Special Announcement!

 

• Cheryl Long, Editor-in-Chief, Mother Earth News
  Cheryl discusses keeping your garden soil in tip-top shape for the winter by planting cover crops; harvesting veggies sooner by using low-cost "quick hoops", a mini-greenhouse for your garden; the declining honeybee population; and home-scale wind turbines.
 

• John Simonetta, Owner, Proforma Simonetta Freelance
  John educates about the many print and promotional item solutions available for businesses and organizations wishing to go green, to show that businesses do have eco-friendly options - from clothing to printing to promotional items - to meet any business need. John has been in the marketing business for over 10 years and writes a twice weekly blog on the greening of the promotional items industry.
 

• Keith Lyles, Owner, Superoof
  We talk with Keith about upgrading existing roofs after an insurance claim; investment grade roofing; Energy Star-rated roofing for tax credits, and more.
 

• Listen to Mother Earth News Radio online! CNN Radio 1190 AM in Dallas/Ft Worth (9 am Central Time), or The IRN/USA Radio Network, coast-to-coast at 12 noon Eastern Time, 9 am Pacific.
  
 

• Saturday, November 7th & November 14th
  Master Composter Class in Fort Worth. Class participants will spend 2 days in the classroom and doing hands on activities learning about proper leaf management, the ins and outs of composting, including vermi-composting. Class participants completing both days will receive a compost bin.
  
 

• Sunday, November 8
  Recycling at Texas Motors Speedway. Join volunteers from "Keep Fort Worth Beautiful" and Coca-Cola as we collect recyclables out of the stands after the race. For more information contact Jay Long at jaylong@cokecce.com or Debbie Branch at Deborah.branch@fortworthgov.org.
  
 

• Tuesday November 10
  "Recycling - Don't Stop There" Workshop. City of Fort Worth, City of Arlington and UTA invite area businesses to a free workshop to learn how to implement a business recycling program, save money through water and energy saving tips. To register, visit: City of Fort Worth website.
  

• November 11 - 12
  Green America's Green Business Conference. GAGBC brings their eighth annual Green Business Conference to San Francisco's Hotel Whitcomb, November 11-12, 2009. The event will occur just prior to the Green Festival, the nation's largest green consumer event, on November 13-14, 2009, at the Concourse Exhibition Center, where businesses can reach tens of thousands of green consumers. The conference offers a plethora of speakers, workshops, business-to-business networking, and numerous green marketing opportunities. This year's theme, "New Ways to Prosper in the New Economy", will focus on how to grow and build an authentic green business in today's economic reality assuring that no green business is left behind.
  
 

• November 13 - 15
  San Francisco Green Festival. Meet Bryan Welch, Mother Earth News publisher; K.C. Compton, editor in chief of The Herb Companion; and Tabitha Alterman, senior associate editor of Mother Earth News, at the San Francisco Green Festival November 13-15. Green Festival is the nation's premier sustainability event. Enjoy more than 125 renowned authors, leaders and educators; great how-to workshops; cutting-edge films; fun activities for kids; organic beer and wine; delicious vegetarian cuisine and diverse live music. The unique marketplace of eco-friendly businesses offers everything from all-natural body care products and organic cotton clothing to Fair Trade gifts and beautiful kitchen tiles made from renewable resources.
  
 

• February 23 - 25, 2009
  Renewable Energy World North American Conference and Expo, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas. (512) 404-4000.
  

Dan showing off his low energy bill. Solar DOES work!