Mondo Cinema

Major actress warns America about Greedy Lying Bastards: When science is bought

By Joe Leydon

03.08.13 | 10:52 am

As anyone who’s ever seen her kicking ass in Blade Runner or Kill Bill can tell you, Daryl Hannah isn’t just another pretty face. Off-screen, the Chicago-born actress-activist evide ...

The pipeline dragon

In latest Keystone Pipeline protest, environmentalists storm offices of oil giant TransCanada

By Tyler Rudick

01.07.13 | 6:15 pm

Two activists were arrested Monday during a protest at the Galleria-area offices of the TransCanada Corporation, whose Keystone XL pipeline is currently under construction to bring controversi ...

Trash Talk

How to dispose of your Christmas tree — responsibly: Recycling the holidays made easy

By Whitney Radley

12.28.12 | 3:31 pm

Christmas seemed to be over in a blink this year, so I have kept my tiny evergreen tree up in the dining room, decorated with mix-matched ornaments, to serve as a fragrant reminder that it is still ...

The Vintage Contessa

Building green: With more eco-friendly products, builders & designers, it's never been easier

By Donae Cangelosi Chramosta

04.23.12 | 12:19 pm

When you think green building and design, you may imagine solar panels or water recycling and have an ill-conceived notion that the process is too expensive or complicated. However, there are many ...

Main Street Theater Reading: The Way of the Water

04.30.12

Caridad Svich's new play, The Way of the Water, marks the two-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill with multiple readings across the United States and abroad. The story focuse

Earth Day Breakfast

Mayor Annise Parker vows to make Houston known for being green as much as oil and gas

By Whitney Radley

04.12.12 | 11:21 am

At Hermann Square Park, under a sky threatening rain, Mayor Annise Parker hosted her second annual Earth Day Breakfast on Thursday morning, with delectable treats from Shade and Canopy Caterin ...

Hill Country Drama

Stopping them from paving Texas to put up parking lots: Ranchers fight to keep their land

By Robyn Ross

04.11.12 | 10:42 am

That photo of your kid/dog/significant other in the bluebonnets looks a lot better without a mall in the background. But the number of pristine, photo-worthy fields is shrinking, as are the ico ...

Armand Bayou Nature Center's "Back to the Bayou"

05.05.12

Armand Bayou Nature Center celebrates 38 years of preserving the habitats surrounding Armand Bayou and advocating for environmental education. At "Back to the Bayou" guests will make

At DiverseWorks through April 21

Black gold: Petroleum by-products fuel Marina Zurkow's provocative Necrocracy FotoFest show

By Joseph Campana

03.29.12 | 1:23 pm

Who rules the planet — the living or the dead? If you were to ask artist Marina Zurkow, whose provocative Necrocracy appears at DiverseWorks in association with FotoFest 2012 and runs th ...

Plant Busters

With aliens invading, the Buffalo Bayou Partnership rolls out a plant eradication truck (not a food truck)

By Joel Luks

10.12.11 | 1:42 pm

There is a different type of occupation happening right here in the Bayou City that has little to do with concerns about the nation's democratic process, corporate greed and the so called " ...