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.
Recycling
Recycle Artist Vet turns trash into treasure
Jan. 20, 2012
Vocal Trash - Environmental Band uses Recycled Objects to make Music
Dec. 19, 2011
It’s a local group, these seven Fort Worth-based performers called Vocal Trash. An unusual “troupe of environmental performers” as they call themselves traveling from Cedar Hill to Colorado spinning their message of eco-friendly living.
Recycled Cardboard French Café Playhouse
By Rita Cook
When it comes to a kid’s imagination there’s nothing like a playhouse to get the creative juices flowing. But not just any playhouse in this case, instead a playhouse using recycled paper and cardboard, which London transplant and now 14-year Dallas resident Katie Fagelman says she actually came up with on a whim.
Sustainability + Me! Speakers spur cultural shift
Nov. 7, 2011
Live Green Plano Fashion Part 2 - Trashion
By Rita Cook
Artist Amber Parker Recycles Old Wire to Make it New
By Rita Cook