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  1. Bexar Audubon Society Online Auction

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    Bexar Audubon Society is raising funds to support our Community Grant program to help local organizations with conservation projects that benefit birds and their habitat. Our online auction takes place from October 20 through November 4.

    Auction items include: Artwork, Hill Country Escapes, Photography Ranch Trip, Handmade Quilt, Game Cameras, and more. An anonymous donor will match the amount raised up to $10,000, which means we can do even more for community conservation projects!

  2. Nature’s Best Hope by Dr. Doug Tallamy

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    In this online program, Dr. Doug Tallamy will discuss how we can create landscapes that enhance local ecosystems rather than degrade them, including how we must add the native plant communities that sustain food webs, sequester carbon, maintain diverse native bee communities, and manage our watersheds. If we do this in half of the area now in lawn, we can create the Homegrown National Park, a 20-million-acre network of viable habitats that will provide vital corridors connecting the few natural areas that remain. Ticket fee is $5 in advance.

  3. All of It, All at Once: Weaving Nature Into Communities for Human Health, Climate Readiness, Equity, Biodiversity, and Much More!

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    The benefits that nature provides are oftentimes put into tidy boxes. Yet, when we restore or recreate nature where it has been lost, we energize places and spaces to do many, many things simultaneously – such as bolster climate readiness, engage in placemaking and Indigenous presence, uplift human and biodiversity health, activate artistic avenues, etc. Join The Nature Conservancy in Texas’s Jaime González for a tour of Houston greening projects and policies that are seeking to recreate Houston into a more Climate Ready, Wildly Healthy place. We’ll also explore the One Health framing that lies at the heart of Jaime’s work in the Greater Houston Region – a framing that seeks to envision and operationalize projects at the intersection of human health and wellbeing, environmental health, and biodiversity/domestic animal health.

  4. Virtual Forest Therapy (Bathing) Walk

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    You are invited to relax and unwind on a forest therapy walk led by Courtney Crim, Ed.D., and Laura Allen, Ph.D., professors at Trinity University and Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Certified Guides. Inspired by Shinrin-Yoku (forest bathing), “Forest Therapy refers to the practice of spending time in forested areas for the purpose of enhancing health, wellness, and happiness” (ANFT).

    The walk is scheduled for Saturday, November 5 from 9 – 11 AM and will take place virtually. While it sounds contradictory, we have led multiple virtual forest bathing walks via Zoom with participants all over the country. You can participate in a local park, green space, your backyard, or even inside if you have some living plants available. Participation is limited to the first 25 that register. Once registered, we will send more specifics about the morning, a release form that must be filled out to participate, and the Zoom link.

  5. Creating Healthy Community Connections with Walk with a Doc

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    Walk with a Doc is a national program aimed to make hope and health accessible to everyone through a community walk in nature to engage patients in a comfortable environment about their health. Join Dr. Amanda Mohammed to learn about Walk with a Doc, the benefits of walking, and how to start a Walk with a Doc program in your community.

  6. Get to Know the Texas Parks and Wildlife Education Programs

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    The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is so much more than the Texas State Parks we know and love. Join Johnnie Smith as he discusses many of the different education programs TPWD offers and you can bring to your nature site, school, and community. Programs discussed will include: Angler Education, Project WILD, Texas Aquatic Science, the Great Texas Birding Classic, Community Archery programs, Hunter Education, Becoming an Outdoors Woman and so much more!

  7. Literacy in the Garden: Creating an Engaging Story Walk

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    StoryWalks are designed to engage guests in literacy learning, physical activity, and a connection to nature. First developed by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, we will take a look at different options to install and display your own StoryWalk. This in-depth look will discuss working within copyrights, choosing books, affordable and weather-resistant display options, events, community partnerships, and a virtual walkthrough of Fort Worth Botanic Garden and Botanical Research Institute of Texas’s own StoryWalk on the Pollinator Pathway.

  8. Young Texan Ambassadors Applications Due

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    Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) invites Texans ages 15-25 who are passionate about the environment and community service to apply to The Young Texan Ambassadors (YTA). The YTA program inspires and empowers youth to keep our communities clean and beautiful. Ambassadors will learn how to educate others on litter and environmental efforts, spread awareness and organize efforts in their communities, and become leaders of environmental change.

  9. Spending Strategies for the Child Care Relief Fund

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    Are you looking for ways to improve your Early Childcare Center? Interested in learning how to green your space so children can spend more time outdoors? Join Texas Children in Nature Network and Texas Workforce Solutions to learn about a great option for funding to install an Outdoor Learning environment.

    Join us as we hear from representatives of the Texas Workforce Commission and their Business Coaching partner, Civitas Strategies Early Start, to learn about strategies for spending your 2022 Child Care Relief Funds.

  10. From Dilemmas to Designing Solutions

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    In this webinar, participants will learn to use a specific process to clearly define and articulate workplace dilemmas and develop a problem of practice. From there, participants will get a tutorial on what and how to use the design process to create a solution to our dilemmas. This is the perfect webinar for the work teams and cohorts to participate in together to find solutions to their specific workplace dilemma(s). Offered twice on August 3rd, 2:00 and 7:00.

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