar Hill Chamber of Commerce, 311 Houston, Cedar Hill. 2:30 pm. Free. 972-251-1532.

Sunday, Aug 17 - Spiral Diner Vegan Cooking Class Vegan Breakfast. $40 per person. Pay in advance Call to reserve your spot. No walk-ins.Oak Cliff Class, 7-9pm  Register: 214.948.4747

Monday, Aug 18 - Spiral Diner Vegan Cooking ClassVegan Breakfast. $40 per person. Pay in advance Call to reserve your spot. No walk-ins.Fort Worth Class, 7-9pm Register: 817.874.1182

Wednesday, Aug 20 - Fort Worth Sierra Club meets at 7 pm.  Brief business meeting followed by speaker, Jim Schermbeck, an activist with Texas Downwinders At Risk, will give an update on air quality issues and the work of this important group in our own neighborhood. Location: Ft Worth Botanic Gardens, 817 871-7686, 3220 Botanic Garden Boulevard at University, north of I-30, Fort Worth.

Monday, Aug 18 Collin County Sierra Club, 7 pm, Robin Sowton will be giving a 60-minute presentation on 'Improving Energy Efficiency in Your Home.' Effectiveness in the areas of electricity, cooling, heating, and water. Haggard Library's large meeting room at 7 pm. The Haggard Library is on Coit, just south of Parker, Plano. 

Thursday, Aug 21 - A new Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) course, entitled "Menu for the Future," will run Thursday nights at 7:00 pm at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1700 Josey Lane in Carrollton. This course will explore food systems and their impacts on culture, society, and ecological systems. It will offer insights into agricultural and individual practices that promote personal and ecological well-being, and to consider your role in creating or supporting sustainable food systems. In alignment with the sustainability courses it has been running since January, the church has also established a community garden and weekly carpools to the Coppell Farmers Market. If interested in the course, please contact Scarlett Silva before August 14 (scarlettsilva@sbcglobal.net, or 972-822-3626). The cost of the book is $20. 

Thursday, August 21, Conservation Meeting Sierra Club. Updates on current campaigns, consideration of new issues, and requests for assistance by approved political campaigns. Meeting is upstairs in the meeting room at the Central Market store at Lovers Ln. and Greenville in Dallas, 6:30 for dinner. Meeting starts at 7 pm.

Sunday, Aug 17 - Spiral Diner Vegan Cooking Class Vegan Breakfast. $40 per person. Pay in advance Call to reserve your spot. No walk-ins.Oak Cliff Class,  7-9pm  Register: 214.948.4747

Monday, Aug 18 - Spiral Diner Vegan Cooking ClassVegan Breakfast. $40 per person. Pay in advance Call to reserve your spot. No walk-ins.Fort Worth Class ,  7-9pm Register: 817.874.1182

Monday, Aug 25 - Mid-Suburban Sierra Club shows final 60 minutes (of three-hour  class) of green-building video by nationally acclaimed green builder Jim Sargent at 7 pm, Community room at Healthy Approach Market, , 817 399-9100, 5100 Hwy 121, Colleyville, 76034 on west side of freeway between Hall-Johnson and Glade Roads. Terry Jensen, 817 545-0140

Wednesday, Aug 27 - Sierra Club's Conservation & Political Committees Meeting, 7 pm.  Come discuss conservation and political topics of interest to all.   Location: Panera Bread, 1409 North Collins, Arlington, TX 76011 (Just south of I-30). Contact Dewayne Quertermous, 214.558.1407.  

Thursday, Aug 28- Dallas Organic Gardening Club Monthly Meeting. Fretz Recreation Center, Dallas. 7 pm. Free.

Thursday, Aug 28 - Arlington Organic Gardening Club Monthly Meeting. Bob Duncan Community Center Garden Room, 2800 S. Center St. in Arlington. 7 pm. Free.

Saturday, Sep 6 - Fort Worth Vegetarian Society dinner, 7 pm. Spiral Diner, 1314 W Magnolia at 6th, Fort Worth. No reservation necessary; look for FWVS sign

Saturday, Sep 6 - SPCA of Texas’ Pet Grief recovery program for those grieving the loss of a beloved companion animal. Meet at 1 pm at the conference room at SPCA of Texas, 2400 Lone Star Drive, Dallas. Free.

Saturday, Sep 6 - White Rock Crossing ecohousing group meets at Central Market, Lovers Lane at Greenville, Dallas. Free, 4:30 pm. Intentional green community for all ages. Optional dinner at nearby restaurant after meeting.

Sunday, Sep 7 - Sierra Club's Sustainable Sunday Lunch. Thai plant-based buffet at Thai Jasmine, (817) 283-8228, 3104 Harwood at Hwy 121, SW corner, Bedford. This all-you-can-eat buffet is served from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm. Organizer: Terry Jensen, 817 545-0140  

Sunday, Sep 7 - Wildflower Village ecohousing meeting. Intentional green community for people ages 50 to 55 and over meets at Cedar Hill Chamber of Commerce, 311 Houston, Cedar Hill. 2:30 pm. Free. 972 251-1532.

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Thai Jasmine: First Sunday of each month, 11:30 am until 2 pm, $8, children $4. All-Veg’n Buffet
3104 Harwood, southwest corner of Hwy 121 and Harwood in SC center with Tom Thumb, Bedford. 817 283-8228. Thai Jasmine is in a free-standing building on south side of Harwood, backing up to Martin.

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Directions:  

From Airport Fwy, exit Hwy 121 North, then exit Harwood from Hwy 121 North. Turn left across highway. Thai Jasmine will be on your left.

From LBJ and Hwy 114, exit Hwy 121 south to Fort Worth. Be careful to stay on Hwy 121 SOUTH coming thru Grapevine. It can be confusing. Exit Harwood, turn right. Thai Jasmine will be on your left.

From Fort Worth, take Hwy 121 as if you were going to DFW Airport. You will see an exit to Hwy 121 North right after you pass Central Drive in Bedford. Exit Hwy 121 north to your right. Exit Harwood. Turn left across highway. Thai Jasmine will be on your left.

Botanic Garden, 817 871-7686, 3220 Botanic Garden Boulevard at University, Fort Worth. 
Directions

Driving west from downtown Fort Worth, take the University exit and turn north or right. The Garden has two entrances on your left about 1.5 miles north of I-30. The Garden Center is located at the second entrance. When you enter the building ask for the Sierra Club or turn right to find the Azalea Room.

Directions to Kalachandji's  214 821-1048, 5430 Gurley Av, Dallas. Exit I-30 at Grand Av, turn northeast. Turn left 3 blocks at Beacon St and left again at Gurley. Restaurant is located in the temple building. Kalachandji Park is to right of temple.

Directions to Bob Eden Park:

From the North: Exit SH 121 at FM 157 (Industrial Blvd) to Mid-Cities/Cheek-Sparger Rd.  From exit ramp, Do Not reenter SH 121, take either of the center two lanes under SH 121 to the traffic light (Mid Cities Blvd) and turn left. The entrance to Bob Eden Park will be on your right.

Directions to Spiral Diner, 1314 W. Magnolia Av, NE corner at 6th, 817 332-8834, Fort Worth. Going west from downtown Fort Worth on I-30, exit on 8th and turn left. Turn left on Magnolia and Spiral Diner will be on your left.

Directions & Map to Healthy Approach Market, 5100 Hwy 121 Colleyville 76034. From Hwy 121 in Grapevine, exit Hall-Johnson Road and remain on west access road, From Hwy 121 north from Airport Freeway, exit Hall-Johnson Road and turn left under freeway to west access road.

Stay on west access road past Gateway Dr and past Rio Mambo and Mac restaurants. Immediately past the restaurants, turn right into Healthy Approach parking lot. Sign is hard to see because of trees. If you reach Glade Rd, you have passed entrance to Healthy Approach.

Community room is on second floor with stairs in the far right hand corner of the restaurant. Telephone number of store is 817 399-9100. See map below: