Copyright 2009 http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/green en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:49:17 -0600 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:49:17 -0600 NBC Local Integrated Media http://www.nbcdfw.com/entertainment/celebrity/Green_Celebrities.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:49:03 -0600 http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/120*66/leonardo-dicaprio-green.jpg
Check out these celebrities who try to keep the environment clean by going green.

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An eco-friendly party just takes a little planning.

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Producers of local food in North Texas say it is a growing business that benefits from greater attention to “going green.”

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Here is a list of many of the farmers markets in North Texas featuring locally harvested products.

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What happens when two documentary film makers decide to take on Fresh Direct and grow their own? Find out, as Cat Greenleaf heads to Red Hook, Brooklyn! Take the pledge to buy local!

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Live green wherever you are. It's not hard. Check out these simple ideas to go green and see what good it will do Mother Earth.

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A water district is suing to put a sewer line under the Heard Museum's wetlands.

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A love for dairy farms created a green process for cheese making right here in North Texas.

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Look for concepts from Audi and BMW -- they're hard to miss.

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Mary Kay's Pink Going Green program helps the environment and creates jobs too.

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One of the nations largest office, residential, and retail developments has been recognized for incorporating several green elements into its downtown.

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Dyno Dirt is a line of soil conditioning and compost products made out of waste and recycled materials.

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From health to green to politics, find out the pet causes of these stars.

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Celebrate Green Week by checking out these stunning images of landscapes around the world.

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A local company sets up and manages recycling programs for local business.

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Turning trash into treasured art is how one man is expressing his green statement.

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Artist uses the elements like wind and water in his creations.

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Green Dream Recycling helps local businesses recycle.

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Check out the top ten hot eco-evangelistas on Twitter.

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Do you know where your produce is grown? Walmart wants you to.

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A Mary Kay program is teaming up with the Citizens Development Center in Dallas to recycle used compacts.

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A novel idea and a love for dairy farms created a green process for cheese making right here in North Texas.

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Drew Barrymore gets an A from the Green Car Challenge's A-list driving instructor.

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American is recycling the wine corks it collects in 24 Admiral's Clubs across the country.

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Over the last decade, Plano-based Frito-Lay has made great strides at going green and is now receiving national recognition from the U.S. Green Building Council.

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A Plano family won big money by making their home energy efficient.

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Grand Prairie is experimenting with a four-day workweek in hopes that it will save money and energy.

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The rock star's '59 Lincoln will guzzle gas no more.

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Shopping for a flat-screen TV? Buying one with the Energy Star sticker could land you a cheaper electric bill.

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As of Jan. 1, 2011, those yellow HOV stickers are set to expire and lawmakers say, sorry, your current hybrid just isn't good enough for an extension.

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"Money is awesome" seems to be the federal government's motto these days. What better way to spend it than defeating its arch foe - decidedly un-awesome greenhouse emissions

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It takes a lot of energy to make Paris, Britney and Tila look beautiful, and California's had enough of it.

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The GreenShows is a two-day series of collections by earth-friendly designers like Bodkin, Lara Miller, and House of Organic. But the real scene-stealer turned out to be Ashley Dupre walking in Bahar Shahpar's show (where Russell Simmons was front...

]]> http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/green/Oakland-Activist-Turned-Obama-Czar-Feels-Glenn-Becks-Wrath-57329177.html Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:26:41 -0600 http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/120*90/vanhunt1.jpg
A right wing attack on the White House's green jobs adviser and former Oakland activist may be a lesson in Karma.

]]> http://www.nbcdfw.com/around-town/food-drink/Dallas_Taqueria_Goes_Green_Dallas-Fort_Worth.html Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:38:36 -0600 http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/120*90/tacostand_640x480.jpg
A East Dallas gas station not only offers bio diesel and organic products, but the taqueria inside, called Good 2 Go Tacos (702 N. Buckner, Dallas, TX), is using farm fresh, local, organic...

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