Julie Thibodeaux

Join Green Source DFW and the Memnosyne Institute for North Texas' green Oscars – the Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards Dinner on Nov. 3 at the Dallas Arboretum. This year, organic gardening pioneer Howard Garrett will receive the Lifetime Achievement award and will also be speaking at the event.

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya is known to wax poetic about his favorite composers during concerts. But lately there's a new topic you'll hear the extroverted orchestra leader proselytizing about, one that his fans couldn't have foreseen: compost.

The Fort Worth City Council is considering an entrance fee for the Fort Worth Botanic Garden to fund infrastructure repairs and enhancements. The garden faces financial challenges, with $1.5 million unmet operational needs yearly and $15 million in capital repair delays.

In September, the heat subsides and in North Texas fall can be as invigorating as spring. It’s also when another round of green festivals crop up. Here’s a list of the some of big eco-friendly events on the calender in the coming months.

There's plenty of Texas lore to read in The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People but environmentalists, Texas history buffs and geography lovers alike will enjoy just perusing its maps, aerial views and historic photos. The richly illustrated 500-page environmental history atlas was published by Texas A&M University Press in June.

Last Tuesday, the Allen City Council unanimously voted to keep its restriction prohibiting solar panels on the front of homes. City council members cited concerns about aesthetics and fear that trees would be cut to make way for solar panels as reasons for prohibiting street-facing solar.

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Dressed as suffragettes and bees, supporters of Moms Across America built a float for the Arlington 4th of July Parade to raise awareness of MAAM's campaign to label GMOs and eliminate toxic pesticide residues from the environment.

Former Fort Worth state representative Lon Burnam is reviving the Tarrant Coalition for Environmental Awareness, initially founded by his parents in the 1980s. The group, now led by Joan Meeks, seeks to unify environmental activists and address pressing local issues like nuclear waste transit and air pollution.

We recently went through our list of North Texas Farmers Markets and here are the survivors of the pandemic. While some are only open during the warm months, others like the Dallas Farmers Market are open year round. Check websites for hours, season and location.

Feral hogs are the animal outlaws of Texas. The nonnative animals were introduced by early settlers. Domesticated pigs were released or escaped and became feral over the generations. Today an estimated 1.5 million feral pigs roam throughout much of the state.

Runners break out of the starting gate at the Green Source DFW Run for the Environment on May 21, 2016 at Bachman Lake Park. Photos by Karl Thibodeaux. See slide show on link below.