Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for February 2023. Click the title to see the news this month.

On February 9, Joanna Botvin, the Education Coordinator at the Houston Botanic Garden will discuss the HBG's educational and volunteer programs as well as recent news of the Botanic Garden.

On February 15, Jeff Glattly, with Wild Birds Unlimited of Pearland, TX will discuss feeding wild birds in your backyard.

During the past year, the City of Houston joined industry and recycling companies to develop the "Houston Recycling Collaboration".

The City of Houston used to take styrofoam from residents for recycling at its Westpark drop off facility. But that stopped a while back, reportedly due to equipment failures and lack of a sufficient market for the densified material.

February Update: Nearly 1,500 residents have joined Texas Solar Switch! With just a few weeks left to sign up, now's your chance to join them. There's no cost to join the program and no commitment to go solar.

Volunteers met on January 16, 2023, the holiday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and planted thousands of Little Bluestem Grass plugs in Big Thicket National Preserve’s Big Sandy Creek Unit.

On November 30th, I met my buddy, David, at the Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area (WMA) on Smith Point in Chambers County to do some late in the year birding and to enjoy the fresh air and sunny skies.

E-bikes—bicycles powered by electric motors—seem to be prevalent all around us—as they have gained rapid popularity. With an electric motorized bicycle you can go faster, go farther and higher.

Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for January 2023. Click the title to see the news this month.