Sponsored Post - from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Meet Tom Myers, owner of a local shaved ice company called SolarSno. SolarSno's food trucks are the first in Austin to be powered entirely off the grid using renewable solar energy. While Tom was deployed as...
In case you couldn't tell from the yard signs, bumper stickers, and news headlines...
Sponsored Post - from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability René Geneva has a long history of entrepreneurship. Back in the late 1990s, she started an eco-fashion line called René Geneva Design. She sold in several stores, including Whole Foods Market, and won Austin Fashion Week’s First...
Sponsored Post - from Texas Disposal Systems Beginning October 1st, Austin’s Universal Recycling Ordinance (URO) will require all food service enterprises to ensure their employees have convenient access to organics diversion services. The ordinance supports Austin’s Zero Waste goal by requiring food permitted businesses to reduce...
I live in Austin, Texas, a relatively eco-friendly city with a tree hugging, hippy reputation. I work as an environmental reporter at the Austin EcoNetwork. And in my free time, I enjoy camping, hiking, and rock climbing. In other words, I’m pretty much the stereotypical electric...
Guest Editorial by - Al Braden Al Braden is a local environmental activist and photographer. The Bastrop area is ground zero for so many competing players – all wanting to put big straws in the ground – all fighting for the same Simsboro Aquifer water. Under state law,...
Okay, it's time for another mini civics lesson. The City of Austin officially has a new budget...
"The floods have gotten worse. We lose more and more each time." These are the words of Alisa Anthony, a Hurricane Harvey survivor, reflecting on the one-year anniversary of the storm that brought more than 50 inches of rain to some parts of Houston and...
Guest Post - from the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club By Larisa Manescu, Lone Star Chapter Communications Coordinator “You see all these commercials, ‘Houston’s come back.’ Houston hasn’t come back. We still need somewhere to stay… I’m not asking for charity. I’m just asking for...
Sponsored Post - from Austin Resource Recovery By: Alexandra Mascareno Have a seat at your favorite restaurant and what do you see? Silverware enveloped in neatly folded linens, a tiny centerpiece with fresh flowers, cute dinner plates and ice cold water. You take a sip and…wait, something’s...