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Recycle Your Old Electronics and Plan a Green Thanksgiving

4:06 PM Sun, Nov 01, 2009 |
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Green Living invites you to their semi-annual E-Waste Round Up on Saturday, November 7 from Noon-5:00pm in the Lakewood Shopping Center parking lot. Green Living will take your old, obsolete, and broken electronics and properly recycle them in partnership with
Irving-based E-Waste Collections. Recycling unwanted electronics is the responsible way to keep hazardous materials such as mercury, lead and arsenic from leaching into the enviro...



Sam Rutherford Elementary Students Take Action In Environmental Fundraising

6:33 PM Thu, Oct 29, 2009 |
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The students, along with the PTA at Sam Rutherford Elementary in Mesquite, Texas are taking action to create environmental awareness through fundraising. In lieu of selling candy or gift wrap, the students will sell gift trees provided by the Arbor Day Foundation. Each gift tree comes in a recyclable tube that is made of 50% post-consumer content and can easily be converted to a bird feeder once the tree has been planted. The gift trees cost $...



See the CHEVY VOLT at the NASCAR Chevrolet VIP Experience

6:29 PM Thu, Oct 29, 2009 |
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Chevrolet VIP Experience

7:30 am, Saturday, November 7th
Texas Motor Speedway-Fort Worth, Texas

Join us for a sneak peak of the 2010 Chevrolet Volt and experience the Chevy Ride and Drive area with Tim Herrick, General Motors' Chief Global Engineer of Crossover Vehicles.

As part of this VIP Experience, Chevrolet asks you to be our guest in the Chevrolet Consumer Chalet including grandstand tickets to the NASCA...



Go Green When Thinking of Fundraising Ideas

8:17 PM Mon, Oct 26, 2009 |
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As school children and youth organizations gear up for their fundraising efforts, many are looking for new fundraising ideas and they are finding them in a Mansfield, TX based company called Go Green Fundraising. With health concerns a serious issue with traditional fundraising programs and with a down economy forcing many groups to raise more money than ever before, groups from around the country are finding that earth friendly fundraising p...



Dallas Offers Money-Saving Kits to Residents For FREE

6:45 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 |
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With Americans looking to save money any way they can, the City of Dallas is offering a money-saving solution to its residents.

The City of Dallas, through its partnership with the Dallas Sustainable Skylines Initiative, is offering a home energy efficiency and water conservation kit free to any homeowner or renter (with landlord permission) in Dallas. These kits will help residents live green and save green. Quick, simple fixes c...



Learn How to Harvest Your Rainwater

8:12 PM Thu, Jul 23, 2009 |
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Texas Nursery and Landscape Association
Rainwater Harvesting

(Austin, Texas) The Texas Nursery and Landscape Association EXPO returns to the Dallas Convention Center August 13th-16th, 2009 with expanded opportunities and relevant interview availabilities with various keynote speakers. Nursery/Landscape Expo is the South Central United States' largest gathering of green industry professionals including growers' supply companies,...



Ten for 10 Una Sera Italiana Event

12:50 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 |
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Ten for 10 is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide clean drinking water to people in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through dinners and social events we hope to raise not only money, but awareness as to what can be done to help. Proceeds from these events will go to the installation of manual water pump systems in rural communities located in countries such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanza...



Local Builder wins National Building Award for "Green Multifamily Project of the Year"

7:04 PM Mon, May 11, 2009 |
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05/11/09, Dallas, TX- Friday night at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, local multifamily builder Tonti Properties' new development La Valencia at Starwood was named the "Green Multifamily Project of the Year" by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The national award was presented at a gala dinner during the weekend long NAHB National Green Building Conference. T. Boone Pickens was the event's keynote speaker.

La Valencia at ...



City of Dallas Super Recycling Spring Roundup

5:41 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 |
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Bring your items to the City of Dallas Super Recycling Spring Roundup Saturday, May 16, 2009 from 10:00am-4:00pm.

- Dallas Bible Church 15765 Hillcrest Road, 75001
- Elliott's Hardware 4901 Maple Ave., 75235 (enter on Cass Street behind the store)
- Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church 6000 S. Hampton Road, 75232 (Shred pod)
- Everglade Park 5100 N. Jim Miller Road, 75227 - Buckner Terrace Homeowners Association

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Green Living Hosts E-Waste Round Up

8:59 AM Mon, Apr 27, 2009 |
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Green Living invites you to their semi-annual E-Waste Round Up
on Saturday, May 2nd from Noon-4:00pm in the Lakewood Shopping Center parking lot. Green Living will take your old, obsolete, and broken electronics and properly recycle them in partnership with Irving-based e-Waste Collections. Recycling unwanted electronics is the responsible way to keep hazardous materials such as mercury, lead and arsenic from leaching into the environm...