Soil and Green

Hard-to-recycle items such as small household electronics, TVs, clothing, toys, building materials and more will be accepted at four locations across the city.  Shredders will be at three locations to dispose of voluminous paper records.

Nearly 1,500 people participated to divert more than 210,000 pounds of materials from our local landfill during the Summer Recycling Round-up.

For more information, call 3-1-1.

Locations:

• Cliff Temple Baptist Church / La Academia de Estrellas Charter School
  123 W. 10th Street, Dallas, TX, 75208
  This location will not have a shredder.
• Oak Hill Elementary
  9407 Midway Road, Dallas, TX, 75220
• Pleasant Mound – Urban Park United Methodist Church / Nova Charter School
  8301 Bruton Road, Dallas, TX, 75217
• Lake Highlands Elementary
  9501 Ferndale Road, Dallas, TX, 75238

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Sponsored by Turtle Creek Association, Recycle Revolution, AIA Dallas Emerging Leaders 2009, TreeHugger Boxes, The City of Dallas, and Page Southerland Page

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Just opposite The Dallas Theatre Center (3636 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, 75219)
Website: http://data.memberclicks.com/site/tca/Turtle_Creek_Cleanup_Flyer%5B10-24%5D.pdf
Cost: FREE
Registration: Contact Janet Watts at (214) 395-2577 or email lbrigati@yahoo.com.
Park at The Dallas Theatre Center (entrance off Blackburn Street)
Weather Policy: If it is raining, the Turtle Creek Clean-Up will be canceled for October 24th, and will be rescheduled for Saturday, November 14th.

This is a team event.  Groups of 10 to 12 individuals compete against one another for (more…)

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Green Festival 2009
Sponsored by The City of Dallas Office of Environmental Quality
in honor of National Pollution Prevention Week

Time: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Bath House Cultural Center (512 East Lawther Drive, Dallas, Texas, 75218).  Northcliff Drive off Buckner Boulevard.  Please note that access to the Bath House via East Lawther Drive is blocked off.
Website: http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/Green_Festival_Ad.pdf
Cost: FREE.  Parking is also free.

Eco-friendly family fun!  Dallas will kick off National Pollution Prevention Week with Green Festival 2009.  Free to everyone!  There will be face painting, arts and crafts, and lots of (more…)

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Sustainability Brown Bag
Moving Beyond Pollution Prevention

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: City Hall L1FN Conference Room A (1500 Marilla Street, Dallas, Texas, 75201)
Website: http://www.greendallas.net/calendar_sept09.html
Cost: FREE

Go above and beyond the legal requirements for environmental compliance and strive for measurable goals to improve the quality of our (more…)

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Sustainability Brown Bag
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Trinity River Audubon Center (6500 South Loop 12, Dallas, Texas, 75217)
Website: http://www.greendallas.net/calendar_sept09.html
Cost: FREE.  Eco-friendly lunch provided, followed by facility tour.

The presentation describes Standard Renewable Energy RE-3 method, which is Re-view, Re-duce, and Re-new.  This course will discuss how important it is to (more…)

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Sustainability Brown Bag
From Seed to Seed: the Environmental Impact of Food

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: City Hall L1FN Conference Room A (1500 Marilla Street, Dallas, Texas, 75201)
Website: http://www.greendallas.net/calendar_sept09.html
Cost: FREE

Learn about how the farming methods used to produce your food affect your environmental impact.  The food you choose to buy directly impacts water and soil pollution as well as the chemicals you put into (more…)

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Free Water-Wise Landscaping Seminars

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Mountain View College Performance Hall (4849 West Illinois Avenue, Dallas, Texas, 75211).  Call (214) 860-8680 for directions.
Website: http://www.ci.dallas.tx.us/forms/water_conservation_seminar.html
Registration: Please go to the above website to register.
Cost: FREE

Learn how to save water and money.  The seminars will be held in the Performance Hall.

Landscape designer and author Bonnie Reese will be the speaker at both sessions.  The first 50 attendees at each session will receive a (more…)