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The Welman Project in Fort Worth just celebrated 10 years as it prepares to move to a 25,000-square-foot building, five times the size of its current location. Since the organization began tracking its inventory in 2017, Welman has distributed more $14 million worth of goods to more than 3,400 schools and 550 nonprofits, diverting the equivalent of 1,700 dumpster loads of materials from landfills.

In December, 160 elephant researchers, practitioners, and students from around the world — plus 20 who joined virtually — gathered at the Fort Worth Zoo for the 21st International Elephant Conservation and Research Symposium. The event was organized by the Azle, Texas-based International Elephant Foundation and hosted by the Fort Worth Zoo,

The Texas Agricultural Land Trust has grown into the largest state-based land trust in Texas. TALT will host a trail run at the Fall Creek Ranch in Granbury on Jan. 31.

Camille Lee, owner of Wear Em Out Tees, is doing her part to ensure that reusable T-shirts don’t go to waste. Her Dallas-based online company specializes in upcycling “pre-loved” tees and new shirts destined for landfills.

Professors from across disciplines at the University of Arlington at Texas are crisscrossing the state and country to the South Texas Gulf Coast and as far as California to study air samples, changing fault lines and more. 

GrowOn at AGFarm in Bryan, Texas, started by Sharon Wells in 2013, grows fresh produce using aquaponics while empowering individuals with disabilities through volunteer work. The farm, operating sustainably without synthetic chemicals, sells produce directly and trains volunteers in various skills to foster mental and physical growth.

Fort Worth City Council members accepted a $12,000 donation from the nonprofit Fort Worth Mountain Bikers Association to fund the installation of security lights along the mountain bike trail that circles North Z. Boaz Park. The group, which seeks to advocate for and sustain Fort Worth-area trails, developed the park’s 4-mile trail in April 2023.

A program of Greenspace Dallas, the Lone Star Trail Building School is a two-day course held bi-annually at a Texas nature preserve. Participants learn all aspects of trail building, including design concepts, corridor flagging and construction. The fall session will be held Nov. 8-9 in Buescher State Park in Smithville, Texas.

A family of vultures is being observed by a group of students at the University of North Texas in Denton. The project leaders say their mission is to help people see past vulture stereotypes, learn what they’re up to in their daily lives and help protect them.

Green Source DFW officially relaunched this week as Green Source Texas with expanded statewide coverage.