Green Dallas - A City of Dallas Initiative

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Main Page (http://www.greendallas.net/index.html)

Environmental Management System - http://www.dallascityhall.com/oeq/ems.html
Sustainable Skylines - http://sustainableskylines.org/Dallas/
EPA for Kids - http://www.epa.gov/kids/ • Anybody Can Recycle! - http://www.greendallas.net/recycling.html
Forward Dallas! - http://www.forwarddallas.org/index.php
Dallas Watering Restrictions - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/dwu/Eng_Do_Dont.pdf
Mayor's Message - http://www.greendallas.net/mayor_message.html
City Managers Message - http://www.greendallas.net/manager_message.html
State Bulb of Texas Radio Ad - http://www.greendallas.net/audio/DallasCFL.mp3
New This Month - http://www.greendallas.net/new_this_month.html
Community Green Events Calendar - http://www.greendallas.net/community_calendar.html
Radio Ads/Videos - http://www.greendallas.net/radio_ads_videos.htm
Texas Discovery Gardens - http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org/
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) - http://www.dart.org/
”Listen to KRLD’s Greener Side of the News” - http://www.krld.com/pages/2117576.php
YouTube video, Michael Wray - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFd3RyoGh7Q
Meet Perry the Pipe! Video - http://www2.dallascityhall.com/cease/ceasethegrease.htm
Mow Down Air Pollution! - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/mown_down_air_pollution.pdf
“Green” Is New Building Standard In Dallas - New Ordinance Details - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/OEQ/green_building_ordinance040908.pdf Ordinance #081070 - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/green_building_ordinance.pdf

Green News (http://www.greendallas.net/green_news.html)

UPDATE: MANY OF DALLAS’ LANDMARK BUILDINGS ARE “UP TO THE MAYOR’S CHALLENGE” Signature buildings commit to turn out the lights as part of Earth Hour 2009 (3/24/2009) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/EarthHourDallas2009NR_032409.pdf
Dallas Will Turn Out The Lights As Part Of Earth Hour (3/4/2009) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/EarthHourDallas03042009.pdf
Green Dallas Offers Up Green Gift Ideas For Valentine’s Day (2/10/2009) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/GreenValentineGiftIdeas02102009.pdf
Texas Big City Mayors And Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition Convene In Dallas (2/6/2009) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/TCACCBigCityMayors02062009.pdf
Copy of Letter to Governor Perry from the Texas Big City Mayors - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/GovernorLetter.pdf
TCACC Preliminary Texas Legislative Priorities - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/TCACC_legislative_priorities.pdf
Dallas Adds Another Green Building To Its Résumé: Timberglen Branch Library to receive LEED Gold Certification (1/30/2009) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/TimberglenLEEDGold01302009.pdf
Dallas May Soon Be Known For Its Fall Foliage Thanks To Signature Project (1/8/2009) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/FallFoliageTreePlanting.pdf
Tree Planting Season Arrives; Urban Forest Advisory Committee Releases Tree Planting Guide: Free guide provides ABC’s of planting trees in Dallas (10/20/2008) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/tree_planting.pdf
City of Dallas recognizes Sustainability Week; Local businesses will be honored for their efforts to preserve the environment and “Go Green” (8/19/2008) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/pio/sustainability_week.pdf
Coalition’s Efforts Honored by U.S. EPA at Climate Protection Awards Ceremony (5/21/2008) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/TCACC_EPA_Award_050808.pdf
Urban Forest Advisory Committee Unveils 2008 Citizen Forester Program City plans to train Dallas residents to preserve area trees (5/8/2008) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/Citizen_Forester_Program_052108.pdf
Coalition's Efforts Honored by U.S. EPA at Climate Protection Awards Ceremony (5/21/2008 - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/TCACC_EPA_Award_050808.pdf
Urban Forest Advisory Committee Unveils 2008 Citizen Forester Program City plans to train Dallas residents to preserve area trees (5/8/2008) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/Citizen_Forester_Program_052108.pdf
Dallas Water Utilities Receives National Award for Ongoing Safe Water Practices (5/8/2008) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/pio/DWU_NationalAward.pdf
13th Annual Water-Wise Garden Tour to Demonstrate the Ultimate in Green: Free Tour to Showcase Winning Landscapes on June 7 (5/7/2008) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/tour_homes_05092008.pdf
Enforcement of City’s “No Idling” Ordinance Goes Into Effect Today As Ozone Season Officially Begins In Dallas (5/1/2008) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/pio/IdlingOrdinanceEnforcement.pdf
Dallas Water Utilities and Dallas ISD team up to save Dallas water; The City is launching “It’s All in a Drop” video contest for middle schoolers (4/21/2008) - http://savedallaswater.com/pdf/DISDVideoContest042008.pdf
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and Keep America Beautiful Unveil Dallas Community Green Space (4/12/2008) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/pio/DallasGreenSpace.pdf
“Green” Is New Building Standard In Dallas (4/9/2008) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/pio/green_building_standard_040908.pdf
Dallas Love Field Pledges To Cut More Pollution: Airport to eliminate 1,000 additional pounds of PCBs as part of national EPA program (3/21/2008) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/LoveFieldCutsPollution.pdf
Dallas Time-of-Day Watering Restrictions to Resume April 1st (3/20/2008) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/watering_restrictions_032008.pdf
DFW International Airport’s “Green” Excellence Recognized By Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: First airport in Texas to achieve environmental recognition; One of only 12 recipients ever(3/13/2008) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/DFW_green_excellence.pdf
Residents urged to enter Water-Wise Garden Tour; Dallas Water Utilities is now accepting entries for inclusion in the 2008 tour (3/11/2008) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/WaterwiseTourApril2008.pdf
DWU offers Water-Wise landscape seminars on March 15th for Dallas residents; Free and seminars feature prominent local landscape designer (3/4/2008) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/WaterWiseSeminarsMar2008.pdf
City of Dallas hosts third annual Environmental Education Fair; Dallas residents invited to attend Earth-friendly family event (3/4/2008) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/ConservationAction032008.pdf
New trash bins at Fair Park support Green Dallas initiative (3/5/2008)- http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/pio/TrashBinsSupportGreenInitiative.pdf
Green Dallas Web Site Attracts Thousands in First Month (2/20/2008) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/pio/GreenDallasFirstMonth.pdf
Green Dallas Offers Up Green Gift Ideas for Valentine's Day (2/6/2008) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/pio/GreenDallas_Valentines.pdf
EPA Recognizes City of Dallas for Leading Green Power Purchase, City Ranks #1 Among All Local Governments (1/28/2008) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/pio/leading_green_power.pdf
City Of Dallas Seeks Public Input On Citywide Green Building Program (1/24/2008) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/pio/GreenBuildingProgram012408.pdf
Green Building Program: Privately-owned Buildings (Presented at First Public Forum - 2/5/2008) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/OEQ/GreenbuildingPrivate.pdf
Dallas becomes the first major city in the nation to launch a comprehensive Web site dedicated to environmental issues. (1/9/2008) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/GreenDallasNR.pdf
Mayor Declares January “CFL Month” in Dallas as Part of the Statewide “Lighten Up Texas” Campaign (1/2008) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/CFLMonth.pdf
Urban Forest Committee releases tree planting guide (12/7/2007) - http://www.dallastrees.org/pdf/Final%20Tree%20Planting%20Guide%20Press%20Release%20_2_.pdf
Tree Planting Guide - http://www.dallastrees.org/pdf/abc01_09252007.pdf
Love Field Airport to receive National Partnership for Environmental Priorities Achievement Award (11/5/07) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/pio/LoveField_NPEPaward.pdf
Dallas’ green building practices and Jack Evans Police Headquarters highlighted in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Newsletter (Fall, 2007) - http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/comm_exec/forms_pubs/pubs/pd/020/07-03/blueprintforsustainability.html
Partners Announced In Effort To Improve Dallas’ Air Quality (10/8/07) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/OEQ/DSSI_Premier_Partners.pdf
EPA Awards $10,000 to Dallas Zoo for Waste-to-Energy Project (8/31/07) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/DallasZooGrant.pdf

Air Quality (http://www.greendallas.net/air_quality.html)

Air Pollution Control (City of Dallas) - http://www.dallasair.org/
Cement Purchasing Strategy/Policy - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/cement_kiln_ordinance.pdf
Sustainable Skylines Initiative - http://sustainableskylines.org/Dallas/
City of Dallas Air Pollution Control - http://www.dallasair.org/

Climate Change (http://www.greendallas.net/climate_change_reduce.html)

Mayor of Dallas News Release- http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/climate_protection_agreement.pdf
U.S. Mayors Climate Change Agreement - http://usmayors.org/uscm/resolutions/73rd_conference/env_04.asp
Emissions Inventory - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/emissions_inventory.pdf

Green Buildings (http://www.greendallas.net/green_buildings.html)

City-owned Buildings: Green Building Program: City-owned Buildings (Adobe PDF, briefing presented to the Dallas City Council on October 17, 2007) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/SustainableDallas_101707.pdf
Privately-Owned Buildings: Green Building Ordinance (Approved by City Council April 9, 2008, Adobe PDF) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/SustainableDallas_101707.pdf
Privately-Owned Buildings: Summary of Ordinance Requirements: Privately-owned Buildings (Adobe PDF) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/green_building_ordinance_highlights.pdf
U.S. Green Building Council - http://www.usgbc.org/
Office of Environmental Quality - http://www.dallascityhall.com/oeq/index.html
U.S. Green Building Council - http://www.usgbc.org/
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System - http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=222

Water (http://www.greendallas.net/water.html)

Dallas Water Utilities (DWU) - http://www.savedallaswater.com/
Latest water quality reports (Dallas Water Utilities) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/dwu/water_quality_information.html
Storm Water Management (wheredoesitgo.com) - http://www.wheredoesitgo.com/
Cease the Grease Program - http://ceasethegrease.info/

Recycling (http://www.greendallas.net/recycling.html

Order your blue recycle roll cart - http://311.dallascityhall.com/web_intake/Controller?op=locform&invSRType=SANRECRC&invSRDesc=Recycling ROLL CART Registration - SAN&locreq=N&stnumreqd=N
City of Dallas Sanitation - http://www.dallascityhall.com/sanitation/dropoff_locations.html
City of Dallas Recycling web page - http://www.dallascityhall.com/sanitation/recycling.html

Trees (http://www.greendallas.net/trees.html)

Dallas Urban Forest Advisory Committee - http://www.dallastrees.org/
City of Dallas Urban Forest Information - http://www.dallascityhall.com/Parks/forestry/index.html

Biking & Alternative Transportation (http://www.greendallas.net/biking.html)

Urban Cycling Tips - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/cycling_tips.pdf
Dallas Bike Plan Map - http://www.dallascityhall.com/pwt/bike_links.html
Dallas Area Rapid Transit - http://www.dart.org/
Trinity Railway Express - http://www.trinityrailwayexpress.org/
Try Parking It Program - http://www.tryparkingit.com/

Achievements & Awards (http://www.greendallas.net/awards.html)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov/
Pretreatment and Laboratory Services Division - http://www.dallascityhall.com/dwu/pretreatment.html
North Texas Clean Air Coalition - http://www.northtexasair.org/

Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition - (http://www.greendallas.net/texas_cities.html)

Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition/In the News - http://greendallas.city.dallastx.cod/TCACC_news.html
Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition Steering Committee and Members - http://greendallas.city.dallastx.cod/pdfs/TCACC_committee.pdf
Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition Background - http://greendallas.city.dallastx.cod/TCACC_background.html

EarthFest 2008 (http://www.greendallas.net/EarthFest2008.html)

What is EarthFest 2008? - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/earthfest_brochure.pdf
Find out more on sponsorship opportunities - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/earthfest_sponsors.pdf
If your company or organization is interested in becoming a sponsor of EarthFest 2008, fill out this simple Sponsorship Form - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/earthfest_sponsors_form.pdf

email address - GreenDallas@dallascityhall.com

Top 5 Ways To Green Your Home (http://www.greendallas.net/green_home.html)

Energy Star - http://www.EnergyStar.gov/

Top 5 Ways To Save Water (http://www.greendallas.net/ save_water.html)

Voucher Program for Water-saving Low-flow Toilets - http://www.savedallaswater.com/qualify_voucher.html

Top 5 Ways To Green Your Lawn (http://www.greendallas.net/green_lawn.html)

www.mastercomposter.com - http://www.mastercomposter.com/

How Green is Your Ride? (http://www.greendallas.net/green_ride.html)

Green Vehicle Guide (EPA) - http://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/Index.do;jsessionid=8230b32116c9643d1646
Smoking Vehicle Program (NTCOG) - http://www.nctcog.org/trans/air/smoking/index.asp
AirCheckTexas - http://www.nctcog.org/trans/air/act/index.asp
Texas Emission Reduction Program (TERP) - http://www.terpgrants.org/
North Texas Green & Go Clean Taxi Partnership: http://www.northtexasgreenandgo.org/
Taxi Companies and Drivers - http://www.nctcog.org/trans/air/vehicles/fleet/regulated/GreenTaxi/TaxiCo_Drivers.asp
Dealerships - http://www.nctcog.org/trans/air/vehicles/fleet/regulated/GreenTaxi/DealershipInfo.asp
Partners - http://www.nctcog.org/trans/air/vehicles/fleet/regulated/GreenTaxi/Partners.asp

How Green is Your Home? (http://www.greendallas.net/green_your_home.html)

Home Energy Audit - http://energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=home_improvement.hm_improvement_audits

How Green Are Your Appliances? (http://www.greendallas.net/green_appliances.html)

Energy Star - http://energystar.gov/

Am I Contributing to Climate Change? (http://www.greendallas.net/climate_change.html)

Carbon Footprint:
EPA Personal Emissions Calculator - http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html
Be Green Carbon Calculator - http://www.begreennow.com/

Who’s In Charge Here? (http://www.greendallas.net/incharge_here.html)

Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov/
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - http://www.tceq.com/
City of Dallas Office of Environmental Quality - http://www.dallascityhall.com/oeq/index.html

Growing Up Green (http://www.greendallas.net/green_kids.html)

Trinity Trudy - http://www.trinity-trudy.org/
wheredoesitgo.com - http://www.wheredoesitgo.com/
Perry the Pipe Video - http://www2.dallascityhall.com/cease/greasethecrease.html
savedallaswater.com Kids Page - http://savedallaswater.com/kc.htm
Composting for Kids - http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/sustainable/slidesets/kidscompost/cover.html

Downloads and Helpful Information - (http://www.greendallas.net/green_downloads.html)

The 2009 Green Guide - (http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/GreenGuide2009.pdf)
Green Guide For Residents - (http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/green_options_residents.pdf
Green Guide For Businesses - (http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/green_options_business.pdf
Green Behind the Scenes - (http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/green_behind_05072008.pdf
OEQ Calendar (April 2008-April 2009) - (http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/calendar/oeq_calendar_all.pdf
(Note: links to individual months can be located on this web page)

FAQs - (http://www.greendallas.net/faqs.html)

Downloads and Helpful Information - http://www.greendallas.net/green_downloads.html
Official Electric Choice Web site of the Public Utility Commission of Texas - http://www.powertochoose.org/
City of Dallas' Sanitation Services (drop-off locations) - http://www.dallascityhall.com/sanitation/dropoff_locations.html

Your Story - (http://www.greendallas.net/your_story.html)

Release Form (to submit your own green story) - http://www.greendallas.net/pdfs/greendallas_release.pdf

Story Archive - (http://www.greendallas.net/stories/story_archive.html)

New This Month - (http://www.greendallas.net/new_this_month.html)

Community Green Events Calendar - (http://www.greendallas.net/community_calendar.html)

Green Dallas Videos and Radio Ads - (http://www.greendallas.net/radio_ads_videos.html)