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FROM: Lisa Fithian

Welcome Austin’s New City Council in an:
Eco-Change Exchange
Thursday, June 25th
5:30 – 9:00 PM at City Hall

Help Chart A New Direction for A Sustainable Future in Austin!

Join dozens of Austin environmental groups in welcoming the newly inaugurated Austin City
Council. In this time of economic and environmental crisis, we have an opportunity to reshape
our future, now. Our community is coming together to make Austin a model of a sustainable
city, and we want our elected officials to be leaders in this effort.

If You Care About:
* Healthy Food
* Clean Water
* Clean Energy and Reducing Carbon Emissions
* Landfill Expansions and Reducing Waste
* Alternatives to More Highways and Sprawl
* Participatory Democracy
* Climate Change
* Environmental Justice

Come and Exchange Ideas and Help Set
Environmental Priorities for the New City Council!
Together We Can Make Austin a Model Sustainable City!

Program for the Evening:

5:30 – 6:30 Sustainable Future Fair and Reception with new City Council Members.
Share solutions to some of our problems & enjoy delicious local organic
food from the Barr Mansion.
6:30 – 7:00 Opening Presentations: Building a Sustainable Future in Austin
7:00 – 8:00 Eco-Priorities Sessions: Breakout on Key Issue Areas to Set Priorities
8:00 – 9:00 Charting Our Future including reflections from City Council Members

Participating Groups include: Alliance of Community Trainers, Austin Eco-Network, Austin Permaculture Guild, Austin
Sierra Club, Central Texas Zero Waste Alliance, Coal Block, Design~Build~Live, Ecology Action, Environment
Texas, Greenpeace, League of Bicycling Voters, Northeast Neighbors Coalition, PODER, PowerSmack.org, Public
Citizen, Resolution Gardens, Save Barton Creek Association, Save Our Springs Alliance, SEED Coalition, Solar
Austin, Tecolote Farm, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Texas Environmental Democrats, Texas Green
Network, and Transition Austin.

If you can’t bike….parking can be validated!
For more information – www.AustinEcoNetwork.org