From: "Petersen, Sascha \"Alexander\"" The Climate Protection Program just finished our Annual Report. It has been submitted to the City Manager and the City Council and can also be found under the "What's New" section of our website. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/acpp/austin_news.htm Alexander (Sascha) Petersen Austin Climate Protection...

05 June, 2009 /

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - Chemical engineering students are experimenting with technology that could reduce the cost of a solar array from more than $20,000 to less than $2,000. View Austin American Statesman article: http://tinyurl.com/p3g6z8


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05 June, 2009 /

fun and tasty -- My good friend Allison Supancic hipped me to Ronda's amazing Montessori school earlier today and I wanted to share. There are quite a few choices for green parents in Austin, but Ronda's is probably the only school certified organic since 1995. Summer...

04 June, 2009 /

From: SusanBright http://www.BartonSpringsPublicProcess.com I would like to announce a new website built to provide information about saving the Barton Springs Heritage Trees, links to relevant documents and a calendar of upcoming meetings. To facilitate citizen communication with Council and public officials, the site is set up...

04 June, 2009 /

The City of Austin, Watershed Protection and Development Review Dept. has an opening for a ½ time Conservation Program Coordinator who will job share on a wide variety of outreach responsibilities. If you know anyone who might be interested in applying, please...

03 June, 2009 /

"If Texas were its own country, it would rank sixth out of 184 countries in the world in total [greenhouse gas] emissions, trailing just China, Russia, Germnay [sic], Japan, and the United Kingdom," says a Greenpeace report released May 27. Sigh. Katherine Gregor reports briefly on this...

02 June, 2009 /

Agriculture uses 3 times as much potable water as all other forms of human consumption, COMBINED. A full 80% of the water we use in the US is for agriculture. Organic agriculture uses 30%-50% less water than conventional ag. Agriculture also consumes more oil than...

31 May, 2009 /

From: "Craig Miller" Prevent Gridlock on Mopac: Act Now to Stop the Aquifer Toll Road Do we need more highway lanes over the Barton Springs Recharge Zone? Elected officials who sit on the board of CAMPO, our local transportation planning agency, are considering the proposed extension of State...

31 May, 2009 /
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