Promise of Peace garden celebrates new location
July 2, 2013
Photos by Phillip Shinoda and Allison McLean, SpiltCoffee Creative
Green Organization
nonprofit green organizations and groups
Weekend Green: Texas Parks and Wildlife seeking Young Professionals • Snake Fest at Texas Discovery Gardens • Pickling Workshops
By Julie Thibodeaux
Looking ahead, there are happenings for all ages to love this week. While up-and-coming conservationists can mingle at a new networking group, kids will enjoy close encounters with reptiles and adults can take a crash course in preparing food the way Grandma did.
Weekend Green: Dallas Vegan Drinks • Recycle Revolution Center Bash • Nissan Leaf Owners Reunion
By Julie Thibodeaux
In Dallas-Fort Worth, you can find gatherings and meet ups for just about every green interest. This week, a variety of green birds will be flocking together. Drop in and see what they're about.
Green Source DFW Volunteer of the Year: Molly Rooke of the Dallas Sierra Club
May 14, 2013
When Dallas Sierra Club member Molly Rooke was nominated for Green Source DFW’s Volunteer of Year, her peer noted: “Molly should be nominated for environmental sainthood.”
Rooke has been a Dallas Sierra Club member for more than 25 years, but that is not where her environmental interests end since over the years she has had her hands in everything from recycling to fracking.
Dallas-Fort Worth residents learn to be environmental lobbyists
Volunteer Citizen Involvement
By Phillip Shinoda
Prairie Fest brought people to the prairie
By Julie Thibodeaux
Photos by Phillip Shinoda and Julie Thibodeaux
The Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area threw a real downhome green shindig at Prairie Fest last weekend, April 27.
Oak Cliff Earth Day 2013 - an eco-friendly gathering
By Phillip Shinoda
Oak Cliff Earth Day 2013 was an eco-friendly success according to the people attending the event on Sunday, April 21. The atmosphere was very laid back and friendly, sort of like visiting your favorite cousin. There was plenty of entertainment and education going on. The Mutt Strut was one of the main events
Earth Day Dallas brings out the green in Dallas
By Julie Thibodeaux. Photos by Phillip Shinoda.
The sun shone, the vendors were upbeat and the crowds turned out for Earth Day Dallas at Fair Park this weekend. While we heard some complaints about greenwashing, overall there was lots of green energy.