Kicking it Green in Dallas-Fort Worth: The Dallas Arboretum
By Jada Brazell
Education
Tips on Firewise Landscaping
This article is part of a series in Summer 2012 in the pages of Green Source DFW covering landscaping and sustainable and organic gardening. For more see -
Weekly Green Roundup - Electric Charging Stations in Deep Ellum, a Free Week of DART, & more
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Political Activists from Left and Right Hop Aboard the Environmental Movement
By Julie Thibodeaux
Grand Prairie’s Kirby Creek Natural Science Education Center Powers Forward with Environmental Education
(Photo: A rendering of the Kirby Creek Natural Science Education Center in Grand Prairie, representing the very definition of environmental education)
June 6, 2012
Community groups force Exide plant closure in Frisco
The sign of a member of Frisco Unleaded, a community group formed in Frisco to combat the Exide lead smelter in that city)
June 6, 2012
When Shiby Mathew and her family moved to Frisco in 2008, they didn’t know that one of their neighbors would be a lead smelter.
Jumpoff Arts Festival Brings Environmental Education & Art to the Dallas Farmer's Market
(Photo: Poster for the Jump Off Arts Festival promoting green living and more at the Dallas Farmer's Market this month)
By Jada Brazell
The Black Vegetarian Society of Texas Works to Improve Public Health
(Photo: The logo of the Black Vegetarian Society of Texas)
By Minnie Payne
Prompted by his own health concerns and reports that African Americans are prone to diet related diseases, particularly hypertension and diabetes, J. J. Johnson founded the non-profit Black Vegetarian Society of Texas in 2001.
Fewer frogs found in North Texas
(Photo: A Woodhouse Toad, once abundant in Dallas County, now the subject of envrionmental conservation efforts. Courtesy of Carl Franklin.)
May 30, 2012