Hawaiian Luau

Young professionals rock-a-hula-baby at Polynesian party in Hermann Park

By Joel Luks

05.10.13 | 11:26 am

Lined with flickering tiki torches when eventide fell upon the banks of McGovern Lake, the urban landscape around Hermann Park dissolved into a tropical luau that defeated any threats of rain on Th ...

37th Annual Houston Arboretum & Nature Center "Alfresco Gala"

Houston Arboretum and Nature Center

04.18.13

Join for an evening of dining and dancing under the stars. Proceeds support the Arboretum's conservation and education programs. Contact Debbie Markey at dmarkey@houstonarboretum.org to purchas

Lecture: "Drip Irrigation" by Clare LaGroue and Mike Drever

09.01.12

Learn how to conserve water by setting up drip irrigation in your garden, including tips on on how to install T-tape, soaker tubing, how to identify parts and what you will need. Clare LaGroue is a

Greater Houston Chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers' "Bowling for Rhinos"

06.22.12

The American Association of Zoo Keepers' "Bowling For Rhinos" has has contributed $95,000 to a $3.5 million campaign this far in support of three conservation projects: The Lewa Wildl

Book Signing: Wildlife Heroes with Jeff Flocken

Houston Zoo

05.20.12

Meet Jeff Flocken, one of the authors of the book Wildlife Heroes, at the Houston Zoo for a book signing. Wildlife Heroes is a book for all ages about 40 leading heroes in the field of conservation

Hill Country Drama

Stopping them from paving Texas to put up parking lots: Ranchers fight to keep their land

By Robyn Ross

04.11.12 | 10:42 am

That photo of your kid/dog/significant other in the bluebonnets looks a lot better without a mall in the background. But the number of pristine, photo-worthy fields is shrinking, as are the ico ...

Waste Management Earth Day Houston 2012

Discovery Green

04.07.12

More than 15,000 patrons are expected to attend the city's largest celebration of Earth Day complete with family entertainment from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Features include environmental educati

100th anniversary of tragedy

Behind the scenes: Museum of Natural Science's Titanic exhibition is laid out with care

By Whitney Radley

03.14.12 | 2:02 pm

The Houston Museum of Natural Science's much-anticipated Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition opens Friday, but an exclusive CultureMap sneak peek of the gallery space earlier this week indica ...

Conservation Panel Discussion: "Conserving the Work of John Chamberlain"

The Menil Collection

03.06.12

This conservation-based program looks at artist John Chamberlain whose Recent Sculpture 1970s & 1980s was one of Menil's 1987 inaugural exhibitions and whose large-scale American Tableau, 1

Things We Love

Some girls go wild, and some girls go birding: Banding together to save the magnificent hawk

By Madelyn Thornton

02.26.12 | 6:00 pm

Come along on my initiation to birding and becoming a Hawk Whisperer with the help of The Gulf Coast Bird Observatory.  ...