Environmental efforts

Dallas wants you to help take out the trash, 10 pieces at a time

According to Keep America Beautiful, tobacco products comprise roughly 38percent of all U.S. roadway litter.
Reverse Litter/Facebook
The Reverse Litter campaign kicked off in October and asks North Texas residentsto pick up 10 pieces of trash every Tuesday.
Reverse Litter/Facebook

If Cyber Monday isn't your cup of tea, maybe Trash Tuesday suits you better. The cities of Dallas, Arlington, Denton and Fort Worth are asking residents to pick up 10 pieces of trash every Tuesday as part of the Reverse Litter campaign.

Sure, it'd be great to live in a world where people don't throw trash on the ground. But until that happens, those of us who care about keeping the earth clean might have to do more than merely refrain from littering.

In addition to being unsightly and unsanitary, litter increases the cost of managing our city's water resources.

Odds are, you already don't toss crap out of your car window. The Reverse Litter campaign is asking you to take your earth-loving ways one step further and actually pick up items others have carelessly discarded.

An estimated 80 percent of land litter eventually makes its way to water. In addition to being unsightly and unsanitary, litter increases the cost of managing our city's water resources.

“Picking up 10 pieces of trash one day a week may not seem like a lot,” city councilwoman Linda Koop said. “But if thousands of people across North Texas commit to this effort every Tuesday, it can have a tremendous impact on the environment and help protect our water supplies.”

unspecified

Mark Cuban News

Mark Cuban hosts free AI bootcamp in Richardson for high schoolers

Mark Cuban Foundation

Mark Cuban Foundation is hosting an AI bootcamp.

Dallas entrepreneur Mark Cuban is offering a free bootcamp for teens who are interested in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

According to a release, the Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp will provide ninth- to 12th-grade students with a foundational understanding of AI and its applications to future careers.

The bootcamp, which will take place on November 2, 9, and 16, is aimed at underserved high school students with a focus on recruiting girls, students of color, first-generation college students, and those from low to moderate income households.

Students don’t need any familiarity with computer science or programming to attend. To make attendance even easier, the bootcamp will come with lunch, transportation assistance, and technology equipment.

“As AI continues to become an undeniable force in all of our lives, it’s crucial that we open the door to this knowledge, especially to young people who want to explore it,” Cuban says in a statement. “While technology expands and becomes more advanced, it becomes more critical that we ensure our students are prepared when they apply for schools or jobs in the future. This bootcamp will offer an avenue to explore this fascinating field of technology to any student, no matter their means.”

Students can select from six introductory tracks: healthcare, arts & entertainment, business & entrepreneurship, computer science, sports science, or education & career readiness.

Each day of the program will be a half-day of learning what AI is and isn't, where students already interact with AI in their own lives, the ethical implications of AI systems, and more, according to the release.

Applications can be made online; the deadline is September 30.

The AI Bootcamps Program at MCF seeks to inspire young people with emerging technology so that they can create more equitable futures for themselves and their communities.

celebrities technology