Green Tip Guy: Renewable power for your flashlight
Jason filmed green tips last week at the Green Source DFW Run for the Environment in Dallas.
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PTA parent orchestrates creation of Skyview Harmony Garden
Skyview Harmony Garden, conceived by Sarah Greenman, PTA president at Skyview Elementary, serves as an outdoor learning and musical space. Developed with community support, it features raised beds, a pollinator garden, and musical instruments, benefiting students, including special needs, and the community by promoting nutrition education.
Greenies gather at Bachman Lake for second annual Run for the Environment
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.
Breeze Energy to award year of 'clean' electricity for best trash makeover
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.
Green Tip Guy: All-natural sunscreen?
Jason tests the effectiveness of using coconut oil as a sunscreen.
Dallas ecopreneur upcycles billboards into trendy bags
May 17, 2016
Lisa Walter Rasley has found a way to turn an advertising byproduct into a cool eco-friendly accessory.
Rasley is the founder of Dallas company called Banner Theory that makes purses and bags from vinyl billboard banners.
North Texans to rally in Dallas for Exxon investigation and divestment
Photo courtesy of Rex Curry/Greenpeace.
May 17, 2016
On May 25, two hours before ExxonMobil shareholders convene their annual meeting at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, 100 climate activists are expected to rally outside the center, asking the state to investigate Exxon for a 20-year campaign of public and shareholder disinformation and calling on investors to divest their Exxon shares.
Dallas promotes 'wildflower power' with pollinator program
A city sign designates a protected wildflower area at Lake Cliff Park. Photos by Monica Johnson.
May 13, 2016
The city of Dallas wants to give wildflowers more real estate.
Texas wildflowers, such as bluebonnets, primrose and Indian blanket, are more than just pretty scenery. They are vital sources of food and shelter to pollinators such as butterflies, bees, moths, birds and bats.
Mesquite-based house painter says 'green' is best option
The owner of Splash of Green Paint says he uses eco-friendly paint, primer and cleaning products.
May 10, 2016
It’s a family trade, but Mesquite resident Tony Martinez has made it a healthy one too. That's because Martinez’ company Splash of Green Paint provides eco-friendly house painting to the residents of Dallas and surrounding cities.
Flower Mound resident documents solar growth spurt in North Texas
Jay Squyres' home in Flower Mound above and below. Aerial views show extensive solar panels, but also show that most of the project is shielded from street view.
May 10, 2016
When Jay Squyres installed his first solar rooftop array in 2009, the homeowner’s association in his Flower Mound subdivision went ballistic. Alarmed that the shiny panels on Squyres’ roof would somehow degrade values or mar the aesthetics of the affluent, treed and master-planned Wellington community, his HOA sued him. Twice.