Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk.
Use the microwave to cook small meals. (It uses less power than an oven.)
Purchase "Green Power" for your home's electricity. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.)
Scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher; wash only full loads.
Cut back on air conditioning and heating use if you can.
Turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room.
DALLAS — A new project broke ground Tuesday in Dallas that will thrill hikers and bikers. The Trinity Strand Trail will connect the existing Katy Trail to the Trinity River corridor.
In its current point in history, Dallas is not much of a walking, jogging city — not an outdoor town like Austin or Denver. However, there is a lot of work being done to try and change that.
On Tuesday along Turtle Creek, city leaders and leaders from the business community proudly turned over some soil to signify the start of work on the Trinity Strand Trail.
This is a $25 million deal and part of the Trinity River revival project. By 2010, Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert said, the trail will combine with the popular Katy Trail in uptown to give North Texans more than 22 miles of urban trails, providing access to Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Market Center, Stemmons Corridor, and the Dallas Design District.
“When you pull projects like this together, sometimes at the start it seems like it is insurmountable," Leppert said. "But when you come to points like today, and even beyond this — when you start seeing people enjoy it, love it, put passion into it, on a day-to-day basis — it all seems worthwhile."
And in this age of “going green”, it is an environmental restoration project as well. A lot of native grasses will be planted, and they say the environment will just get better.
The goal is to make all of Dallas a little greener, and a little more outdoor-friendly.
E-mail jfarmer@wfaa.com
