Urban Sustainability

The Village Park Eco Home in Highland Village will be open for tours on weekends through May 11.

Photos courtesy of Sterling Brook Custom Homes.

The Kimbell Art Museum's new Piano Pavilion built across from the Louis Kahn building, preserved the majority of the 5-acre lawn by keeping two-thirds of the building underground.

Courtesy of the Kimbell Art Museum.

Earth Day Texas will be showcasing more than 800 green exhibitors April 26-27 at the Eco Expo in Fair Park in Dallas.

Photos courtesy of Earth Day Texas.

B.A. Norrgard will be showing off her tiny house and talking about her sustainable lifestyle at Earth Day Texas April 26-27 in Centennial Hall. Photos courtesy of B.A. Norrgard.

April 21, 2014 

April 16, 2014

The Earth Day Texas OmniGlobe will be on display at NorthPark Center in Dallas through April 24. Then it will be at Earth Day Texas April 26-27.

Courtesy of Earth Day Texas.

April 15, 2014 

By Rita Cook 

April 9, 2014 

By Minnie Payne

Permaculture is a hot trend in landscaping and gardeners can get the scoop on it when one of its leading proponents comes to North Texas next week.

The North Texas Commission is offering to install AFV-preferred parking signs for free. The signs are available on a first come, first served basis.

April 7, 2014 

By Minnie Payne

Edible Dallas & Fort Worth publisher Nanci Taylor was recently named Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2014 Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards. 

Photo courtesy of Edible DFW.

The Dallas City Council passed an ordinance on
March 26 that requires retailers to charge a 5-cent fee for single-use bags.

Bag photo by Julie Thibodeaux. Additional photos by
Phillip Shinoda. 

March 26, 2014