http://www.wfaa.com/green/news RSS Feed for WFAA - Project Green - News en-us Thu, 09 May 2013 03:35:00 GMT 2013-05-09T03:35:00Z en-us http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/sewage-drinking-water-midland-west-texas-big-spring-206665861.html Four hours west of Fort Worth, water supplies are drying up. But ideas to replenish them are not. "I heard somebody say they get to drink their beer twice now," said water official John Grant. Thu, 09 May 2013 03:35:00 GMT http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/sewage-drinking-water-midland-west-texas-big-spring-206665861.html 2013-05-09T03:35:00Z http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/Viewers-Choice-Award-Kim-Aman-from-Moss-Haven-Elementary-School-205566231.html Kim Aman from Moss Haven Elementary School has been a key supporter and true champion for the best project in the school's history - The Moss Haven Farm. Mon, 06 May 2013 13:29:04 GMT http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/Viewers-Choice-Award-Kim-Aman-from-Moss-Haven-Elementary-School-205566231.html 2013-05-06T13:29:04Z http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/9th-12th-Grade-Category-Winner-Sonia-Duque-Miyashita-from-Newcomer-Center-205566191.html Sonia Duque-Miyashita from Newcomer Center has been increasing her students' awareness about the benefits of growing their own gardens as well as the rewards associated with voluntarism. Mon, 06 May 2013 13:29:36 GMT http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/9th-12th-Grade-Category-Winner-Sonia-Duque-Miyashita-from-Newcomer-Center-205566191.html 2013-05-06T13:29:36Z http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/6th-8th-Grade-Category-Winner-Kimberly-Church-from-Evans-Middle-School-205565971.html Along with her students, Kimberly Church from Evans Middle School has been leading the way in energy conservation. Wed, 01 May 2013 18:52:23 GMT http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/6th-8th-Grade-Category-Winner-Kimberly-Church-from-Evans-Middle-School-205565971.html 2013-05-01T18:52:23Z http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/Project-Green-Eco-Educator-2013-K-5th-Grade-Category-Winner-205562981.html Catherine Southwick from Arthur Kramer Elementary has been inspiring her students to be more environmentally aware. It has made the students more conscious of their actions and their effects on the environment. Wed, 01 May 2013 21:15:04 GMT http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/Project-Green-Eco-Educator-2013-K-5th-Grade-Category-Winner-205562981.html 2013-05-01T21:15:04Z http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/Eco-Educators-Award-Winners-206028761.html Fri, 03 May 2013 22:07:45 GMT http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/Eco-Educators-Award-Winners-206028761.html 2013-05-03T22:07:45Z http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/Dallas-Council-member-proposes-plastic-bag-ban-198900871.html Dwaine Caraway wants the city to follow Austin's lead and ban the single-use bags. He's asked the city attorney to draft an ordinance immediately. Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:06:57 GMT http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/Dallas-Council-member-proposes-plastic-bag-ban-198900871.html 2013-03-19T06:06:57Z http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/New-playing-surface-addresses-old-problems-160414135.html Epsicopal School of Dallas is getting a new field put in this summer, and the companies doing the work are keeping the environment and concussions in mind. Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:52:01 GMT http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/New-playing-surface-addresses-old-problems-160414135.html 2012-06-27T07:52:01Z http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/Frisco-students-create-functional-chairs-from-cardboard-boxes-152379815.html Engineering students at the Career & Technical Education Center were given an assignment to create chairs made out of cardboard. Tue, 22 May 2012 00:07:52 GMT http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/Frisco-students-create-functional-chairs-from-cardboard-boxes-152379815.html 2012-05-22T00:07:52Z http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/Neighbors-take-Dallas-Arboretum-to-court-over-parking-149775195.html People who live near the Dallas Arboretum filed a temporary restraining order to keep the landmark garden center from parking cars in a field of widlflowers near White Rock Lake. Wed, 02 May 2012 04:12:34 GMT http://www.wfaa.com/green/news/Neighbors-take-Dallas-Arboretum-to-court-over-parking-149775195.html 2012-05-02T04:12:34Z