Julie Thibodeaux

A pair of turkeys will be dining on a rich buffet of veggies and grain at a local sanctuary this Thanksgiving instead of being the main course, thanks to a Fort Worth woman. She’d raised chickens all her life and poultry husbandry was something of a family art.

Green Source DFW and the Memnosyne Institute will host a free screening of *Awake*, a film about Standing Rock protests, on Nov. 20 in Dallas. The event includes a panel discussion led by Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk, highlighting ongoing environmental and human rights activism against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

North Texas environmentalists celebrated achievements at the Green Source DFW Sustainability Leadership Awards, hosted by the Memnosyne Institute. Wendel Withrow led the event, announcing a partnership with Oak Cliff Earth Day and recognizing winners in various categories, including DCCCD, Recycle Revolution, and Liveable Arlington.

EARTHx, formerly Earth Day Texas, grew from a Dallas event into the world's largest eco-expo. With a new name and CEO Steven Kornajcik, EARTHx aims to educate and provide solutions for environmental issues, hosting diverse initiatives like EARTHxFilm to attract both national and international attendees.

Grand Prairie will host the Texas State Arbor Day celebration on Nov. 3 at Grand Central Park. The event includes tree giveaways, entertainment, and educational booths, highlighting the city's commitment to tree preservation and the Living Memorial Forest Program.

PETA activists disrupted a Texas A&M meeting, demanding an end to dog experiments, arguing their futility for human muscular dystrophy treatments. Dr. John J. Pippin emphasized ethical concerns and proposed alternative research methods, with support from scientists, public figures, and MD patients opposing the university's animal testing practices.

North Texans can hear a fresh voice in the environmental movement when an activist from the Hip Hop Caucus shares his take on environmental justice in Dallas next week. Mustafa Santiago Ali will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual Dallas County Community College District Sustainability Summit.

If you’ve been hoarding old computers and discarded appliances you intended to recycle, this Saturday a local business is making it easy to drop off e-waste. Dallas-based Snappy Salads is hosting its free semi-annual electronic recycling collection at 12 of its stores.

North Texans environmentalists are cheering the news that two notorious Texas smog monsters are meeting their demise. On Friday, Luminant Energy announced closures of its two-unit Sandow Power Plant in Milam County and its two-unit Big Brown Power Plant in Freestone County.

We had a great turnout for the Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards Voting! Nearly 4,500 ballots were cast online. Now that the contest has been narrowed to the top three finalists in each category, a panel of judges selected from the North Texas green community will decide the final winners.

Back in 2014, UNT grad student and videographer Garrett Graham was following a local campaign to pass a fracking ban in Denton. As he filmed, he thought he’d hit on the ultimate feel-good environmental documentary. The ban was passed in November 2014 and the activists won.

Every year, the DFW Solar Tour, hosted by the North Texas Renewable Energy Group, has grown in size and scope. Plano Environmental Education CenterLast year’s tour tracked more than 600 visitors at 50 sites from Weatherford to Allen.