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Green Gift Guide: Eco-friendly holiday gifts for men

Part one in our Green Gift Guide, featured Earth-friendly gifts for the ladies in your life. Here's part two with tips for shopping responsibly for the guys this holiday season. Whether you're shopping at local storefronts or online, you can find recycled, repurposed, Fair Trade and organic in goodies large and small.

Ornaments made with upcycled material benefit Grand Prairie charities

Rebecca Jensen, wife of Grand Prairie Mayor Ron Jensen, makes ornaments out of upcycled material. Proceeds benefit Grand Prairie charities. Photo courtesy of city of Grand Prairie.

Dec. 6, 2017

A Grand Prairie tradition of selling holiday ornaments for charity has taken on an environmental theme, thanks to the Mayor's wife Rebecca Jensen.

Green Gift Guide: Eco-friendly holiday gifts for women

Discover eco-friendly holiday gift ideas for women in the 2017 Green Gift Guide series. Featured items include birdfeeders, artisan garden tools, beeswax wraps, wreath workshops, GreenPans, vegan bath products, solar lanterns, organic beauty boxes, vegan satchels, mushroom ornaments, and recycled gardening tools. Find gifts both locally in Dallas and online.

New edible garden at Dallas Arboretum caters to locavores

The 3.5-acre edible display garden with a pavilion and kitchen​ opened last month at the Dallas Arboretum. Photos courtesy of Dallas Arboretum.

Nov. 28, 2017

A new exhibit at the Dallas Arboretum makes the case for growing your own fruits, veggies and herbs.

North Texas greenies gather for Green Source DFW Awards 

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.

Recycling mural makes splash at Dallas construction site

Dallas artist VET created the colorful fence art from disarded materials. Photos by Patsy Davila.

Nov. 6, 2017

A chain link fence in the Bishop Arts District in Dallas recently got an eco-friendly makeover. The once drab border surrounding an apartment complex construction site at 305 Melba Street now sports a vibrant underwater scene made from discarded materials. As a result, a colorful seahorse, toothy shark, trailing seaweed, undulating waves and stylish school of fish is drawing smiles and compliments from local residents.

'The People's Architect' to be honored at Green Source DFW Awards

Brent Brown, founder of bcWorkshop, will receive the Green Source DFW’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award on Nov. 9 at the Dallas Arboretum.

Nov. 3, 2017

City designer. Urban planner. Public architect. Sustainability expert. Community advocate. Brent A. Brown, AIA, LEED AP, is a man of many titles. On Nov. 9, he will be recognized with one more distinction as the recipient of the 2017 Green Source DFW Lifetime Achievement Award

Chefs paired with sustainable farmers for food fest in Dallas

Chefs for Farmers showcases Dallas' best chefs along with​ local and regional farmers. Photos courtesy of Chefs for Farmers.

Oct. 31, 2017

Chefs For Farmers might be just one of the best farm-to-fork festivals you will attend this year. A four-day affair from Nov. 2 to 5, the festival promises a mouthwatering extravaganza of local food from some of the best chefs in the country.  

As farmers take center stage while chefs rock the best locally sourced dishes, guests can take it all in bite by bite.  

Recycling-themed bazaar offers green shopping in Fort Worth

Zippered pouches made from upcycled bags by E.C. Stanton Community School are among the items that will be for sale at the R-Bazaar on Nov. 11 in Fort Worth. Vendor spaces are still available.

October 24, 2017

A Fort Worth church is kicking off the holiday season with an art show and sale that showcases goods made from upcycled items.

Snappy Salads hosting E-waste recycling blitz across DFW Saturday

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.