Environmentalist | Writer | Health Advocate | Youth Worker | Vegan Athlete | Father

Kaiden and his papa in Griffith Park, one range over from the Hollywood sign hill.

An environmental advocate for more than sixteen years, Jarid Manos is a frequent contributor to the Fort Worth Weekly and has been published or written about in the New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, USA Today, Smithsonian, National Geographic, Denver Post, Congressional Quarterly, Houston Chronicle, Albuquerque Journal, Grist and many others. GHETTO PLAINSMAN is his first book. He is founder and CEO of Great Plains Restoration Council, based in Fort Worth, TX., Denver, CO., and Wounded Knee, SD. A vegan athlete, he also serves on the Board of Directors of the Black Vegetarian Society of Texas. Mr. Manos resides in Fort Worth, TX. He and Karla are parents to 9 year old Kaiden.

Learn more at JARID'S BLOG!

Visit Great Plains Restoration Council at GPRC.org.


Deadly tornado beginning to drop out of the sky west of downtown.
Fort Worth, April 13, 2007.