Join the Bellaire Braeswood Democrats for our February meeting which will be held at Rajin’ Cajun (4302 Richmond Ave.) on Monday, February12th.
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher will speak from 6:45 pm till 7:05 pm.
The featured speaker is Jim Blackburn who will talk about how carbon capture and sequestion work as a way to reduce CO2 emissions and the environmental benefits.
Jim Blackburn is a practicing environmental lawyer and the CEO of BCarbon which provides nature based solutions to the emissions of greenhouse gasses. He is a Rice University Professor in the Practice of Environmental Law in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department where he teaches environmental law and sustainable design and is co-director of the Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disaster (SSPEED) Center at Rice. He has authored two books published by Texas A&M Press – The Book of Texas Bays, published in 2004, and A Texan Plan for the Texas Coast, published in 2017. Blackburn received the Distinguished Alumni Laureate Award from Rice University in 2018, the Good Egg Award from the International Crane Foundation for litigation to protect the endangered whooping crane in 2015, the Barbara C. Jordan Community Advocate Award from Texas Southern University in 2007 and the Robert Eckhardt Lifetime Coastal Achievement Award from the General Land Office of the State of Texas in 1998, among others. Also active in civic affairs, Blackburn was among the founders of the Trinity Edwards Springs Association (TESPA), a Texas Hill Country non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting springs and groundwater, and he also founded the Bayou City Initiative (BCI), a Houston-based NGO focused on community recovery and long-term flood protection post Harvey and serves on the board of the Matagorda Bay Foundation and The Aransas Project, two NGOs committed to protecting the Texas coast.
Note that this months’ meeting will take place at the Rajin’ Cajun restaurant located at 4302 Richmond Ave., Houston TX 77027.
Social: 6:00 – 6:45 pm
Meeting: 6:45 – 8:00 pm
Rajin’ Cajun is providing us the room free of charge. Please consider supporting the restaurant by purchasing dinner and joining us during the social period.
Kindly RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/hcdp/event/603730/