Solar

31 May

Local expert tailors free solar classes to professionals in related fields

By Barbara Kessler

Dan Lepinski is teaching free solar classes geared to Realtors, mortgage bankers, city planners and code inspectors.

29 May

Green Tip Guy: Renewable power for your flashlight

By GREEN TIP GUY

Green Tip guest shows off her flashlight powered by solar power or a hand crank.

08 Feb

Solar panels power moon at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

By JULIE THIBODEAUX

California artist Glenn Kaino enlisted DFW engineer Dan Lepinski for help with his solar-powered art piece.

01 Dec

Arlington entrepreneur markets mobile solar systems for off-grid use

By JULIE THIBODEAUX

Sunraiden's solar kits are designed to power for outdoor appliances, backyard workshops or small dwellings.

21 Sep

Texas Discovery Gardens debuts solar-powered learning center

By RITA COOK

Texas Discovery Gardens unveiled a new 410-square-foot solar array atop a cedar pagoda, which will serve as the garden’s new Natural Learning Center.

07 Aug

Texas Tribune: New law will help more Texans go solar

By Editor Green So...

Nipendra Patel in front of his home in the Bastrop community of The Colony. Patel's roof is marked with studs meant to support solar panels, but the neighborhood's developer blocked their installation. Photo by Gabriel Cristóver Pérez

Aug. 5, 2015

By Jim Malewitz and Jeremy Lin
Texas Tribune

03 Aug

Green Tip Guy: Charge your phone with the sun

By GREEN TIP GUY

Aug. 5, 2015

This is a new feature called "Green Tip of the Week "created by Green Tip Guy Jason Winningham of Duncanville.

02 Jul

Fort Worth authors tell eco-tales in ‘Green Mother Goose’

By JULIE THIBODEAUX

Jan Peck and David Davis thought it was time to update Mother Goose for a more eco-friendly generation.

29 Jun

'Texas Climate News' expands as interest in climate change heats up in Texas

By Julie Ryan

Texas Climate News, overseen by former Houston Chronicle environmental reporter Bill Dawson, features a newly expanded format with more original coverage by staff and contributors. Above, photo of the People's Climate March in New York City in September. Courtesy of Earth Justice.

June 30, 2015

01 Jun

Gecko Hardware founder Andrea Ridout to launch new eco-friendly radio show

By JULIE THIBODEAUX

Andrea Ridout, founder of Gecko Hardware in Dallas, is launching a new radio show this month called "Down to Earth." It will air at noon on Saturdays on 1190AM. Gecko's mascot George the Rooster is featured on the program's theme song. Listen here. Photo courtesy of Gecko Hardware.