GUIDE TO TRINITY RIVER PADDLING TRAIL Dec. 3, 2020. With the development of the Trinity River Paddling Trail and its recent inclusion in the National Park Service as a National Recreation Trail, the kayak and canoe community in North Texas is 10,000 strong and growing. Some get on the water every week. For others, it’s occasional. For half of them, it’s about the fishing. 20 GREEN TIPS FOR EARTH DAY! 1. Stop using plastic coffee pods! Use compostable coffee pods or a reusable single cup coffee system, including cotton coffee filters. 2. Minimize household chemicals and waste. Make your own eco-friendly cleaning products: Watch how to make eco-friendly dryer sheets and how to make reusable sweeper pads and how to make a all-natural cleaner TINY HOUSE VILLAGE OPENS IN LAKE DALLAS Oct. 30, 2019. Tiny houses just took a giant leap in North Texas. Earlier this month, Terry Lantrip, owner of the Lake Dallas Tiny Home Village, welcomed residents to the first in-town neighborhood built exclusively for tiny houses in North Texas.Now five tiny homes are snuggled into a one-acre field that was once part of a historic farm. SHOPPING FOR AN ELECTRIC MOWER? HERE'S OUR GUIDE The electric Stihl RMA 510 V is one of the models GSDFW reporter Andrea Ridout test drove. Photo courtesy of Stihl.June 10, 2020About 25 years ago, my then-hubby and I were at a big box store and bought a Black & Decker battery-powered lawn mower on sale at the end of the summer season. We had a very small yard at the time and that little mower was just perfect. Though it used older-style INVASIVE BEETLES COULD DEVASTATE NORTH TEXAS TREES Invasive beetles could devastate North Texas trees. The emerald ash borer, seen above, has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees in the U.S. and now poses a local threat. Photo by Sam Kieschnick. A small beetle with a big appetite has made its way to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, bringing with it the potential to devastate the region’s ash NORTH TEXAS WATER GARDEN SOCIETY: POND TOUR The 27th Annual Tour of Ponds is a 2 day self-guided tour of 48 members ponds all across the entire Metroplex. The tour also consists of 14 ponds that are on the enchanted night tour that are open till 11 p.m. The ponds span as far north and south as Ennis to Anna and east to west as Mesquite to Forth Worth.Our tour book guide features 48 pond listings, descriptions, directions and color MOST DFW TREES SPARED BY FREEZE Most DFW trees spared by freeze. Some evergreen trees like this live oak may have dropped leaves but they should recover. Photo by John Kent. The deep-freeze that pushed rare subzero temperatures into North Texas last month not only disrupted electric service and left death and destruction in its wake – it also stressed a lot of trees. SALES TAX WAIVED ON ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES OVER MEMORIAL Memorial Weekend is the fifth annual Energy Star appliances sales tax holiday in Texas. Beginning after midnight on Saturday, May 26, and ending at midnight on Memorial Day, Texans can save on local and state sales tax on an array of appliances with the Energy WASTEWATER WILL HARM POPULAR CREEK IN FORT WORTH, GROUPS The Mary's Creek Water Reclamation Facility will be built in west Fort Worth on Chapin Road, with a maximum average wastewater discharge of 15 million gallons per day, all of it planned to go into Mary's Creek. Courtesy of City of Fort Worth. Fort Worth is the country’s fourth fastest-growing big city, and the Mary’s Creek Water Reclamation SAVE LUCAS RECYCLING: STYROFOAM DROP-OFF Green Source DFW is an award-winning digital publication covering environmental news in North Texas. Launched in 2011, the educational site was created by the Memnosyne Institute, a Dallas-based nonprofit, to educate the community about environmental topics including green living, sustainability, conservation, environmental advocacy and public policy discussions. GUIDE TO TRINITY RIVER PADDLING TRAIL Dec. 3, 2020. With the development of the Trinity River Paddling Trail and its recent inclusion in the National Park Service as a National Recreation Trail, the kayak and canoe community in North Texas is 10,000 strong and growing. Some get on the water every week. For others, it’s occasional. For half of them, it’s about the fishing. 20 GREEN TIPS FOR EARTH DAY! 1. Stop using plastic coffee pods! Use compostable coffee pods or a reusable single cup coffee system, including cotton coffee filters. 2. Minimize household chemicals and waste. Make your own eco-friendly cleaning products: Watch how to make eco-friendly dryer sheets and how to make reusable sweeper pads and how to make a all-natural cleaner TINY HOUSE VILLAGE OPENS IN LAKE DALLAS Oct. 30, 2019. Tiny houses just took a giant leap in North Texas. Earlier this month, Terry Lantrip, owner of the Lake Dallas Tiny Home Village, welcomed residents to the first in-town neighborhood built exclusively for tiny houses in North Texas.Now five tiny homes are snuggled into a one-acre field that was once part of a historic farm. SHOPPING FOR AN ELECTRIC MOWER? HERE'S OUR GUIDE The electric Stihl RMA 510 V is one of the models GSDFW reporter Andrea Ridout test drove. Photo courtesy of Stihl.June 10, 2020About 25 years ago, my then-hubby and I were at a big box store and bought a Black & Decker battery-powered lawn mower on sale at the end of the summer season. We had a very small yard at the time and that little mower was just perfect. Though it used older-style INVASIVE BEETLES COULD DEVASTATE NORTH TEXAS TREES Invasive beetles could devastate North Texas trees. The emerald ash borer, seen above, has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees in the U.S. and now poses a local threat. Photo by Sam Kieschnick. A small beetle with a big appetite has made its way to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, bringing with it the potential to devastate the region’s ash NORTH TEXAS WATER GARDEN SOCIETY: POND TOUR The 27th Annual Tour of Ponds is a 2 day self-guided tour of 48 members ponds all across the entire Metroplex. The tour also consists of 14 ponds that are on the enchanted night tour that are open till 11 p.m. The ponds span as far north and south as Ennis to Anna and east to west as Mesquite to Forth Worth.Our tour book guide features 48 pond listings, descriptions, directions and color MOST DFW TREES SPARED BY FREEZE Most DFW trees spared by freeze. Some evergreen trees like this live oak may have dropped leaves but they should recover. Photo by John Kent. The deep-freeze that pushed rare subzero temperatures into North Texas last month not only disrupted electric service and left death and destruction in its wake – it also stressed a lot of trees. SALES TAX WAIVED ON ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES OVER MEMORIAL Memorial Weekend is the fifth annual Energy Star appliances sales tax holiday in Texas. Beginning after midnight on Saturday, May 26, and ending at midnight on Memorial Day, Texans can save on local and state sales tax on an array of appliances with the Energy WASTEWATER WILL HARM POPULAR CREEK IN FORT WORTH, GROUPS The Mary's Creek Water Reclamation Facility will be built in west Fort Worth on Chapin Road, with a maximum average wastewater discharge of 15 million gallons per day, all of it planned to go into Mary's Creek. Courtesy of City of Fort Worth. Fort Worth is the country’s fourth fastest-growing big city, and the Mary’s Creek Water Reclamation SAVE LUCAS RECYCLING: STYROFOAM DROP-OFF Green Source DFW is an award-winning digital publication covering environmental news in North Texas. Launched in 2011, the educational site was created by the Memnosyne Institute, a Dallas-based nonprofit, to educate the community about environmental topics including green living, sustainability, conservation, environmental advocacy and public policy discussions. FORT WORTH PRAIRIE PARK EFFORTS MOVE AHEAD DESPITE June 9, 2021. Conservationists in Fort Worth are scrambling to protect an unspoiled remnant of the city’s last remaining native prairie as raging growth and suburban real-estate development threatens to swallow it up.. The land, situated in southwestern portions of the city and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, is home to a broad array of indigenous animals, at least 1,000 native plant

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Climate Reality Project - DFW Chapter. DFW. Clean Air / Water, Clean Energy, Clean Vehicles, Climate Change, Community Organization or Group, Education, Environmental Group or Organization, Environmental Policy, Global Warming, Nonprofit organization, Public Policy. Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association. McKinney. ROCKY MT INSTITUTE COFOUNDER TO SHARE INSIGHTS WITH NORTH Amory Lovins will speak on June 12 at 10 a.m. on Zoom. AIR NORTH TEXAS: CLEAN AIR ACTION DAY Clean Air Action Day is Aug. 5, 2020. North Texans are uniting to practice social distancing in the fight against COVID-19. While we are all doing our part to create healthy social spaces, we can double many social distancing strategies, such as working from home, as clean air strategies.Below are clean air strategies you can implement from home or when you must leave your DALLAS ACTIVIST MERGES SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Oct. 7, 2020. Marcus Russell was one of three Dallas-area activists who received the Environmental Justice Award from the Texas Sierra Club on Saturday. Among the trio, Russell stands out as having the shortest tenure in the green movement - but he’s making up for it in sheer effort. A resident of DeSoto, Russell was honored along with his WASTEWATER WILL HARM POPULAR CREEK IN FORT WORTH, GROUPS The Mary's Creek Water Reclamation Facility will be built in west Fort Worth on Chapin Road, with a maximum average wastewater discharge of 15 million gallons per day, all of it planned to go into Mary's Creek. Courtesy of City of Fort Worth. Fort Worth is the country’s fourth fastest-growing big city, and the Mary’s Creek Water Reclamation CREATE YOUR OWN POCKET PRAIRIE Amy Martin. Amy Martin, a journalist and writer for more than 30 years, is the North Texas Wild columnist for GreenSource DFW. She is the author of the upcoming "Wild Dallas-Fort Worth: Explore the Amazing Nature of North Texas," to be released by Timber Press in

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THE FUTURE OF WATER IN DALLAS FT. WORTH By Jada Brazell As water leaves the state and residents continue to flood the North Texas region, a grim picture is painted for the future of water supply. However, state organizations and leaders are working to conserve this precious and natural resource. At least four cities in the North Texas region – Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington and Irving – have instituted a twice weekly TINY HOUSE VILLAGE BREAKS GROUND IN LAKE DALLAS Feb. 28, 2019. Tiny houses in DFW are hitting the big time. A new enclave has broken ground on the northwest side of Lewisville Lake and it’s making national news. The Lake Dallas Tiny Home Village, speculated to be the first development of its kind in the country, is located within the town of Lake Dallas, a community of nearly 8,000,

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CITY OF PLANO: PAPER DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT Green Source DFW is an award-winning digital publication covering environmental news in North Texas. Launched in 2011, the educational site was created by the Memnosyne Institute, a Dallas-based nonprofit, to educate the community about environmental topics including green living, sustainability, conservation, environmental advocacy and public policy discussions. GUIDE TO TRINITY RIVER PADDLING TRAIL Dec. 3, 2020. With the development of the Trinity River Paddling Trail and its recent inclusion in the National Park Service as a National Recreation Trail, the kayak and canoe community in North Texas is 10,000 strong and growing. Some get on the water every week. For others, it’s occasional. For half of them, it’s about the fishing.

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Climate Reality Project - DFW Chapter. DFW. Clean Air / Water, Clean Energy, Clean Vehicles, Climate Change, Community Organization or Group, Education, Environmental Group or Organization, Environmental Policy, Global Warming, Nonprofit organization, Public Policy. Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association. McKinney. 20 GREEN TIPS FOR EARTH DAY! 1. Stop using plastic coffee pods! Use compostable coffee pods or a reusable single cup coffee system, including cotton coffee filters. 2. Minimize household chemicals and waste. Make your own eco-friendly cleaning products: Watch how to make eco-friendly dryer sheets and how to make reusable sweeper pads and how to make a all-natural cleaner TINY HOUSE VILLAGE OPENS IN LAKE DALLAS Oct. 30, 2019. Tiny houses just took a giant leap in North Texas. Earlier this month, Terry Lantrip, owner of the Lake Dallas Tiny Home Village, welcomed residents to the first in-town neighborhood built exclusively for tiny houses in North Texas.Now five tiny homes are snuggled into a one-acre field that was once part of a historic farm. SHOPPING FOR AN ELECTRIC MOWER? HERE'S OUR GUIDE The electric Stihl RMA 510 V is one of the models GSDFW reporter Andrea Ridout test drove. Photo courtesy of Stihl.June 10, 2020About 25 years ago, my then-hubby and I were at a big box store and bought a Black & Decker battery-powered lawn mower on sale at the end of the summer season. We had a very small yard at the time and that little mower was just perfect. Though it used older-style MOST DFW TREES SPARED BY FREEZE Most DFW trees spared by freeze. Some evergreen trees like this live oak may have dropped leaves but they should recover. Photo by John Kent. The deep-freeze that pushed rare subzero temperatures into North Texas last month not only disrupted electric service and left death and destruction in its wake – it also stressed a lot of trees. NORTH TEXAS WATER GARDEN SOCIETY: POND TOUR The 27th Annual Tour of Ponds is a 2 day self-guided tour of 48 members ponds all across the entire Metroplex. The tour also consists of 14 ponds that are on the enchanted night tour that are open till 11 p.m. The ponds span as far north and south as Ennis to Anna and east to west as Mesquite to Forth Worth.Our tour book guide features 48 pond listings, descriptions, directions and color WASTEWATER WILL HARM POPULAR CREEK IN FORT WORTH, GROUPS The Mary's Creek Water Reclamation Facility will be built in west Fort Worth on Chapin Road, with a maximum average wastewater discharge of 15 million gallons per day, all of it planned to go into Mary's Creek. Courtesy of City of Fort Worth. Fort Worth is the country’s fourth fastest-growing big city, and the Mary’s Creek Water Reclamation SALES TAX WAIVED ON ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES OVER MEMORIAL Memorial Weekend is the fifth annual Energy Star appliances sales tax holiday in Texas. Beginning after midnight on Saturday, May 26, and ending at midnight on Memorial Day, Texans can save on local and state sales tax on an array of appliances with the Energy SAVE LUCAS RECYCLING: STYROFOAM DROP-OFF Green Source DFW is an award-winning digital publication covering environmental news in North Texas. Launched in 2011, the educational site was created by the Memnosyne Institute, a Dallas-based nonprofit, to educate the community about environmental topics including green living, sustainability, conservation, environmental advocacy and public policy discussions. GUIDE TO TRINITY RIVER PADDLING TRAIL Dec. 3, 2020. With the development of the Trinity River Paddling Trail and its recent inclusion in the National Park Service as a National Recreation Trail, the kayak and canoe community in North Texas is 10,000 strong and growing. Some get on the water every week. For others, it’s occasional. For half of them, it’s about the fishing.

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Climate Reality Project - DFW Chapter. DFW. Clean Air / Water, Clean Energy, Clean Vehicles, Climate Change, Community Organization or Group, Education, Environmental Group or Organization, Environmental Policy, Global Warming, Nonprofit organization, Public Policy. Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association. McKinney. 20 GREEN TIPS FOR EARTH DAY! 1. Stop using plastic coffee pods! Use compostable coffee pods or a reusable single cup coffee system, including cotton coffee filters. 2. Minimize household chemicals and waste. Make your own eco-friendly cleaning products: Watch how to make eco-friendly dryer sheets and how to make reusable sweeper pads and how to make a all-natural cleaner TINY HOUSE VILLAGE OPENS IN LAKE DALLAS Oct. 30, 2019. Tiny houses just took a giant leap in North Texas. Earlier this month, Terry Lantrip, owner of the Lake Dallas Tiny Home Village, welcomed residents to the first in-town neighborhood built exclusively for tiny houses in North Texas.Now five tiny homes are snuggled into a one-acre field that was once part of a historic farm. SHOPPING FOR AN ELECTRIC MOWER? HERE'S OUR GUIDE The electric Stihl RMA 510 V is one of the models GSDFW reporter Andrea Ridout test drove. Photo courtesy of Stihl.June 10, 2020About 25 years ago, my then-hubby and I were at a big box store and bought a Black & Decker battery-powered lawn mower on sale at the end of the summer season. We had a very small yard at the time and that little mower was just perfect. Though it used older-style MOST DFW TREES SPARED BY FREEZE Most DFW trees spared by freeze. Some evergreen trees like this live oak may have dropped leaves but they should recover. Photo by John Kent. The deep-freeze that pushed rare subzero temperatures into North Texas last month not only disrupted electric service and left death and destruction in its wake – it also stressed a lot of trees. NORTH TEXAS WATER GARDEN SOCIETY: POND TOUR The 27th Annual Tour of Ponds is a 2 day self-guided tour of 48 members ponds all across the entire Metroplex. The tour also consists of 14 ponds that are on the enchanted night tour that are open till 11 p.m. The ponds span as far north and south as Ennis to Anna and east to west as Mesquite to Forth Worth.Our tour book guide features 48 pond listings, descriptions, directions and color WASTEWATER WILL HARM POPULAR CREEK IN FORT WORTH, GROUPS The Mary's Creek Water Reclamation Facility will be built in west Fort Worth on Chapin Road, with a maximum average wastewater discharge of 15 million gallons per day, all of it planned to go into Mary's Creek. Courtesy of City of Fort Worth. Fort Worth is the country’s fourth fastest-growing big city, and the Mary’s Creek Water Reclamation SALES TAX WAIVED ON ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES OVER MEMORIAL Memorial Weekend is the fifth annual Energy Star appliances sales tax holiday in Texas. Beginning after midnight on Saturday, May 26, and ending at midnight on Memorial Day, Texans can save on local and state sales tax on an array of appliances with the Energy SAVE LUCAS RECYCLING: STYROFOAM DROP-OFF Green Source DFW is an award-winning digital publication covering environmental news in North Texas. Launched in 2011, the educational site was created by the Memnosyne Institute, a Dallas-based nonprofit, to educate the community about environmental topics including green living, sustainability, conservation, environmental advocacy and public policy discussions. FORT WORTH PRAIRIE PARK EFFORTS MOVE AHEAD DESPITE June 9, 2021. Conservationists in Fort Worth are scrambling to protect an unspoiled remnant of the city’s last remaining native prairie as raging growth and suburban real-estate development threatens to swallow it up.. The land, situated in southwestern portions of the city and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, is home to a broad array of indigenous animals, at least 1,000 native plant

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Climate Reality Project - DFW Chapter. DFW. Clean Air / Water, Clean Energy, Clean Vehicles, Climate Change, Community Organization or Group, Education, Environmental Group or Organization, Environmental Policy, Global Warming, Nonprofit organization, Public Policy. Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association. McKinney. ROCKY MT INSTITUTE COFOUNDER TO SHARE INSIGHTS WITH NORTH Amory Lovins will speak on June 12 at 10 a.m. on Zoom. AIR NORTH TEXAS: CLEAN AIR ACTION DAY Clean Air Action Day is Aug. 5, 2020. North Texans are uniting to practice social distancing in the fight against COVID-19. While we are all doing our part to create healthy social spaces, we can double many social distancing strategies, such as working from home, as clean air strategies.Below are clean air strategies you can implement from home or when you must leave your WASTEWATER WILL HARM POPULAR CREEK IN FORT WORTH, GROUPS The Mary's Creek Water Reclamation Facility will be built in west Fort Worth on Chapin Road, with a maximum average wastewater discharge of 15 million gallons per day, all of it planned to go into Mary's Creek. Courtesy of City of Fort Worth. Fort Worth is the country’s fourth fastest-growing big city, and the Mary’s Creek Water Reclamation DALLAS ACTIVIST MERGES SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Oct. 7, 2020. Marcus Russell was one of three Dallas-area activists who received the Environmental Justice Award from the Texas Sierra Club on Saturday. Among the trio, Russell stands out as having the shortest tenure in the green movement - but he’s making up for it in sheer effort. A resident of DeSoto, Russell was honored along with his SEED COLLECTION AT DALLAS LIBRARY IS GROWING The service is open to all, including residents outside city of Dallas. Donations: Seed donations are also accepted. Please inquire about procedure for donating seeds. Where: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young St, Sixth Floor, Dallas. Contact: 214-670-1468 or seedlibrary@dallaslibrary2.org. THE FUTURE OF WATER IN DALLAS FT. WORTH By Jada Brazell As water leaves the state and residents continue to flood the North Texas region, a grim picture is painted for the future of water supply. However, state organizations and leaders are working to conserve this precious and natural resource. At least four cities in the North Texas region – Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington and Irving – have instituted a twice weekly TINY HOUSE VILLAGE BREAKS GROUND IN LAKE DALLAS Feb. 28, 2019. Tiny houses in DFW are hitting the big time. A new enclave has broken ground on the northwest side of Lewisville Lake and it’s making national news. The Lake Dallas Tiny Home Village, speculated to be the first development of its kind in the country, is located within the town of Lake Dallas, a community of nearly 8,000,

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CITY OF PLANO: PAPER DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT Green Source DFW is an award-winning digital publication covering environmental news in North Texas. Launched in 2011, the educational site was created by the Memnosyne Institute, a Dallas-based nonprofit, to educate the community about environmental topics including green living, sustainability, conservation, environmental advocacy and public policy discussions. GUIDE TO TRINITY RIVER PADDLING TRAIL Dec. 3, 2020. With the development of the Trinity River Paddling Trail and its recent inclusion in the National Park Service as a National Recreation Trail, the kayak and canoe community in North Texas is 10,000 strong and growing. Some get on the water every week. For others, it’s occasional. For half of them, it’s about the fishing.

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Climate Reality Project - DFW Chapter. DFW. Clean Air / Water, Clean Energy, Clean Vehicles, Climate Change, Community Organization or Group, Education, Environmental Group or Organization, Environmental Policy, Global Warming, Nonprofit organization, Public Policy. Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association. McKinney. 20 GREEN TIPS FOR EARTH DAY! 1. Stop using plastic coffee pods! Use compostable coffee pods or a reusable single cup coffee system, including cotton coffee filters. 2. Minimize household chemicals and waste. Make your own eco-friendly cleaning products: Watch how to make eco-friendly dryer sheets and how to make reusable sweeper pads and how to make a all-natural cleaner TINY HOUSE VILLAGE OPENS IN LAKE DALLAS Oct. 30, 2019. Tiny houses just took a giant leap in North Texas. Earlier this month, Terry Lantrip, owner of the Lake Dallas Tiny Home Village, welcomed residents to the first in-town neighborhood built exclusively for tiny houses in North Texas.Now five tiny homes are snuggled into a one-acre field that was once part of a historic farm. SHOPPING FOR AN ELECTRIC MOWER? HERE'S OUR GUIDE The electric Stihl RMA 510 V is one of the models GSDFW reporter Andrea Ridout test drove. Photo courtesy of Stihl.June 10, 2020About 25 years ago, my then-hubby and I were at a big box store and bought a Black & Decker battery-powered lawn mower on sale at the end of the summer season. We had a very small yard at the time and that little mower was just perfect. Though it used older-style MOST DFW TREES SPARED BY FREEZE Most DFW trees spared by freeze. Some evergreen trees like this live oak may have dropped leaves but they should recover. Photo by John Kent. The deep-freeze that pushed rare subzero temperatures into North Texas last month not only disrupted electric service and left death and destruction in its wake – it also stressed a lot of trees. NORTH TEXAS WATER GARDEN SOCIETY: POND TOUR The 27th Annual Tour of Ponds is a 2 day self-guided tour of 48 members ponds all across the entire Metroplex. The tour also consists of 14 ponds that are on the enchanted night tour that are open till 11 p.m. The ponds span as far north and south as Ennis to Anna and east to west as Mesquite to Forth Worth.Our tour book guide features 48 pond listings, descriptions, directions and color WASTEWATER WILL HARM POPULAR CREEK IN FORT WORTH, GROUPS The Mary's Creek Water Reclamation Facility will be built in west Fort Worth on Chapin Road, with a maximum average wastewater discharge of 15 million gallons per day, all of it planned to go into Mary's Creek. Courtesy of City of Fort Worth. Fort Worth is the country’s fourth fastest-growing big city, and the Mary’s Creek Water Reclamation SALES TAX WAIVED ON ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES OVER MEMORIAL Memorial Weekend is the fifth annual Energy Star appliances sales tax holiday in Texas. Beginning after midnight on Saturday, May 26, and ending at midnight on Memorial Day, Texans can save on local and state sales tax on an array of appliances with the Energy SAVE LUCAS RECYCLING: STYROFOAM DROP-OFF Green Source DFW is an award-winning digital publication covering environmental news in North Texas. Launched in 2011, the educational site was created by the Memnosyne Institute, a Dallas-based nonprofit, to educate the community about environmental topics including green living, sustainability, conservation, environmental advocacy and public policy discussions. GUIDE TO TRINITY RIVER PADDLING TRAIL Dec. 3, 2020. With the development of the Trinity River Paddling Trail and its recent inclusion in the National Park Service as a National Recreation Trail, the kayak and canoe community in North Texas is 10,000 strong and growing. Some get on the water every week. For others, it’s occasional. For half of them, it’s about the fishing.

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Climate Reality Project - DFW Chapter. DFW. Clean Air / Water, Clean Energy, Clean Vehicles, Climate Change, Community Organization or Group, Education, Environmental Group or Organization, Environmental Policy, Global Warming, Nonprofit organization, Public Policy. Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association. McKinney. 20 GREEN TIPS FOR EARTH DAY! 1. Stop using plastic coffee pods! Use compostable coffee pods or a reusable single cup coffee system, including cotton coffee filters. 2. Minimize household chemicals and waste. Make your own eco-friendly cleaning products: Watch how to make eco-friendly dryer sheets and how to make reusable sweeper pads and how to make a all-natural cleaner TINY HOUSE VILLAGE OPENS IN LAKE DALLAS Oct. 30, 2019. Tiny houses just took a giant leap in North Texas. Earlier this month, Terry Lantrip, owner of the Lake Dallas Tiny Home Village, welcomed residents to the first in-town neighborhood built exclusively for tiny houses in North Texas.Now five tiny homes are snuggled into a one-acre field that was once part of a historic farm. SHOPPING FOR AN ELECTRIC MOWER? HERE'S OUR GUIDE The electric Stihl RMA 510 V is one of the models GSDFW reporter Andrea Ridout test drove. Photo courtesy of Stihl.June 10, 2020About 25 years ago, my then-hubby and I were at a big box store and bought a Black & Decker battery-powered lawn mower on sale at the end of the summer season. We had a very small yard at the time and that little mower was just perfect. Though it used older-style MOST DFW TREES SPARED BY FREEZE Most DFW trees spared by freeze. Some evergreen trees like this live oak may have dropped leaves but they should recover. Photo by John Kent. The deep-freeze that pushed rare subzero temperatures into North Texas last month not only disrupted electric service and left death and destruction in its wake – it also stressed a lot of trees. NORTH TEXAS WATER GARDEN SOCIETY: POND TOUR The 27th Annual Tour of Ponds is a 2 day self-guided tour of 48 members ponds all across the entire Metroplex. The tour also consists of 14 ponds that are on the enchanted night tour that are open till 11 p.m. The ponds span as far north and south as Ennis to Anna and east to west as Mesquite to Forth Worth.Our tour book guide features 48 pond listings, descriptions, directions and color WASTEWATER WILL HARM POPULAR CREEK IN FORT WORTH, GROUPS The Mary's Creek Water Reclamation Facility will be built in west Fort Worth on Chapin Road, with a maximum average wastewater discharge of 15 million gallons per day, all of it planned to go into Mary's Creek. Courtesy of City of Fort Worth. Fort Worth is the country’s fourth fastest-growing big city, and the Mary’s Creek Water Reclamation SALES TAX WAIVED ON ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES OVER MEMORIAL Memorial Weekend is the fifth annual Energy Star appliances sales tax holiday in Texas. Beginning after midnight on Saturday, May 26, and ending at midnight on Memorial Day, Texans can save on local and state sales tax on an array of appliances with the Energy SAVE LUCAS RECYCLING: STYROFOAM DROP-OFF Green Source DFW is an award-winning digital publication covering environmental news in North Texas. Launched in 2011, the educational site was created by the Memnosyne Institute, a Dallas-based nonprofit, to educate the community about environmental topics including green living, sustainability, conservation, environmental advocacy and public policy discussions. FORT WORTH PRAIRIE PARK EFFORTS MOVE AHEAD DESPITE June 9, 2021. Conservationists in Fort Worth are scrambling to protect an unspoiled remnant of the city’s last remaining native prairie as raging growth and suburban real-estate development threatens to swallow it up.. The land, situated in southwestern portions of the city and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, is home to a broad array of indigenous animals, at least 1,000 native plant

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Climate Reality Project - DFW Chapter. DFW. Clean Air / Water, Clean Energy, Clean Vehicles, Climate Change, Community Organization or Group, Education, Environmental Group or Organization, Environmental Policy, Global Warming, Nonprofit organization, Public Policy. Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association. McKinney. ROCKY MT INSTITUTE COFOUNDER TO SHARE INSIGHTS WITH NORTH Amory Lovins will speak on June 12 at 10 a.m. on Zoom. AIR NORTH TEXAS: CLEAN AIR ACTION DAY Clean Air Action Day is Aug. 5, 2020. North Texans are uniting to practice social distancing in the fight against COVID-19. While we are all doing our part to create healthy social spaces, we can double many social distancing strategies, such as working from home, as clean air strategies.Below are clean air strategies you can implement from home or when you must leave your WASTEWATER WILL HARM POPULAR CREEK IN FORT WORTH, GROUPS The Mary's Creek Water Reclamation Facility will be built in west Fort Worth on Chapin Road, with a maximum average wastewater discharge of 15 million gallons per day, all of it planned to go into Mary's Creek. Courtesy of City of Fort Worth. Fort Worth is the country’s fourth fastest-growing big city, and the Mary’s Creek Water Reclamation DALLAS ACTIVIST MERGES SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Oct. 7, 2020. Marcus Russell was one of three Dallas-area activists who received the Environmental Justice Award from the Texas Sierra Club on Saturday. Among the trio, Russell stands out as having the shortest tenure in the green movement - but he’s making up for it in sheer effort. A resident of DeSoto, Russell was honored along with his SEED COLLECTION AT DALLAS LIBRARY IS GROWING The service is open to all, including residents outside city of Dallas. Donations: Seed donations are also accepted. Please inquire about procedure for donating seeds. Where: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young St, Sixth Floor, Dallas. Contact: 214-670-1468 or seedlibrary@dallaslibrary2.org. THE FUTURE OF WATER IN DALLAS FT. WORTH By Jada Brazell As water leaves the state and residents continue to flood the North Texas region, a grim picture is painted for the future of water supply. However, state organizations and leaders are working to conserve this precious and natural resource. At least four cities in the North Texas region – Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington and Irving – have instituted a twice weekly TINY HOUSE VILLAGE BREAKS GROUND IN LAKE DALLAS Feb. 28, 2019. Tiny houses in DFW are hitting the big time. A new enclave has broken ground on the northwest side of Lewisville Lake and it’s making national news. The Lake Dallas Tiny Home Village, speculated to be the first development of its kind in the country, is located within the town of Lake Dallas, a community of nearly 8,000,

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Water Filters 101: Tips for wading through the options Aug 14, 2019 / 0 comments We tested popular brands - here's what we found. Plastic bags are killing horses and cows across Texas Aug 14, 2019 / 0 comments Ranchers, city leaders and environmental groups say plastic bag litter is as big a problem as ever. Nominations sought for Green Source DFW Awards Aug 13, 2019 / 0 comments The public voting period will start in September. Fort Worth students survey turtles along Trinity River Aug 07, 2019 / 0 comments Paschal High School students began the three-year study in 2017. Opinion: Local cement plant seeks to burn 100 percent petroleum coke Aug 07, 2019 / 0 comments Air pollution could increase as much as 100 more tons of PM a year. North Texas kids are learning to be master naturalists Aug 06, 2019 / 0 comments The youth programs follow the Texas Master Naturalist curriculum. Opinion: More climate change education needed in DFW Aug 02, 2019 / 0 comments Two climate researchers say the climate crisis should be a part of the state curriculum.

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Water Filters 101: Tips for wading through the options Aug 14, 2019 / 0 comments Plastic bags are killing horses and cows across Texas Aug 14, 2019 / 0 comments Nominations sought for Green Source DFW Awards Aug 13, 2019 / 0 comments Fort Worth students survey turtles along Trinity River Aug 07, 2019 / 0 comments

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Rice, Texas A&M vie to protect Houston from hurricanes Jul 31, 2019 / 0 comments DFW watchdog group tests air monitoring program for kids Jul 18, 2019 / 0 comments

OPINION

Opinion: Local cement plant seeks to burn 100 percent petroleum coke Aug 07, 2019 / 0 comments Opinion: More climate change education needed in DFW Aug 02, 2019 / 0 comments

NATURE

Film explores threats to Grand Canyon via epic hike Jul 19, 2019 / 0 comments Fort Worth Botanic Garden’s new fees start Friday Jul 16, 2019 / 0 comments

DESIGN

Austin hotel makes top green lodgings list Jun 13, 2019 / 0 comments Rewilding North Texas is doable, says landscape architect May 27, 2019 / 0 comments

NORTH TEXAS WILD

Paint Rock serves as earthy backdrop for Winter Solstice Jan 09, 2019 / 0 comments My transformation into a North Texas master naturalist Nov 27, 2018 / 0 comments

GREEN TIP GUY

Green Tip Guy: Bipartisan group lobbies for climate action Jul 03, 2019 / 0 comments Green Tip Guy: Help Groundwork Dallas clean up parks Jun 26, 2019 / 0 comments

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UT Dallas capturing majority of food waste on campus Jul 31, 2019 / 0 comments North Texas businesses pick up slack on food composting Jul 29, 2019 / 0 comments

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Plano moving supply co. rents out reusable plastic boxes Jun 26, 2019 / 0 comments Solarized Dallas coworking space broadcasts sunny brand May 06, 2019 / 0 comments

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Electric buses to link up popular Fort Worth stops Jul 08, 2019 / 0 comments Dads will love these green gifts Jun 12, 2019 / 0 comments

ENERGY

Controversial Texas nuke dump at center of Midland hearing Jul 12, 2019 / 0 comments Hearing on proposed nuke waste dump to be held in Midland Jul 03, 2019 / 0 comments

DRIVE GREEN

'Rooftop' solar to protect cars at McKinney dealership Feb 25, 2019 / 0 comments 2019 electric Jaguar is just about purr-fect Dec 18, 2018 / 0 comments

EDUCATION

North Texas kids are learning to be master naturalists Aug 06, 2019 / 0 comments UNT prof: Kids are learning to conserve water Jun 25, 2019 / 0 comments

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