Photos courtesy of GSA.
June 17, 2016
The U.S. General Services Administration is partnering with the Botanical Research Institute of Texas in Fort Worth to ensure more federally owned buildings will feature eco-friendly landscaping that conserves water and supports pollinators while staying cost effective and attractive.
"The project is to create a calculator tool that shows you to how you can improve your landscape and reduce cost and your carbon footprint at the same time,' said Heather Bass, a BRIT researcher working on the project.
Photos courtesy of Julie Thibodeaux.
May 23, 2016
All you trash picker-uppers and dumpster divers take note. You can win a year’s worth of wind energy by refurbishing your finds or turning them into art or home decor.
Dallas-based Breeze Energy, a 100 percent Texas wind energy company, is sponsoring a contest in an effort to make the public become more “green conscious,” with first prize being a free year of Breeze Energy and second prize a Breeze Beach Cruiser custom bike designed by Villy Custom.
The University of Dallas Sustainable Business Network hosts quarterly events free.
March 29, 2016
First-time offenders grow vegetables that provide nutritional meals for the inmates. Photos courtesy of Collin County Sheriff's office.
Feb. 29, 2016
Some inmates in Collin County have the opportunity to spend part of their jail sentence tending a garden, thanks to a rehabilitation program.
The new owners say they will be able to offer more options to Urban Acres customers.
Jan. 16, 2016
Urban Acres, the once locally owned food co-op in Dallas that specializes in local and organic food, is under new ownership. Last month, the store announced that Austin-based Farmhouse Delivery had purchased the business that has been bringing farm fresh produce to city dwellers in DFW since 2009.
Gary Olp, an architect who established his environmentally minded firm in Dallas in 1987, was named a 2015 LEED Fellow.
Dec. 1, 2015
Alan Plummer Associates, the firm that worked on the East Fork Raw Water Supply Project, will be one of the speakers at the city of Fort Worth's Water Efficiency @ Work Symposium to be held Tuesday, Oct. 13 at TCU.
Oct. 6, 2015
Sept. 21, 2015
According to U.S. recycling statistics, recycling has vastly improved each year since the first U.S. recycling center opened its doors in 1896, but it has a long way to go before reaching perfection.
Facebook has partnered with Citigroup and Alterra Energy to build a 202-megawatt wind farm on 17,000 acres in Clay County to power Facebook's new data center in Fort Worth. Courtesy of Facebook.
Aug. 4, 2015
Environmentally minded from the word “go” is the term one could use in describing the new Facebook data center planned for Fort Worth. And environmentalists will find many features to like about the new facility.
June 23, 2015
Last week, Pope Francis delivered a blunt message to the world regarding the environment in a 184-page encyclical, entitled "Laudato Si," an Italian phrase meaning "Praised Be To You" taken from a song penned by St. Francis, the patron saint of ecology.