In The News
Dec 21, 2008
Artists, musicians and gardeners alike manicured their lip foliage or slapped on a fake 'stache for this year's Christmoustache, an annual event that brings together locals who love their facial hair.
Nov 14, 2008
For the last several months, roughly two dozen District 7 residents have been planning a Jefferson Community Garden. Michael Soto, an English professor at Trinity University and a candidate for a place on the San Antonio ISD school board, is one of several co-founders of the community garden. I recently spoke with him about the project.
Oct 26, 2008
The Slow Food movement is gaining traction. Community gardens are sprouting up in neighborhoods all across the city. We're all beginning to understand the importance of buying local, in-season produce or growing it ourselves.
Oct 21, 2008
By definition, the nonprofit Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas and Communities in Schools of San Antonio are always strapped for cash. They pride themselves on being frugal.
Oct 21, 2008
he 2008 Community Development Summit is taking place September 15, 16, and 17 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. These pages list the sessions and other events that are being offered during the Summit.
Oct 21, 2008
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation awarded Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas, formerly Bexar Land Trust, a $200,000 grant to help beautify San Antonio.
Oct 8, 2008
The UTSA Center for Policy Studies and the Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas will host renowned biologist and environmental adviser Thomas Lovejoy as part of the Great Cities Dialogue lecture series, 7-8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 20 at the Buena Vista Theater on the UTSA Downtown Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Sep 15, 2008
From the Creekways program hike and bike trails to Voelker Park, from community gardens to community greens, San Antonio has initiated an array of approaches to incorporating green spaces into the fabric of the city. Green spaces increase opportunities for healthy recreational activities, raise property values, and create a sense of community. This session will explore different kinds of green spaces with an eye to repeating the models elsewhere throughout the city.
Sep 8, 2008
More people are growing their own fresh produce or buying from those who do, and the message from a panel of gardening experts Sunday was that you could do it, too.
Sep 5, 2008
Fresh salsa lovers had a tough summer. First, tomatoes disappeared from produce bins. Chiles and cilantro soon went away, too, in the face of a salmonella outbreak.
Aug 17, 2008
At 69-years-old, Leilani Gary sits in a grove of live oaks beside a pond filled with golden koi and watches the silver blades of a recently purchased piece of sculpture twirl in the morning breeze.
Jul 9, 2008
A Case Study (pdf)
Jul 2, 2008
If the Vision of St. John, that Book-concluding acid test crowded by multi-eyed beasts, oceans of blood, and a Lamb with a crown of horns, scared you away from the Holy Church, perhaps the vision of July Moreno de Lopez will draw you back again.
Jun 25, 2008
The Bexar Land Trust has saved tens of thousands of acres of agricultural and park land to help protect San Antonio’s water supply, the Edwards Aquifer. This year, the Trust increased its drive to green the urban core of San Antonio with a potentially self-replicating program of community gardens in and around the heart of Alamo City. It also adopted a new name: Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas.
Jun 20, 2008
If archaeologist Alston Thoms could peer back in time, he'd sit atop the Tower of the Americas, look to the southern wilderness and watch ancient Coahuiltecans along the Medina River feasting on wild onions and turkey and chiseling tools from stone.
May 24, 2008
Community garden has volunteers working together to turn vacant lot in South Presa into a source of pride - and fresh vegetables for everyone!
Jan 22, 2008
The Bexar Land Trust has saved tens of thousands of acres of agricultural and park land to help protect San Antonio’s water supply, the Edwards Aquifer. This year, the Trust increased its drive to green the urban core of San Antonio with a potentially self-replicating program of community gardens in and around the heart of Alamo City. It also adopted a new name: Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas.
Jan 1, 2008
Community gardens unite neighborhoods!
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