More people in the medical industry are acknowledging the presence of trees and plants plays a strong role in both physical and mental wellbeing.

IKEA's new venue in Grand Prairie will be powered by renewable energy among a roster of green policies.

QTS achieves LEED gold

One of the nations' largest providers of data centers turned a former semiconductor plant in Irving into a model of sustainability.

White Rock housing

White Rock Crossing in Dallas is being built cohousing-style, with homes facing each other across a courtyard. 

PalletSmart in Fort Worth makes furniture, home decor and custom projects out of repurposed pallets and other reclaimed material.

Monarch on Milkweed

In October, migrating monarch butterflies will flutter into North Texas and they need milkweeds for their hatchling caterpillars to feed on.

Austin College has reached its goal of using 100 percent renewable electricity this summer. 

From left, Dallas Urban Farms team member Alaric Overbey with founders Jody Thompson and Maximillian Wall at their Deep Ellum rooftop farm where they'll be growing food in tower gardens. Photos courtesy of Dallas Urban Farms.

Aug. 18, 2015 

Facebook has partnered with Citigroup and Alterra Energy to build a 202-megawatt wind farm on 17,000 acres in Clay County to power Facebook's new data center in Fort Worth. Courtesy of Facebook.

Aug. 4, 2015

Environmentally minded from the word “go” is the term one could use in describing the new Facebook data center planned for Fort Worth. And environmentalists will find many features to like about the new facility. 

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Mark MacLean, founder of Marley Wind Works, makes wind-powered machines.

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