Highlights & Field Trips

April 2nd:

• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Katharine Hayhoe (The Nature Conservancy, Texas Tech University)

• From Science to Action Panel:

  • Dr. Katharine Hayhoe (The Nature Conservancy, Texas Tech University)

  • Dr. Earthea Nance (EPA Region 6)

  • T.O. Bowman (City of Oklahoma City)

  • Arthur Johnson (Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development)

• Networking Reception & Art Exhibit

April 3rd

• Exhibitor Reception

April 4th

• Optional Afternoon Events

  • Reserve a room (FREE) for a side meeting

  • North Texas Climate Symposium (1-5pm)

    • Started in 2018, the North Texas Climate Symposium brings together regional stakeholders from government, academia, and industry for discussion and presentations. The purpose of the symposium is to educate and bring awareness to the impacts of climate change in North Texas and discuss how we, as North Texans, can address and mitigate those impacts. The City of Dallas is hosting its 7th annual North Texas Climate Symposium, organizing panels catered toward the business community, in support of our partnership with the City Business Climate Alliance.

    • Click here for the program flyer

    • Location: Ballroom A1-A2

    • Cost: none (included in SCCRF registration)

  • Leadership Summit: LEED For Cities Local Government Leadership (12:30-5pm)

    • U.S. Green Building Council, Texas Chapter - Regional leadership summit aimed at expanding our LEED for Cities network and deepening engagement with local governments. Register and learn more here.

    • Location: Room A118-119

    • Cost: $45 (separate from SCCRF registration); if you work for a city or county, please email Jonathan Kraatz at jonathan@usgbctexas.org to receive a comp code for workshop registration.

  • Community Efficiency Leadership Coalition Networking Lunch

    • Join this networking lunch as a current member of the Community Efficiency Leadership Coalition (CELC) or as an interested local government who would like to learn more. CELC is sponsored by the State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) as part of SPEER’s Local Government Program, is a collaborative network of Texas cities, school districts, and other public entities engaged in partnership and resource exchange to expand the adoption of energy management best practices in the public sector. The Community Efficiency Leadership Coalition supports cities of all sizes and school district energy management best practices.

    • Location: Room A102-103

    • Register here.

• Field Trip 1:30-3:00pm

  • Restorative Farms

    • Transportation: take public transit or drive yourself

    • Visit a unique venture in developing a sustainable vibrant and viable community-based urban farm system, in sunny South Dallas, Texas, a community that most needs fresh food access and employment opportunities.  

      Located adjacent to the DART Hatcher Station, this agribusiness grows a better Dallas by growing and selling fresh local vegetables, building and selling GroBoxes, seedlings and soil, and providing meaningful jobs as well as farming and entrepreneurial training. This is a unique model that could be implemented in other communities with similar challenges.