Green Source DFW, a popular online green news source in North Texas, is hosting its first-ever fundraising 5K run/walk, dubbed Run for the Environment, on October 11, at Cedar Hill State Park. Registration is open through August 31.

The timed and measured course runs through the scenic 1,800-acre hilly wooded preserve overlooking Joe Pool Lake, about 10 miles southwest of Dallas and 25 miles southeast of Fort Worth. Event proceeds will support Green Source DFW, a project of the nonprofit Memnosyne Institute, and its mission to advance the environmental movement in North Texas. Green Source DFW seeking sponsors, vendors and volunteers.

Registration costs $25 at Tinyurl.com/GreenSourceRace. For race details and sponsor and vendor levels and benefits, call 214-649-0651, email [email protected] or visit GreenSourceDFW.org.