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Dallas artist digs into nature themes with ceramics

Lynn Wilkes Armstrong's work will be featured in Artscape at the Dallas Arboretum April 22-24. Above, Forest Teaset by Lynn Wilkes Armstrong. Photos courtesy of the artist.

March 14, 2016

Dallas artist Lynn ArmstrongDallas native and artist Lynn Wilkes Armstrong finds inspiration for her pottery right in her own backyard.

Drilling lease cancelled at Lake Lewisville

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the agency that handles drilling rights on public lands, was considering allowing fracking on the northwest side of Lake Lewisville. Photo courtesy of DFW NBC5.

March 11, 2016

Those who feared that Lake Lewisville would be fracked have reason to celebrate.

Environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr to headline 2016 SXSW Eco in Austin

March 8, 2016

Environmental activist and attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is slated to headline the 2016 SXSW Eco Conference in Austin, bringing a powerful presence to help open the sixth annual event this coming October.

SXSW Eco brings an array of environmentalists, technology experts, business leaders and designers together each year to share their ideas for creating a brighter, greener future.

The state of DFW's air plan: Are we creeping toward clean air? 

In mid-February, EPA replied to TCEQ’s twice-submitted plan, this won’t work.  Photo of Luminant's Big Brown coal-fired plant in Freestone County, one of three plants considered to be the single largest source of ozone-producing emissions in North Texas. 

March 4, 2016

Former Dallas Cowboy David Carter to keynote at Black Vegetarian Society 'Meatout'

The self-titled “300-Pound Vegan” will share his journey into a plant-based lifestyle March 19 in DeSoto.

March 1, 2016

Is it possible to be a play on a pro football team with its high physical demands and be a vegan at the same time?  Just ask 300-pound former Dallas Cowboy defensive tackle David Carter.

Collin County inmates spend jail time tending vegetable garden

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.