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

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Healthcare Art Consulting (2910 E. Commerce Street, Dallas, Texas, 75212)
Website: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148057577569&ref=mf
Cost: FREE

The Deep Ellum Sustainability Council would like to invite you to join them for their kick-off meeting.  Come to hear a presentation of all of the future project ideas they are putting into action in Deep Ellum over the next couple of years. After the presentation they will call for volunteers to lead and participate in committees to launch these projects.

The event is open to anyone who is (more…)

Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11, 2009

Nature Fest 2009 at the Trinity River Audubon Center
Connecting people to nature through art, exploration, and sustainable living

Time: Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Sunday 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Trinity River Audubon Center (6500 South Loop 12, Dallas, Texas, 75217)
Website: http://www.trinityriveraudubon.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Explore_SpecialEvents
Cost: FREE admission.  Parking is $5.00.

Trinity River Audubon Center’s first annual Nature Fest is a two-day family festival celebrating the art of nature, sustainable living, and the great outdoors.  We will also be (more…)

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Healthy Living Expo in Garland

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: GISD Special Events Center (Garland, Texas)
Website: http://www.garlandgoesgreen.org/Home/Garland+Goes+Green/gg201_landing.htm
Cost: FREE

Learn how to improve your personal health and the health of the environment all in one event: Healthy Living Expo 2009 – Healthy You, Healthy Earth: Rx for a Better World.
 
The City of Garland, Garland ISD, Baylor Medical Center at Garland and (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 17, 2009

Green Operations Summit

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Grapevine Convention Center (1209 South Main Street, Grapevine, Texas, 76051)
Website: http://www.greenoperationssummit.com/
Cost: $25.00 for chapter members, $35.00 for non-members, and $20.00 for students and Emerging Green Builders
Registration: Go to the website above to register for this event.

Learn how sustainable buildings save money and reduce environmental impact.

Join us for the Green Operations Summit, your opportunity to (more…)

Sunday, September 06, 2009

Community Yard Sale at the Dallas Farmers Market

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Dallas Farmers Market (1010 South Pearl Expressway, Dallas, Texas, 75201)
Website: http://www.dallasfarmersmarket.org/Events/yardsales.html

Save space in the landfills, while making/spending some money!!  Dallas Farmers Market welcomes downtown residents and the metro community (more…)

Friday-Sunday, September 25-27, 2009

Tenth Annual Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair

Time: Friday 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Market Square (Fredericksburg, Texas)
Website: http://theroundup.org/
Cost: $10.00 for Friday, $12.00 for Saturday, and $10.00 for Sunday.  Or $20.00 for a three-day pass.  Children under 12 are free.  General admission tickets sold at the gate only.

Over the past 10 years, this community and family oriented Green Living Fair has grown to be the largest “green show” in the South. It occurs at the end of September, every year, in historic Fredericksburg, Texas.  You can see the latest (more…)