SGC Updates

 
 
TCC, Sustainable Green Country, AEP-PSO, and Whole Foods present Eco-Fest 2010….click here to learn more

What: Organic gardening & composting workshop & seed swap
Where: Hardesty Regional Library (8316 E. 93rd St.), Maple Room
When: Saturday, 3/27 11am – 12:30pm
Who: Teri Holmes, OSU Extension, will give a lecture on composting; Diana Askins with Tulsa Community Garden Association will have a booth set up in the room and will provide some tips on [...]

A week-long workshop during which participants will learn how to build a building with stuccoed straw bale walls. Led byTom Temple, a sustainable designer and builder, andMudstrawLove’s Mollie Curry and Steve Kemble, of Ashville, N.C., this workshop will include classroom instruction as well as hands-on experience. During this week, we will stack the bales and [...]

Sustainability: Redefining Design, Reinforcing Nature
American Society of Landscape Architects Central States Chapters Regional Meeting
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 22- 24, 2010
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE: Click HERE for a Full descriptive, printable .pdf version
THURSDAY, APRIL 22nd
8:30-6:00 Registration
9:00-1:00 Tour of Historic Route 66 and Deep Fork Nursery (lunch provided)
1:30-2:30 Bill Wenk – Urban Rivers
3:00-3:45 Oklahoma City National Memorial [...]

The Hometown Makeover/Community Improvement Guide will be the subject of KEEP OKLAHOMA BEAUTIFUL’s first series of FREE Regional Workshop Training sessions. . . . presented by Keep Oklahoma Beautiful, with the support of the Wal-Mart Foundation. 
The Workshops are designed for:
•    those interested in expanding a community improvement organization,
•    those interested in starting a new organization, or
•    [...]

Tulsa Community College will host the first annual Ecofest: Cultivating Practical, Sustainable, Green Living, at the Northeast Campus (3727 East Apache Street Tulsa, OK 74115) on Saturday, March 27 from 9 am to 3 pm. AEP-PSO and Sustainable Green Country will be cosponsors. Several aspects of sustainability will be explored including alternative energy, ecofriendly landscaping, and [...]

Green Drinks is an informal opportunity for people interested in sustainability to network over cocktails.  Each month we feature a speaker who connects people with ideas, services, and issues that will grow awareness, develop momentum for change, and enhance the environmental community.  In April we will hold Green Drinks at Philbrook Museum of Art to [...]

Come explore the environmental, economic, and social benefits of Brownfields redevelopment; learn up-to-date information about technical and regulatory considerations and financial incentives; and hear Brownfields success stories in Oklahoma. Brownfields’ resources such as financial incentives and liability protection can be very important economic development tools for local governments, regional planning agencies, nonprofits, and the private [...]

 
2nd Annual Food Sovereignty Symposium
By Vicky Karhu, Executive Director
Save the dates February 12th and 13th!   You will not want to miss this year’s food sovereignty symposium. The theme is “Our Seeds, Our Food, Our Survival” with a focus on the challenges presented to all of us by the effects of climate change. 
Friday morning, after welcomes [...]

AIA Eastern Oklahoma Committee on the Environment (COTE) and Tulsa Green Drinks presents “Enjoy Your Environment” presented by guest speaker, Kirk Gastinger, FAIA, LEED AP; principal with Gastinger, Harden, Walker, Harden Architects of Kansas City, MO at McNellie’s from 5:30 – 7:00 pm, Tuesday, February 16, 2010.  Guests will meet in McNellie’s Gold Room, 2nd Floor [...]