Lecture: Composting & Vermiculture for Kids and Families by Joe Boswell

11.10.12

Learn to recycle your organic material in a fun way that utilizes natural processes to bring more homegrown goodies to your table. First, learn what goes into a compost pile, the whole family can a

Talk: "Organic, Sustainable Lawn and Garden Care" by Kyler Fields

05.06.12

Kyler Fields, director and co-founder of The Ground Up, will speak about organic gardening. For those interested in learning about organic, sustainable lawn and garden care, Fields, a certified adv

When Pillows Talk

Organic home design: Houston store sets out on a fair trade mission of style

By Valeria Turturro

07.25.11 | 10:59 am

With the rising consumer trend of knowing where products come from — like if that peach you’re eating was grown organically or if the chicken in your sandwich was raised free range &mda ...

Curb Appeal

Making gardens greener: Fighting drought & saving money with organics, alternative plants

By Sarah Rufca

07.05.11 | 12:22 pm

When it comes to real estate, there's a lot more to curb appeal than four walls. A beautifully landscaped yard doesn't just make your home more beautiful, it increases the value and creates ...

The Year In Culture

Organic, sustainable, local: The words that now dominate food

By Marci Gilbert

12.26.10 | 2:33 pm

Editor's note: This is first in a series of articles CultureMap will be running this last week of 2010 on The Year in Culture. The stories in this series will focus on a few key points, things ...

Make it to Market

Good eats and sweet treats highlight City Hall farmers market

By Caroline Gallay

10.13.10 | 2:09 pm

The first-ever downtown farmers market at City Hall was a huge success. Turnout was massive for the beautiful day at Hermann Square Plaza, where grocers with local organic produce lined one side of ...

Rawfully convenient

Growing naturally: Houston organic co-op adds a third day and location

By Caroline Gallay

09.21.10 | 3:23 pm

Rawfully Organic, the Houston co-op that fights the high cost of organic produce by buying in bulk direct from farmers and distributing weekly shares, has added a third day and location for pick-up ...

trendysomething in somo

Over the river and into The Woodlands: Where beauty queens go MIA, gluten-free is a foreign phrase & microwaves reign

By Steven Thomson

08.01.10 | 5:21 pm

The notion of suburban life as the embodiment of failed utopianism is nothing new. From such movies as The Ice Storm, American Beauty and Revolutionary Road, it's evident that life on city outs ...

Here's to virtuous vices!

Alcohol goes green: Healthier drinking isn't wishful thinking thanks to (eco)cktails, organic spirits & scuppies

By Caroline Gallay

07.25.10 | 12:17 pm

The alcohol industry has gone green. From bars specializing in (eco)cktails to spirits culled from the world's most preeminent "superfruit," vice is becoming — dare we say it &m ...

Glam and green

A righteous hue: Green tanning and hairstyling enlightens Houston beauty

By Steven Thomson

04.30.10 | 5:08 pm

There's no reason for environmentalism to be more than skin deep. Avoid the frump fest stereotype of militant environmentalists and go green for beauty with these posh Houston hideaways: Tu ...