Education

The Denton university switched to 100 percent renewable energy this spring. Above, wind turbine at UNT's LEED-platinum Apogee Stadium. Photos courtesy of UNT.

June 13, 2017

The University of North Texas is known as “Mean Green” in sports but the moniker has come to refer the campus’ ambitious environmental initiatives. This spring, the university demonstrated its committment to green policies when it switched to 100 percent renewable energy. 

Downwinders at Risk held a ceremony last week for the first graduates of its community organizing school. Above, The College of Constructive Hell Raising's Spring Class of 2017. Front row with sign: Kristian Steffany, Amanda Polland, Frances Mayo, Michelle McAdam, Anita Mills, Brandon Pollard, kneeling. Back row: Rick Baraff, Janelle Kinney, Kyle Amato, Clarice Criss, Brent Cease, Anthony Gonzales, Rebecca Bateman, Corey Troiani, Jim Schermbeck. Photos courtesy of Jim Schermbeck.

May 29, 2017

World Wear Project of Dallas is one of the companies that will be featured at the third annual Degrees of Recycling Conference hosted by UTA and NTCRA on May 18. Courtesy of World Wear Project.

May 17, 2017

Jennifer Stuart debuted her rolling eco-friendly classes at the Twelve Hills Nature Center in April.​ Photo by Stacey Potter Jemison. Additional photos by Andrea Ridout.

May 15, 2017

Jennifer Stuart is using a repurposed bus to introduce kids to a world she says a growing number of children are unfamiliar with – the outdoors. 

Students test irradiance outside the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center in Dallas. The class was participating in Good Faith Impact's solar installation training held last month. Photos courtesy of Good Faith Impact.

May 1, 2017

Students planted seeds in an aquaponics lab in January and harvested the organic lettuce last month. Photos courtesy of Lancaster Middle School.

April 11, 2017

LANCASTER – Elsie Robertson Lancaster Middle School STEM students dined on food they grew in the classroom at their Lettuce Harvesting Luncheon in March. The organic produce was grown using aquaponics; a skill that combines STEM disciplines – science, technology, engineering and math – and farming in order to raise fish and grow fresh produce without soil.

Vanessa Barker, left, and Taylor Willis created the Welman Project to repurpose material and help underfunded schools.

March 29, 2017

Surplus material from offices and events that would have gone to a landfill is being repurposed into much-needed classrooms materials, thanks to a new Fort Worth nonprofit. 

Brite Divinity School's annual conference on Feb. 20-23 is free and open to the public.

Feb. 3, 2017

For the first time since the event’s founding in 1888, Brite Divinity School’s annual Ministers Week will focus entirely on environmental themes.

The event to be held Feb. 20-23 on TCU campus is a partnership between Brite Divinity School, TCU and University Christian Church. The presentations are free and open to the public.

The Alpha Zeta Eta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society at North Lake College has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for improvements to its 8-year-old community garden. Donation deadline is Jan. 31. Photos courtesy of North Lake College.

Jan. 16, 2017