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Gardopia Gardens619 North New Braunfels Avenue

sat09dec9:00 amsat11:00 amGardopia Volunteer DaysEvery Saturday morning for healthy living and sustainability

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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

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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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619 North New Braunfels Avenue

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february 21, 2023 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

sat09dec1:00 pmsat2:00 pmCitizens Climate Lobby-San Antonio Monthly MeetingLocal meetings typically follow a national call at noon.

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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.

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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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Alamo Sierra Club Monthly Meeting

march 21, 2023 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
San Antonio Garden Center3310 North New Braunfels Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78209

mon18dec12:00 pmmon3:00 pmGardening EssentialsDiana Kersey and Ollas at Pharm Table

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December 18 Gardening Essentials will meet at Pharm Table where we will learn from ceramic artist Diana Kersey about the use of ollas in the garden. Diana will

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December 18 Gardening Essentials will meet at Pharm Table where we will learn from ceramic artist Diana Kersey about the use of ollas in the garden. Diana will also share tips on creating our own ollas using clay pots, and how to seal them so they will hold the water underground and keep water available to plant roots.  

We will eat lunch at the restaurant. Please bring your own lunch. Restaurant is closed Mondays and Pharm Table is graciously providing us meeting space.  

Come enjoy this festive time of fellowship! 
Pharm Table is located at 611 S Presa Street Suite 106, in San Antonio.   

Join us for this holiday celebration! 

Free and Open to the Public 

Gardening Essentials is endorsed by Mayor’s Fitness Council City of San Antonio.

See complete details of upcoming Gardening Essentials at  https://www.gardeningvolunteers.org/gardeningessentials 

Please pre-register your attendance at
https://signup.com/go/iPBjFiA  

Want to car-pool to the restaurant? 

11:15 Gather in the parking lot of
San Antonio Garden Center
3310 N New Braunfels Ave, San Antonio, Texas 78209
11:30 Car-pool from parking lot to restaurant at 611 S Presa Street.  

Restaurant is served by these VIA bus routes 

7 Stone Oak Express 

8 North St. Mary’s 

22 Hays 

26 Martin Luther King 

30 Rigsby 

32 Steves  

34 South St. Mary’s frequent 

36 South Presa 

42 Roosevelt  

51 Nogalitos 

67 Laredo

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(Monday) 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm(GMT-06:00) View in my time

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San Antonio Garden Center

3310 North New Braunfels Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78209

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CPS Energy Headquarters500 McCullough Avenue

mon18dec1:00 pmmon5:00 pmCPS Energy Board of Trustees Monthly Board MeetingTracking a utility publicly committed to zeroing out climate emissions by 2050.

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CPS Energy is a utility in transition. Here’s the pathway, from a December 19, 2022, meeting

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CPS Energy is a utility in transition. Here’s the pathway, from a December 19, 2022, meeting

CPS Energy’s Board of Trustees meet the last Monday of every month (w/ some variations due to holidays, etc.). Deceleration will maintain this page with the current agendas and updates. For more about the City-owned electric and gas utility, see Deceleration’s CPS Energy Resource Page.

November 8, 2023

Rate Hike Discussion

September 25, 2023

Meeting Agenda

August 28, 2023

Meeting Agenda

July 31, 2023

Meeting Agenda

June 26, 2023

Meeting Agenda

May 22, 2023

Meeting Agenda

Past Agendas

Full April 24, 2023 Agenda (PDF)

February 27, 2023, Agenda (PDF)

January 30, 2023, Agenda (PDF)

Special Meeting called meeting to vote on the future of the JK Spruce coal plant and future energy generation. Details Here.

December 19, 2022, Agenda (PDF)

On Monday, board members received the future energy generation recommendation from the Rate Advisory Committee. RAC members were strongly divided on their recommendation: 13 members recommending a pathway supposed to hit our 2030 carbon-reductions target (but failing 2040 and 2050) by swapping out coal for gas; seven members voted instead for plans much stronger on renewable energy.

BACKGROUND: Read Deceleration’s report:

“CPS Energy’s Rate Committee Readies Recommendation to Swap Out Coal for Gas.”


LIVESTREAM: Catch meetings online here.

PUBLIC COMMENT: Requests to make public comments must be received the week before the meeting (ie. Wedesday to Friday). Details at the CPS Energy Public Comment FAQ page.

SEE: Deceleration’s CPS Energy Resource Page for more about the utility.

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CPS Energy Headquarters

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Bandera Market11851 Bandera Road

wed20dec2:00 pmwed6:00 pmBandera Farmer's MarketProduce, eggs, honey, artisan bread, plants, planters, and more.

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Bandera Market is a state-certified farmer’s market open every weekend Saturdays 10 am-5 PM, Sundays 11 am-5 PM, and the third Friday night of every month 2-6 PM

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Bandera Market is a state-certified farmer’s market open every weekend Saturdays 10 am-5 PM, Sundays 11 am-5 PM, and the third Friday night of every month 2-6 PM for a special event. The market offers to produce, eggs, honey, artisan bread, German & Puerto Rican baked goods, plants, planters, custom wood products, CBD, boutiques, artisan crafts, jams, jellies, and much more. Come support small and local San Antonio businesses.

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Padre Park6515 Padre Dr, San Antonio, TX 78214

sat23dec10:00 amsat12:00 pmTamōx Talōm Food Forest Volunteer DayEvery Saturday is Volunteer Day. Help us grow a sustainable food forest.

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Every Saturday is Volunteer Day. The Tamōx Talōm Community Food Forest is a 4-acre space located at Padre County Park, designed to

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Every Saturday is Volunteer Day.

The Tamōx Talōm Community Food Forest is a 4-acre space located at Padre County Park, designed to provide a source of fresh local food and build resilience, environmental sustainability, wellness, and connections to our flourishing community. The goal is to turn this Southside park into an urban food forest and edible gardens, we will create a teachable example of growing our own food in public spaces for a more sustainable future. We are neighbors in the city that would like to see more food grown in public spaces. This is a great opportunity to grow food, grow relations, and grow an increasingly self-sustainable society. All are welcome. If you dig food, come join us. The more hands on deck the quicker we can grow a sustainable food forest, right alongside San Antonio’s legendary river, parks, and World Heritage Site.

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6515 Padre Dr, San Antonio, TX 78214

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Alamo Colleges District2222 N Alamo St, San Antonio, TX 78215

wed27dec6:30 pmwed8:00 pmBexar Audubon Monthly MeetingSpeakers series on all things avian and wild.

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Check w/ Bexar Audubon for Monthly Topic. Approved for AAMN AT hours. If you plan to attend the meeting in person at Alamo Colleges

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Check w/ Bexar Audubon for Monthly Topic.

Approved for AAMN AT hours. If you plan to attend the meeting in person at Alamo Colleges District, 2222 N. Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78215, please sign up here. We will offer a slice of Bexar Audubon 40th Anniversary celebration cake to all attendees!

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