Houston Chamber Choir presents regional premiere of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered with Loop38 on Feb. 4 at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church WHAT: The Grammy® Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir, under the direction of founder and artistic director Robert Simpson, joins the exciting instrumental group Loop38 in the regional premiere of Mass for the Endangered by American composer Sarah Kirkland Snider, with libretto by poet Nathaniel Bellows. The concert will be held Saturday, Feb. 4 at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church. A […]
Galveston Bay Foundation
Your Local Land Trust Helps Conserve Land, Strengthen Communities, and Create a Healthier Planet
In honor of Earth Month, local land trusts are highlighting the work being done to conserve land, strengthen communities, and create a healthier planet. Land trusts have conserved more than 60 million acres of land across the United States. Here in the Gulf Coast region, four land trusts – Bayou Land Conservancy, Galveston Bay Foundation, Houston Audubon, and Katy Prairie Conservancy – are protecting our natural world — our water, wildlife and open space — for […]
20th Anniversary for Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program
This February marks 20 years for the Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program. Every year countless volunteers spend 10 days on the water searching the Texas bays and shorelines for abandoned crab traps. When left in the water, these crab traps foul shrimpers’ nets, snag anglers’ lines, “ghost fish,” and create unsightly views. To date, they’ve hauled off more than 40,000 of these derelict traps. From Friday, February 18th through Sunday, February 27th, Texas coastal waters […]
Rain Barrels for The Houston-Area Community
Rain Barrel Distribution: Sunday, Nov. 14, 1 – 3 p.m. Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Blvd., Houston, TX 77005 Rain Barrel Training: Sunday, Nov. 14, 5 p.m., online The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston and Galveston Bay Foundation invite all houses of worship and their members in Houston, alongside any interested Houstonians, to a rain barrel workshop. Join us on Sunday, November 14 to learn about the benefits of rain barrels and […]
Citizens’ Environmental Coalition, Galveston Bay Foundation, Artist Boat and Pasadena ISD Partner with NOAA and NAAEE to Offer Watershed STEM Education Grants
Houston, TX – June 24, 2020 – Recently-awarded grants have enabled Houston-Galveston area partners Citizen’s Environmental Coalition, Galveston Bay Foundation, Artist Boat, and Pasadena ISD to work together to increase vital hands-on STEM education experiences in the community. The grants are part of $2.35 million North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and supported by the U.S. Department of Education, awarded to 29 environmental education […]