Presentation on "Using today's technologies to provide sustainable solutions for educational facilities" by Joshua Minor, Exec. Dir. - Facilities, Hurst Euless Bedford ISD

Topic: Transforming Ecological Anxiety Presenter: Robert Bell from the Climate Coaching Alliance This presentation is geared primarily towards adults. Using the concepts of existential psychology, Robert will helps people of all ages transform their thinking, feeling, and acting to face the climate emergency with active optimism

In June's chapter meeting, hear from guest speaker Janie Cisneros as she talks about environmental justice, GAFs Gotta Go, and what we can do to help support their cause. Janie is from Singleton United, a resident empowerment group in West Dallas that was organized to help fight for environmental justice. Currently, they are leading the GAFs Gotta Go Campaign, which Climate Reality DFW is a part of.

In May's meeting, our guest speaker Benjamin Sackler, the Climate Reality Project’s Community Manager, gives an overview of Reality Hub. This online platform for Climate Reality provides many different resources, networking and collaboration opportunities, and more, so if you’re looking for slide decks from previous trainings, or looking to connect with another volunteer, or have ideas and actions you want to share, Reality Hub is the platform for you!

In monthly meeting in March, we had guest speakers Zach Kopkin (from New Orleans) and Bekah Hinojosa (from Brownsville) from Sierra Club this month, talking to us about topics of environment and environmental justice in Texas, and making connections between issues seen in the Gulf Coast with issues we see here in DFW.

In February meeting we have working group updates, upcoming events, and other ways to get involved.

In January chapter's meeting, our guest speakers Peri Caylor, a member from the Bay Area chapter in California, will explains what Regenerative Agriculture is and how it benefits the soil and sequesters carbon and Pamela Tate, the Campaigns Chair in the Chicago CRP chapter, explains what the Farm Bill is, the policies the Coalition Group is lobbying for, and how our DFW chapter members can take action. To learn more about the fantastic work the group is doing for the 2023 Farm Bill you can visit the Chicago’s chapter page here:https://climaterealitychicago.com/regen-ag/

In this month's meeting, we will have a guest speaker from the Texas Trees Foundation, who will be sharing about some of the work their organization is doing in the DFW area.

In this month's meeting, we will be exploring the Inflation Reduction Act that President Biden signed into law on August 16th. Join us to learn more about what this means for the climate, our nation, as well as for each of us individually!