Upcoming Events:
Fort Worth Home & Garden Show
January 21st-23rd 2011
For more information visit www.texashomeandgarden.com
Live Green Expo
The Live Green Expo is a fun, family event that will help North Texans make informed decisions and take action to lead more healthy lives with less impact on our environment. Free to the public, the Expo will feature exhibitors offering a wide selection of products, services and information. In addition, the Expo will include dozens of presentations on a variety of topics, music, art, food, demonstrations and activities for youth and children.
Location and time:
April 16th 2011 9am - 6pm
Plano Centre
2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway
Plano, TX 75074
Click here for more information as it becomes available.
Green Facts:
- Over 14 million metric tons of Styrofoam is produced annually, most of which ends up in landfills due to the lack of an efficient system for recycling it.
- 254 million tons: The amount of municipal solid waste Americans generated in 2007. Containers and packaging made up 30.9 percent, or 78.4 million tons.
- 20 million: The amount of trees consumed each year for books, 4 million of those for textbooks.