Explore and Protect Your Environment

Join us in January to learn more about the local environment and wildlife and what you can do to help keep Plano green.

The City of Plano Sustainability and Environmental Education Division (SEED) will present the following programs:

Who’s a Plano Waste Ace?
Schimelpfenig Library
Thursday, January 19 at 6:30 p.m.

Are your family members super recyclers? Think you know all about recycling in Plano? Bring your friends and neighbors to a family-friendly, pub quiz-style competition. Bragging rights and an ecofriendly trophy will be awarded.

Cool Science, Clean Creeks (ticketed)
Davis Library
Saturday, January 28 at11 a.m.

Take a deeper dive into the aquatic habitat of our local creeks. Explore macroinvertebrates and learn what they teach us about water quality. Tickets will be available 30 minutes prior to the start of the program.

For additional STEAM activities, view our STEAM Connections videos on YouTube.

Check it Out

Discover more about the environment with these resources from our collection:

Creek Critters by Jennifer Keats Curtis | Print

Creekfinding: A True Story by Jacqueline Briggs Martin | Print

Fly Guy Presents: Garbage & Recycling by Tedd Arnold | Print

Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner | Print | eBook

Recycling by Rebecca Pettiford | Print

Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling Waste by Rebecca Rissman | Print

Rivers and Lakes Inside Out by Megan Kopp | Print

Rivers and Streams by Cathryn P. Sill | Print

This Book is Not Garbage: 50 Ways to Ditch Plastic, Reduce Trash, and Save the World! by Isabel Thomas | Print

Your Planet Needs You: A Kids’ Guide to Reducing Waste and Recycling by Philip Bunting | Print