Green Tip Guy: Eco-friendly holiday decorations
Jason offers a tip for decorating the green way for the holidays.
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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.
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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.
Dallas pipeline protestor to be honored at Peacemaker awards
Dallas-based activist Yolonda Blue Horse, known for her environmental and indigenous rights activism, will receive the Justice Seeker of the Year award at the 2017 Peacemaker Awards Banquet on Nov. 30. Her efforts include founding the Society of Native Nations and leading protests against pipelines threatening tribal lands.
'Awake' screening captures power of Native American resistance
Green Source DFW and the Memnosyne Institute screened 'Awake', a documentary about the Standing Rock protest, highlighting the reawakening of Native American pride. The film and an accompanying panel emphasized divesting from fossil fuel supporters, reclaiming power, and decolonizing language for sustained resistance.
Don’t mess with Texas scenery, says advocacy group
Scenic Texas opposes a proposed billboard rule that would double the current height allowable. Photo courtesy of Texas Tourism.
Nov. 20, 2017
Road trips are fun in part because of the scenery along the way. Most people would agree that nature makes for better views.
A statewide nonprofit called Scenic Texas is working to ensure that the natural beauty along the state’s roadways is preserved.
Turkeys enjoy new home at Dallas County wildlife center
A pair of turkeys will be dining on a rich buffet of veggies and grain at a local sanctuary this Thanksgiving instead of being the main course, thanks to a Fort Worth woman. She’d raised chickens all her life and poultry husbandry was something of a family art.
DFW clean air group solarizes green renovation in Dallas
A DFW clean air group is enhancing a green renovation in Dallas by providing $300,000 in solar panels for the 1808 mixed-use development and GoodWork coworking space. This grant, from Downwinders at Risk’s Sue Pope Fund, marks the closure of a fund supporting North Texas clean air projects since 2006.