Transformations

The recycle artist: Scaroina creates mystery — and local fans — by using whatever's available

By Julie Knutson

07.24.12 | 12:02 pm

“I use found fabrics, muslin, linen, anything I can get my hands on, really,” the genial, Dominican-born Alfredo Scaroina explains on a gallery tour of his exhibition Taming Matter/Doma ...

A Recycled Focus

CITYCENTRE lives green: From organic restaurants to fab shopping finds, it's an eco land

By Promoted Series Correspondent

04.27.12 | 11:38 am

Being green isn’t just a month-long event, it’s a way of living, and the retailers and restaurants at CITYCENTRE are committed to providing products and services that are good for custo ...

CultureMap Art and About Video

Eco Jewels: Designer Monique Weston turns discards into gems that wow at One Green Street

By Joel Luks

04.25.12 | 4:23 pm

Vintage keys, door hinges, decorative locks, Victorian ice box parts, power tool scraps, salvaged plumbing fixtures, plastic toys, gently worn clothing, personal fans, guitar picks, strings . . . f ...

The Vintage Contessa

Round Top Antiques Fair offers miles of treasures and thousands of ways to go green

By Donae Cangelosi Chramosta

04.04.12 | 7:25 am

April is the month to be green but as a chic consumer who loves interiors and aesthetics, I realize that being green isn’t always so easy. So why not chose a sustainable, fashionable way to s ...

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 ...

Tantalizing Talento

Imaginative recycling: Houston's first Green Arts Festival gives sustainable creativity a voice

By Steven Thomson

07.08.11 | 11:55 am

Artists are increasingly tossing the toxic turpentine and inorganic paints for greener studio staples. That trend will be on full display Saturday at Talento Bilingüe de Houston's inaugura ...

Rockets Recyclefest

Toyota Center

03.31.11

This free e-cycling drive is for outdated or end-of-life electronics. Items will be accepted by Houston Rockets forward Yao Ming, along with Rockets and Republic Services staff. Acceptable items in

Sugar Land Earth Day Celebration

04.16.11

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is the theme of the day at this year’s Sugar Land Earth Day Celebration. Visit the Plaza to learn more about how you can contribute to making our planet a greener place

Save money, too

Some simple steps to green living: Think small

By Peter Riger

04.01.10 | 10:25 am

I was in a sandwich shop the other day and noticed a sticker on the door bragging that the chain had replaced one incandescent bulb in each of their 20,000-plus stores with a compact fluorescent bu ...