Sep 12 Thursday
Bexar Deaf Club provides a space for Deaf people to meet and get to know each other. Each meeting includes 2 hours conversation time and 1 hour programs.
Sep 17 Tuesday
The Sierra Club Alamo Group holds its general meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of most months (excl. November and December). Topics are wide-ranging, but generally focus on environmental concerns and interests, local and global, present and past. Most meetings include a presentation by one or more speakers. Meetings are always free and open to the public.
6:00 - 6:15: meet and greet6:15 - 6:30: announcements6:00 - 8:00: featured program
SOME RECENT TOPICS:
"Introduction to the Great Springs Project""Better Transportation in SA""Preventing and Treating Heat Illness in an Outdoor Environment""In Search of Some of the Rarest Vertebrates on Earth""How to Use Permaculture and Build a Food Forest in Your Yard""Educational, but Ethical? The Tension within Historic Skeletal Collections""The Land Bridge at Phil Hardberger Park”"Living With Urban Wildlife""In-situ and Ex-situ Conservation Work at San Antonio Zoo’s Center for Conservation & Research""Problems with Plastic Pollution, What We Can Do Now""Texas Water Supply Challenges: Deja Vu All Over Again!""Invasive Plants: Stop the Spread, Spread the Word!""Building a Clean Energy Future""San Antonio Water System’s Proposed Rate Structure""Digital Preservation of Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Tracks and Trackways, and the Geological Heritage of Central Texas""West Side Rising: How San Antonio’s 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement""Rebalancing San Antonio’s Unified Development Code (UDC), to Mitigate Runoff and Reduce Flooding""50 years of Conservation: The Story of the Bamberger Ranch Preserve""Simulating Solutions to Climate Change -- Put Yourself in the Driver's Seat""San Antonio's Heat Island Effect"
The Sierra Club (Alamo Group) meets on the 3rd Tuesday of most months (excludes November and December) to discuss timely topics pertaining to the health of the natural and human environment. Always free and open to the public.
Meetings generally consist of a meet-and-greet followed by a presentation by an invited speaker, with discussion. Recent topics have included:
• Reimagining Existence on a Rewilding Earth• Nature-based Solutions for Texas Karst Country• Introduction to the Great Springs Project• Better Transportation in San Antonio• Preventing and Treating Heat Illness in an Outdoor Environment• In Search of Some of the Rarest Vertebrates on Earth• How to Use Permaculture and Build a Food Forest in Your Yard• Educational, but Ethical?: The Tension within Historic Skeletal Collections• The Land Bridge at Phil Hardberger Park• Living With Urban Wildlife• In-situ and Ex-situ Conservation Work at San Antonio Zoo’s Center for Conservation & Research• Problems with Plastic Pollution: What We Can Do Now• Texas Water Supply Challenges: Deja Vu All Over Again!• Invasive Plants: Stop the Spread, Spread the Word!• Building a Clean Energy Future• San Antonio Water System’s Proposed Rate Structure• A Whirlwind Journey of New Findings in the Solar System• Digital Preservation of Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Tracks and Trackways, and the Geological Heritage of Central Texas• West Side Rising: How San Antonio’s 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement• Rebalancing San Antonio’s Unified Development Code (UDC), to Mitigate Runoff and Reduce Flooding• 50 years of Conservation: The Story of the Bamberger Ranch Preserve• Simulating Solutions to Climate Change -- Put Yourself in the Driver's Seat
Oct 10 Thursday
Oct 15 Tuesday
Nov 14 Thursday
Dec 12 Thursday
Mar 05 Wednesday
GRASP offers daily activities and programs for elderly persons to promote socialization, independence and better nutrition to live a longer, healthier and happier lifestyle. Individuals qualify for the program who are ambulatory and over age 60. Spouses and caregivers are also eligible to participate. CONGREGANT MEALS Hot noon meals are served daily except weekends at the GRASP Community Center in Converse. Professionally prepared meals meet one-third of the daily requirements for nutrition. ACTIVITIES Individuals can participate in daily activities that include low-impact exercises, guest speakers, arts, crafts, games, classes, day trips, evening dinners, dances and other activities planned by the enrolled participants. VOLUNTEERS GRASP has volunteer opportunities for interested persons of all ages, interests and skills.
Mar 06 Thursday
Mar 04 Wednesday