Environment
Famed author from Fort Worth shares eco lessons
March 6, 2012
If you’ve ever finished reading an article about the environment and said to yourself, “I feel like I should do something but it seems hopeless,” this is a book for you. Frances Moore Lappé, author of Eco-Mind, knows what it’s like to feel despair when it comes to environmental issues.
Green Source Conversation: Inside the Dallas Gas Drilling Commission
By Brandolon Barnett
DFW Based Mistura Unites Art and Nature Through Unique Timepieces
By Jada Brazell
“We do not inherit the world from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children.”
Fort Worth’s Botanical Research Institute Rewards Sustainable Winegrowers
(Photo: Parducci, a winner of the Botanical Research Institute's Sustainable Winegrowing Award)
By Rita Cook
Plastic Bag Bans in the US and North Texas
By Julie Thibodeaux
When the first plastic bag ban was enacted in Texas, it wasn’t Austin who led the charge. It was Brownsville.
Annual Bird Count Data Used for Bird Research
By Julie Thibodeaux
Trail building course teaches participants to blaze new paths
If you want to learn how to stake your own path, literally, sign up for a trail building workshop. The Lone Star Trail Building School will be held Feb 17-19 at the Sid Richardson Scout Ranch at Lake Bridgeport.
A Green Wedding for Valentine’s Day
Jan. 31, 2012
Twenty-nine year old, Fort Worth resident Ashley Paz is a Green Wedding Consultant whose company Vera Green Productions specializes in creating weddings that are elegant, eco-friendly and ethical.
Land trusts aim to preserve Texas landscape
Oak Cliff Nature Preserve in Dallas is overseen by the Texas Land Conservancy. Courtesy of Texas Land Conservancy,
Jan. 27, 2012
We’ve all got an urban sprawl story. For years, you’ve driven by a picturesque pasture or stand of trees, only to find it gone one day, replaced by a row of houses or a shopping center. Yet as development continues to threaten native landscapes, land conservation is gaining momentum across the U.S.