David & Christy Ilfrey, former CCCC students of Dr. G

David & Christy Ilfrey founded Native Texas Garden Designs, a local "green" business, to help Texans restore nature to their landscape. Their interest in environmental issues, specifically those related to Texas' ecology, inspired them to incorporate into every aspect of their lives the Four Rs - reduce, reuse, recycle and rebuy. David is a 7th-generation Texan, an alumnus of Longwood Gardens Professional Gardeners Training Program, and a graduate of Texas State University San Marcos' geography program; he holds a BS in Environmental Studies. Christy earned the BA in English from Texas State University San Marcos, completed the Honors Program, and successfully completed the associate of arts curriculum at Collin County Community College District. Formerly employed with CCCCD, she worked as recruitment coordinator and associate faculty of developmental writing. Both David & Christy enjoy educating others about Texas' natural beauty.

Did you know... that more that 2 million tons of electronic waste is buried in landfills each year and that nearly 250 million computers will become obsolete in the next five years? (US EPA, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response)

*To promote this event, CCCC will host David and Christy Ilfrey, founders of Native Texas Garden Designs, a local "green" business. David and Christy will present three lectures entitled "E-Cycling and Closing the Loop: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rebuy." Following is the lecture schedule: Monday, 11/15

*9-10 a.m. - CPC, Pike Hall

*12-1 p.m. - SCC, Conference Center

*3-4 p.m. - PRC, F148

Come learn how YOU can make a difference!

*Also, on "Texas Recycles Day" (Monday, 11/15) from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Student Life at all campuses will be an official drop-off site for e-cycling. Please read the list of items that are accepted below.
Items accepted for Electronics Recycling: Computer systems, processors, monitors, keyboards, mouse components,printers, cables, circuit boards, motherboards, chips modems, digitizer and drawing boards, disk drives, CD ROM drives, hard drives, scanners, software, computer books, laptops, external drives, fax machines, telephones and phone systems.
Items NOT accepted for Electronic Recycling: Mainframe equipment, mini-systems, terminals, line printers, telex machines, word processors, radios, ham radio equipment, copiers and electronic equipment not specified above.