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City Council B Session

City Hall Briefing Room

Briefing on sustainability and climate initiatives, the Resiliency, Energy Efficiency, and
Sustainability Fund (REES), Solar Request for Proposal, and federal funded sustainability
programs and opportunities. [David McCary, Assistant City Manager, Douglas Melnick,
Office of Sustainability]

Agenda: https://sanantonio.primegov.com/Portal/Meeting?meetingId=6196&templateName=HTML%20Agenda

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In Bexar County and surrounding areas, there are a number of challenges with our native soils. How would you like to learn about some ways to improve your soil health? Are you curious about soil amendments and what each product can do to help improve your plant’s overall health? Then come to this event to learn more.

A soil amendment is any material added to a soil to improve its physical properties, such as water retention, permeability, water infiltration, drainage, aeration, and structure. The goal is to provide a better environment for roots. Don from Nature’s Creation will be at this event to teach participants all about soil health, different types of soil, organics, and other soil amendments such as Lava Sand, Green Sand, Expanded Shale, and more! This is a seminar you won’t want to miss!

By Following Nature, Nature’s Creation provides the home gardener, landscaper, and farmer with a list of products with solutions to fertilization, soil improvement, insect control, disease control, and weed control. Using proven natural ingredients including botanicals and natural minerals, Nature’s Creation provides you with the most attractive and most trouble-free landscape and garden without harming the environment now or in the future. Each participant will receive $10 in Bonus Bucks that can be used in the month of August! This class is eligible for SAWS WaterSaver Rewards points.

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Join Gardopia Gardens on Saturday mornings to volunteer on the 0.5 acre Eastside Micro-Farm to practice healthy living and sustainability!

On Saturday morning Gardopia invites community members to get their hands dirty and cultivate San Antonio’s little slice of a garden utopia! From composting, chicken care, planting, crop rotation, organizing, and more! We are open to individuals, friends, families, beginners, experts, and anyone else who wants to help cultivate an educated, health, and environmentally sustainable city!

COVID-19: In order to help keep volunteers healthy, we offer free masks, have an open air space to allow for ventilation, and are currently keeping volunteer groups to 25 people or less to allow for optimal physical distancing.

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Texas Water Safari (aka, “The World’s Toughest Canoe Race”)

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 9 a.m. (race start) – Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 1:00 p.m. (deadline to finish)

Race Course:

Legend has it that in 1962, Frank Brown and Bill “Big Willie” George decided to take their V-bottom boat, without a motor, from San Marcos to Corpus Christi. They accomplished their mission in about thirty days and decided that other people should have the opportunity to experience the same journey. So, in 1963 they set up the first Texas Water Safari.

Today the Safari is a long, tough, non-stop marathon canoe-racing adventure, traversing 260 miles of challenging rivers and bay. Many participants enter the race with no intention of winning, but with the goal of joining the elite group of finishers and earning the coveted Texas Water Safari finisher’s patch.

Entrants must have all provisions, equipment, and items of repair in their possession at the start of the race. Nothing may be purchased by, or delivered to, a team during the race except water and/or ice. Each team must have a team captain (18 years old, or older) whose responsibility it is to follow the team by vehicle (car, truck, or bicycle) to keep track of their location and condition and to give them water and/or ice. During the Safari, teams may not receive any assistance of any kind, except verbal. Teams must be prepared to travel day and night, nonstop, to be competitive but teams who occasionally stop for sleep have been able to reach mandatory checkpoint cutoff times and cross the finish line by the 100 hour deadline.

Are you tough? Are you looking for a race that tests your limits? This is the race that could change your life and your ideas about who you are and what you are capable of achieving!

Texas Water Safari Registration Deadline (online registration only)

More at the TWS website.

Entry Fee $175 (through March 31), $200 (through May 5), $250 (through May 19) per paddler. No entry fee for team captains. Must be registered by May 7 to hold prelim finish for starting position in TWS.

(Top event image is intended to illustrate only. Yes, it’s from another race.)

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Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization empowering people to experience breakthroughs exercising their personal and political power. The climate change solutions we support are a carbon fee and dividend, healthy forests, building electrification and efficiency, and clean energy permitting reform. To connect with the San Antonio chapter, contact Stuart Birnbaum (stuart.birnbaum@gmail.com).

Zoom meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88997588055?pwd=Nm1xWmowSDc4N1l1enkvb2lQbVNKQT09

Meeting ID: 889 9758 8055
Passcode: 874038

Local meetings typically follow a national call at noon, which you can join here: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/monthly-speakers/

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Are you ready for our 2nd Annual Pride River Parade & Celebration? The Bud Light Pride River Parade was created by Visit San Antonio to promote the city’s inclusion, encouragement and support of the LGBTQ+ community to live openly with equal rights.

Visit La Villita’s Arneson River Theatre for an afternoon of live on-stage entertainment from DJs, bands, impersonators, dancers, and more. You can find our entertainment schedule below.

• 1-1:45 PM: Studio AVI
• 2-2:30 PM: Live Oak Singers
• 2:30-2:50 PM: Teatro Audaz
• 3:15-4 PM: Shonnie Murrell & Funk Potion #9

Bud Light Pride Celebration | 1-5PM

Shop at La Villita Historic Village. They will have a variety of food, artisan, commercial, and informational vendors for your enjoyment.

Bud Light Pride River Parade | Saturday, June 10

• 4-5 PM (Downtown)
• 7-8 PM (Museum Reach)

The Bud Light Pride River Parade will have two showings, each with more than 17 colorful river barges. The first on the Downtown Reach of the San Antonio River Walk will serve as the closing event for the Celebration festival at La Villita. The encore presentation, on the River Walk Museum Reach, provides an additional opportunity to be part of the community.

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The farmers market, happening every Wednesday at Woodlawn Pointe, offers farm fresh produce, local baked breads, pickles and other pantry staples. All produced or grown in our area. Vendors joining every week.

Contact 01farmersmarket@gmail.com for inquiries.

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Enjoy the spirit and magic of rhythm expressed through our Community Drum Circle. Drumming in a group setting is good for the mind AND body and can produce feelings of well-being, boost the immune system, lower blood pressure, and reduce stress. Join the drummers on the Plaza de Fundacion at San Pedro Creek on Tuesday, May 9th at 7:00 pm CDT for a FREE workshop with David and Cameron Montalvo who will teach the art of the djembe drum and guide participants through healing rhythms.

Free parking is located at the Columbus Society parking lot at 679 Columbus St.

Participants are encouraged to bring water and a lawn chair to the event.

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Join The World Heritage Office for the 2023 Farmers and Artisans Markets every first and third Saturday from March through November!

The market will kick off with a FREE community Zumba class hosted by local Zumba instructors for all fitness levels at 9 a.m. After the class, find fresh, locally-sourced foods and explore handmade crafts and products from local pop-up vendors. The City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department will also host seasonal Tree Adoptions. Trees will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 9 a.m.

The San Antonio Food Bank Mobile Mercado mini-grocery store will host healthy cooking demos and nutrition education sessions. Enjoy live music, food trucks, fun family activities, and more! The markets are brought to you by the City of San Antonio’s World Heritage Office and the San Antonio Food Bank. Admission is free! Parking On-site! The venue is pet-friendly!

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Join Gardopia Gardens on Saturday mornings to volunteer on the 0.5 acre Eastside Micro-Farm to practice healthy living and sustainability!

On Saturday morning Gardopia invites community members to get their hands dirty and cultivate San Antonio’s little slice of a garden utopia! From composting, chicken care, planting, crop rotation, organizing, and more! We are open to individuals, friends, families, beginners, experts, and anyone else who wants to help cultivate an educated, health, and environmentally sustainable city!

COVID-19: In order to help keep volunteers healthy, we offer free masks, have an open air space to allow for ventilation, and are currently keeping volunteer groups to 25 people or less to allow for optimal physical distancing.

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Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization empowering people to experience breakthroughs exercising their personal and political power. The climate change solutions we support are a carbon fee and dividend, healthy forests, building electrification and efficiency, and clean energy permitting reform. To connect with the San Antonio chapter, contact Stuart Birnbaum (stuart.birnbaum@gmail.com).

Zoom meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88997588055?pwd=Nm1xWmowSDc4N1l1enkvb2lQbVNKQT09

Meeting ID: 889 9758 8055
Passcode: 874038

Local meetings typically follow a national call at noon, which you can join here: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/monthly-speakers/

Visit Deceleration’s Happening Events Calendar.

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The farmers market, happening every Wednesday at Woodlawn Pointe, offers farm fresh produce, local baked breads, pickles and other pantry staples. All produced or grown in our area. Vendors joining every week.

Contact 01farmersmarket@gmail.com for inquiries.

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The Beacon Hill Community Garden is located at the corner of Capitol and West Gramercy. Vegetable plots are available free of charge!

Work days are generally held on the 3rd Saturday of the month from 9–11 am. Anyone is welcome to help (kids, too!). Follow us on Instagram @bhanacg and contact Sheryl McAnally at BHANACG@gmail.com for more info. 

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Join The World Heritage Office for the 2023 Farmers and Artisans Markets every first and third Saturday from March through November!

The market will kick off with a FREE community Zumba class hosted by local Zumba instructors for all fitness levels at 9 a.m. After the class, find fresh, locally-sourced foods and explore handmade crafts and products from local pop-up vendors. The City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department will also host seasonal Tree Adoptions. Trees will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 9 a.m.

The San Antonio Food Bank Mobile Mercado mini-grocery store will host healthy cooking demos and nutrition education sessions. Enjoy live music, food trucks, fun family activities, and more! The markets are brought to you by the City of San Antonio’s World Heritage Office and the San Antonio Food Bank. Admission is free! Parking On-site! The venue is pet-friendly!

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Our general meetings are on the third Tuesday of each month at William R. Sinkin Eco Centro. They are free and open to everyone. Socializing begins at 6:00 p.m., program at 6:30 p.m.. Presentations last about an hour. 

Our June general meeting features Andre Felton, M.S., discussing microplastic pollution and his research into its environmental and biological threats.

MEETING SCHEDULE
Informal get-to-know-you 6:00 pm to 6:15 pm
Announcements 6:15 pm to 6:30 pm
Featured program 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

VENUE
This will be a hybrid in-person/Zoom meeting.

Zoom meeting access info is at: https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details…

PROGRAM TOPIC
The global plastisphere is a marvel of human generation and a testament to the scale of our collective impact on the planet. In less than a century, we have created a novel biogeochemical cycle akin to naturally occurring ones such as the water cycle, carbon cycle, and nitrogen cycle.

Following World War II, plastic production became an industrial commodity advertised to shape the future. And it has in many ways. Since then, there is not one facet of modern life that doesn’t involve or require a plastic polymer.

The other side of that equation is the amount of plastic waste production and consequential emersion into the natural environment. The magnitude of plastic waste is shifting to represent a selective pressure on microbes around the around. Additionally, these tiny compounds are an unknown component of the global carbon budget and climate heat model that we are recently coming to realize.

Our understanding of the global plastisphere is still in its infancy, but there are also innovative and exciting solutions that will require holistic perspectives of the global scale and human dimensions to be effective. The plastisphere is here to stay, but we must find the balance.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Andre Felton, M.S. is a doctoral candidate in the Integrative Biology department at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Currently, he works in Jeffrey Hutchinson’s lab investigating ephemeral freshwater systems and conducts research aimed at understanding the environmental and biological threats of microplastic pollution.

Additionally, in collaboration with a fellow UTSA doctoral student, he has developed novel methods to extract microplastics from both hail and sediment samples, and reported the first evidence of microplastics in hailstone formation and deposition. He was recently awarded the NISOD Teaching award and the NVC Excellence in Teaching award as an adjunct instructor for Alamo Colleges in San Antonio.

Andre is passionate about research to understand current and future biodiversity trends. He hopes to share that passion with minority-dominant communities and contribute to diversifying the natural sciences.

Zoom meeting access info

• Meeting ID: 966 5254 0606
• Passcode: 377093
• Link: https://sierraclub.zoom.us/j/96652540606?pwd=UUVISUw3OHluQ2xsQk5IeENxeXFZdz09

Eco Centro is located at San Antonio College, 1802 North Main Avenue @ Locust Street. There is a parking lot adjacent to Eco Centro which is entered from Locust Street. We can also use SAC parking lots 14, 15 and 17 (map of parking lots) to the north, west and south of the STIC building across North Main Avenue from Eco Centro.

Parking is also allowed on the residential streets to the east, north and south of Eco Centro.

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FPCSA welcomes everyone to join in the monthly conversation as we work to build a strong and viable local food system. Learn about hot topics, relevant announcements and how you can be a part of the this growing movement. Sign up on their webpage.

Meetings are normally held at noon on the third Wednesday of every month at: EcoCentro 1802 N. Main Avenue San Antonio, TX 78212.

Click here for agenda.

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