Just a reminder: you have until June 30th to participate in the Zero Waste Survey. Joyce Basciano, VP (Programs) Austin Neighborhoods Council ************ What's your take on Zero Waste? The City of Austin recently passed a resolution approving Zero Waste as a comprehensive way to manage the nearly one million pounds of...
You can hear them even if you don't necessarily see them all over town these days. Neighborhoods that once greeted dawn with the dulcet tones of doves or grackles stirring are now full of the morning-heralding songs of roosters. Seems lots of folks have been...
Submitted by Jess Guffey Time: 08/24/2009 (All day) - 12/17/2009 (All day) Location: Sustainable Food Center 1106 Clayton Lane Austin, TX, 78723 Sustainable Food Center Placement Opportunity: Practicum/Internship (unpaid) Fall 2009 and/or Spring 2010 Position: Farm to School and Food-Systems Education - Sprouting Healthy Kids project Food Systems Educator Project Description: ...
Central Texas Environmental Policy Events for June 22-28, 2009 What is this? For those interested in environmental policy at the local level, this post enumerates all of this week's meetings having an effect on environmental policy. Please attend as many as you can and help move...
from my news-feed-experiment: 1. "America's most fuel efficient man" http://www.green4th.com/2009/06/americas-most-fuel-efficient-man.html Professor Andy Frank (UC Davis) been retrofitting cars, trucks & SUVs since the mid-90s, with plug-in hybrid technology. His vehicles routinely get over 100 MPG. About 2 years ago the City of Austin began a campaign to...
PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS BLOG WITH YOUR COMMENTS 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...
Austin Energy is hiring a Product Development Coordinator to work with energy-efficiency programs. See the full job description at https://www.austincityjobs.org/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1161627942046 Open until July 5 Contact Information Contact Name: Carol Harwell Contact Email: carol.harwell@austinenergy.com Contact Phone: 512-322-6562 ...
Care2.com & LocalHarvest.org are sponsoring this contest -- simple click the url below to vote! http://www.care2.com/farmersmarket ...
As I was walking home along one of our boiling black asphalt streets this afternoon, I got to thinking about albedo. If all of our streets were white, they would reflect the sun's heat back into the atmosphere, rather than trapping it down...
If your home is anything like mine, you have them. The old cell phones stashed in a desk drawer. The leftovers from computer upgrades tucked away in a closet. The hand-me-down TVs sitting in the corner of the garage. These obsolete electronics are known collectively...