Green Source DFW | A Dallas/Ft. Worth Environmental News & Community Resource

By Rita Cook Sustainability is cultivated in many forms by the 2000 Roses Foundation. The Dallas-based organization has grown from a nonprofit that provides transitional housing for formerly incarcerated women to operating an upscale resale store that supports occupational training for the women to promoting community preservation. Together its objectives give new purpose to people, products...

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A spotlight on the latest green news in North Texas January 7 2013 by Julie Thibodeaux

Julie's Green Light is a new, regular feature in Green Source DFW. This week Assistant Editor Julie Thibodeaux covers Dallas philanthropist Ariel Nessel - Pollination Project, the City of Dallas Zero Waste Goals and Fort Worth's JIm Marshall - Bluebirder of the Year 2012 Send... Read more...

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Weekly Green Roundup - Great Shopping Discounts for the New Year, A Seminar on the Community Gardens Movement, & More

(Photo: Happy Green New Year 2013!) Published 01/03/2013 Happy New Year! There's a lot of great deals to go along with the change in that change in the last digit of our date lines. First, a brief reminder to make your nomination for the Green Source DFW... Read more...

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Promised Land - the fracking controversy on the big screen

A must see film. Add your comments.. The story revolves around a global gas company getting leases to drill for natural gas and the subsequent fracking in a small farming community. From Rotten Tomatoes Promised Land is the new contemporary drama directed by Gus... Read more...

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A Winter Mixer at The People's Last Stand Thursday January 17th

This Green Source DFW mixer will be our first in 2013. Your first round of drinks is on Green Source DFW and there'll also be free appetizers and other light eats.Thursday January 17 5:00 to 7:00 PMThe People's Last Stand - Mockingbird Station. - You can take... Read more...

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Dallas / Fort Worth Environmentalists share their eco-friendly acts of 2012

Environmentalists Dallas / Fort Worth By Julie Thibodeaux We asked the Dallas-Fort Worth green community to tell us one way they’d made the world a little greener in 2012. The answers we received were impressive -- everything from switching... Read more...

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Weekly Green Roundup: A Last Chance to See Chihuly, A Family Hike and Story Time, and More

(Photo: A view of the snowy Trinity River during Tuesday's Christmas snowstorm; nature at its finest courtesy of Streams and Valleys Inc.) Published 12/27/2012 If you've got family in town for the holidays or are just looking for ways to get out and excercise... Read more...

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Green Growth: Business Adds Curbside Compost Pickup for Northeast Dallas Residents

By Julie Thibodeaux A Dallas-based business wants to help North Texans expand their green lifestyle in 2013. Recycle Revolution, a recycling collection company, recently added residential curbside compost pickup to its array of services. Called the Blue Bucket... Read more...

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Miss Marcy: Holiday Inspired Green Gifts at Promise of Peace Community Garden:

By Rita Cook What could be a better gift for a young girl than learning about the earth with the help of what is called the Miss Marcy Doll currently being sold for the holidays at the Promise of Peace (POP) Community Garden in East Dallas and at the garden’s website at www.... Read more...

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Weekly Green Roundup - A Christmas Stroll in Shangri La, Hot Holiday Drinks Recipes, and More

(Photo: The meditation circle at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, courtesy David Bethard) Published 12/20/2012 Will the world end tomorrow? Is this the last weekly green roundup ever? We doubt it, but just in case we’re... Read more...

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Winter SolstiCelebration: Performers prepare for final act

By Julie Thibodeaux The winter solstice this year falls on a day that’s been billed by metaphysicians as a kind of cosmic cliff -- the end of the Mayan calendar. But for a local theatrical troupe, the day also marks the end of a 20-year tradition when the... Read more...

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