Lifestyle

COLLIN COUNTY 

Collin County Farmers Market: http://www.collincountyfarmersmarket.org 

Fairview Farms Marketplace, Plano: http://www.fairview-farms.com

Frisco Farmers Market: http://www.friscofarmersmarket.com 

Georgia’s Farmers Market, Plano: http://www.georgiasfarmersmarket.com 

McKinney Farmers Market at the Adriatica: http://www.chestnutsquare.org/programs/farmers_market.asp

DALLAS COUNTY 

Carrollton Square Community Farmers Market, http://www.cityofcarrollton.com 

Celebration Farmers Market, Dallas: www.celebrationrestaurant.com/farmersmarket

Coppell Farmers Market: http://www.coppellfarmersmarket.org  

Cox Farms Market, Duncanville: http://www.coxfarmsmarket.com 

Dallas Farmers Market: http://www.dallasfarmersmarket.org  

Eden’s Organic Garden Center, Balch Springs: http://edensorganicfarm.com 

Four Seasons Market, Richardson: http://www.fourseasonsmarkets.com

Grand Prairie Farmers Market: http://www.gptx.org/farmersmarket

Little D Farmers Market: http://littledfarmersmarket.com

The documentary takes viewers on a sometimes funny, sometimes frightening adventure, crawling through the bushes that hide these factories, flying in airplanes above their toxic “manure lagoons” and coming face-to-face with their owners. Trailer. 

The creator of the film, Mark Devries, will be there to host the film and do a Q&A session following the screening. Donations welcome.

Hosted by Keep Coppell Beautiful. Don’t send your yard waste to the landfill. Learn how to turn leaves, grass and kitchen scraps into rich compost to nourish your lawn and garden. Be sure the check out the award-winning Coppell Community Garden while you are there. Free. Info: 972-462-5100. Parks@CoppellTX.gov. 

Leslie Halleck will give tips for urban dwellers on growing vegetables and composting. Free. Info: 972-699-1687 or KirkMiller@DallasSierraClub.org.

We will be conducting a Sweatlodge. It is not open to the general public, however, if you wish to participate, we need to know you better. This means that you will need to take the time to contact us. Love offering. RSVP: 214-288-9935 or Silverhawk903@yahoo.com.

This month's theme: Rustic Floral Arrangements. Held in conjunction with the Dallas Arboretum, this indoor hands-on activity offers participants an opportunity to craft their own floral arrangement using seasonal cut flowers in your choice of an upcycled container. All materials provided. $8. Info: 972-462-5136.

Inaugural event hosted by the animal welfare organization featuring cocktails, snacks and desserts. In addition, Austin firefighter Rip Esselstyne will be honored for his committment and promotion of a vegan lifestyle. He's the author of The Engine 2 Diet, which chronicles his successful diet and offers a guide. $25.

Green celebrity Ed Begley Jr will be at Earth Day Texas talking about his sustainable lifestyle.

Saturday, April 26, 3-4pm 
Sunday, April 27, 1-2 pm 

[ibimage==6769==original_size==none==self==ibimage_left]Ed Begley Jr. has been considered an environmental leader in the Hollywood community for many years. Since 1970, he has been an environmentalist, beginning with buying his first electric vehicle (a Taylor-Dunn golf cart style vehicle), recycling, and becoming a vegan. He is best known for his role as Dr. Victor Ehrlich, on the television series St. Elsewhere, for which he received six consecutive Emmy Award nominations, and his most recent reality show about green living called Living With Ed on Planet Green with his wife. He promotes eco-friendly products like the Toyota Prius, Envirolet composting toilets and Begley's Best Household Cleaner.

Learn more about food issues, including GMOs, factory farming and pesticides, from visionary panel of speakers including Jane Goodall, Wayne Pacelle, Dean Ornish and Woody Harrelson. Hosted by John Robbins, author of The Food Revolution and would-be heir to the Baskin-Robbins empire. Free. 

Bring your e-waste (computers, cell phones, TVs, VCRs, appliances and other electronics) to the following Snappy Salad locations for recycling: 

9am-Noon

5915 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX, 75230

5930 W. Park Blvd., Plano, TX, 75093

6550 N. MacArthur Blvd, Irving TX 75039

1-4pm

320 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, TX, 75080

5941 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX, 75206

2175 E. Southlake Blvd, Southlake TX 76092