Green Drinks: Green Drinks started in the Fall of 2005 as a way for community members to meet and greet, discuss sustainability in and around Oklahoma City, and network to help each other provide and find services and solutions related to sustainability. This successful event continues to be enjoyed by hundreds in Oklahoma City. Green Drinks began as a monthly get-together held on the third Tuesday evening of each month, and evolved into a quarterly event held in January, April, July and October of each year. Sustainable OKC hosts this event in partnership with Trattoria il Centro, a green restaurant in downtown OKC.

 

Movie Night: Sustainable OKC hosted movie nights in partnership with Sierra Club of Oklahoma. Movie nights were held at the Gold Dome on 23^rd and Classen near downtown Oklahoma City. Movies shown included: “Kilowatt Ours,” “The Next Industrial Revolution,” “The Future of Food,” and included the movie screening and a discussion following the movie.

The Village Community Garden: Sustainable OKC started The Village Community Garden in partnership with The Village Library, the City of The Village, and the Urban Harvest Program of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. Sustainable OKC acquired most of the initial funding and provided manpower and then gradually turned the project over to local leaders from The Village community who have continued the project in partnership with The Village Library and interested citizens. 

Sustainable Solutions Workshop Series: This series of events was held in partnership with the Midwest City Library. Workshops were held one Saturday each month for ten months and focused on an aspect of sustainability. Topics included: organic gardening techniques; composting and vermiculture; home weatherization; garbage and recycling; and home energy efficiency.

 

Smart Growth Series: Sustainable OKC implemented the Smart Growth series to serve as an education tool for the Oklahoma City area. This series was implemented in partnership with the Oklahoma City University Vivian Wimberly Center for Ethics and Servant Leadership. The first event, “Building a Great City: The Next Fifty Years for Central Oklahoma,” was a panel discussion hosted in November 2005. The panel discussion included: Miles Tolbert, Oklahoma Secretary of the Environment; Hans Butzer, TAP Architecture/Butzer Studio; Russell Claus, Oklahoma City Planning Department; Richard McKown, Ideal Homes; Lee Fithian, Lee A. Fithian Consulting; and Kelly Parker, Guaranteed Watt Saver Systems, Inc.

 

“City on the Move,” held in August 2006, featured speakers such as: Dick Pryor (moderator), OETA; Zach Taylor, ACOG; John Dugan, Oklahoma City Planning Department; Willa Johnson, Oklahoma City Council; and Dean Schirf, Greater OKC Chamber of Commerce.