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Green Family

Preserve and can your own fruits and veggies

July 20, 2009

Growing your own food and shopping for local produce at the farmer’s market is a great way to eat healthy, save money and reduce your carbon footprint. But what happens when the growing season is over?
Learn how to preserve and can fresh fruits and vegetables at the Trinity River Audubon Center from 10 a.m. to [...]

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How to clean up broken CFLs

July 17, 2009

Compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) make us nervous. It’s not the quality of the light that bothers us. We don’t miss incandescents (even the new kind). We know how to recycle CFLs, and we even know to look for special versions that can handle the vibrations in ceiling fans. It’s the mercury that gets us. That’s [...]

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Free Dallas screening of Food Inc. this Thursday

July 13, 2009

Chipotle Mexican Grill, which has been riding the more sustainable food train for years now, is sponsoring free screenings of the acclaimed documentary film Food, Inc. nationwide, including North Texas. The local showing will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at the Magnolia Theatre in Dallas.
The food industry exposé is preparing to burst [...]

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Free summer fun for the family

July 10, 2009

Mid-July in Dallas/Fort Worth? Piece of cake! You’ve got things covered with these free summer activities and events for the whole family. The best part: they’re half-price or even free!

Free movie tickets for Children’s Place shoppers Free tickets to Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs for the first 50 customers to spend $40 or more [...]

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Can you eat locally in Dallas/Fort Worth?

July 10, 2009

Concerned about the quality of your fruits and vegetables, or just longing to recapture the garden-fresh tastes from your childhood? You don’t have to leave the country for the finest, freshest, healthiest food in the world — locally grown food is right here at home in North Texas.
Join the Trinity River Audubon Society’s panel of [...]

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More buns served

July 8, 2009

It’s a good time to be a baby’s bottom in Dallas/Fort Worth, as Green Baby Diaper Service expands it service to cover the entire metroplex. Green Baby offers cloth diaper service, supplies and support. Visit them on the web at GreenBabyDiaperService.com.
Find other local diapering resources on our Natural Shopping page.

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Stella McCartney developing line for GapKids, babyGap

June 22, 2009

Designer Stella McCartney has announced plans for a new line of clothes to debut later this year at GapKids and babyGap. “For years now I’ve wanted to create a collection for kids, it’s something I’ve often been asked about,” McCartney revealed to Vogue magazine. “I believe that this one off collaboration will be a great way [...]

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BlueBonnet Diaper Service offers new clients two weeks free

June 17, 2009

It’s June, and that means two free weeks for new clients at BlueBonnet Diaper Service. The new service is now serving Dallas, Fort Worth and the Denton triplex area, including Frisco, Plano, Little Elm, Corinth, Lake Dallas, The Colony, Flower Mound, Lewisville, Keller, Southlake, Trophy Club, Grapevine, Colleyville, Bedford, Hurst, Euless, Watauga, North Richland Hills, [...]

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Energy independence in a green home

June 15, 2009

What makes a home green, comfortable, healthy and inexpensive to maintain? Find out on June 20 when Terry Jensen speaks in the Trinity River Audubon Center in Dallas on achieving personal energy independence in a green, comfortable and healthy home.
“As energy rates continue to rise, achieving financial independence must include achieving energy independence, too,” Jensen [...]

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Conscious Kids Camp in Uptown Dallas

June 9, 2009

Give your child the essential tools for conscious and creative living with Conscious Kids Camp, from the North Texas Peace Learning Center in collaboration with Pure Wellness Intl. Conscious Kids Camp is designed to celebrate heart-centered creativity, consciousness and presence natural to childhood.
This camp, held in Uptown Dallas for children ages 3 through 12, run [...]

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