Sponsored Post - from Texas Disposal Systems  Ever look around your house and wonder how you’ve accumulated so much stuff? The increased interest in year-round spring cleaning is building a movement of decluttering and compelling a growing wave of individuals getting rid of things. Just because an item...

Guest Post - Janis Bookout Janis Bookout is a local environmental leader and the Executive Director of Earth Day Austin. My son Ryan gets excited about YouTube videos. It’s a source of inspiration for him. Anyway, he showed me a YouTube video about 96 million plastic balls...

Guest Post - from Janis Bookout Janis Bookout is a local environmental leader and the Executive Director of Earth Day Austin. It’s important to let yourself be inspired once in a while. On Sunday, Brandi Burton (founder of the Austin EcoNetwork) and I put on our summer...

Sponsored Post - from Texas Disposal Systems  If you’ve ever wondered why recycling matters, consider this: Americans generate a lot of trash. More than 200 million tons of garbage every year, to be exact. That’s enough waste to fill a football stadium from top to bottom. Twice a...

With flashy (and expensive) Teslas on the road, electric vehicles can get a bit of a reputation for being the transportation choice of the wealthy. Austin Energy is trying to change that. With its new "EVs are for EVeryone" campaign, our city's electric utility is working...

Sponsored Post - from Texas Disposal Systems Wedding receptions are exciting, romantic and… wasteful? Even the most environmentally-conscious couple might find themselves stumped when it comes to planning a sustainable celebration. Weddings are notoriously wasteful, with the average nuptial producing 400 to 600 lbs of waste on...