Join the home composting community! Composting is nature's way of recycling. Rather than sending your food scraps and lawn clippings to the landfill, you can turn them into a nutrient-rich fertilizer for your plants, garden or lawn by using a home composting system. Learn more: austintexas.gov/homecompostguide...
Unlearning racism is necessarily vulnerable. It requires us to take accountability for the ways in which our behavior can cause harm. Yet many of us struggle to be vulnerable and take accountability out of fear that we will be punished and shamed if we get it “wrong.” So...
Join Shoal Creek Conservancy and the Central Texas Mycological Society for a Fungi Tour along Shoal Creek. Tour participants will observe and learn to identify common mushrooms that grow in Shoal Creek’s riparian area. This tour is for all ages, so bring your families for...
In this workshop we'll learn some fun embroidery techniques for repairing small holes or stains as well as some hand and machine sewing methods for mending or covering larger ones. This is a way to both personalize your clothes and increase their lifespan. We'll go...
In this free, interactive workshop led by clinical psychologist and group therapist Anna Graybeal, learn what kids need from us to help them grow their emotional resiliency around climate change. Presented by The Parents' Climate Community.
Join the chicken keeping community! Keeping chickens is a great way to keep your food waste out of the landfill. Chickens can recycle your food scraps. Chicken keeping and composting methods go hand-in-hand to keep food waste out of the landfill while creating healthy soil....
With a changing climate leading to more frequent extreme weather events, including flooding, heatwaves and severe winter weather, the planning and architecture profession is facing a sense of urgency around designing buildings and communities that are better prepared to meet rapidly changing conditions. In this...
ACR's Crafty Hour takes place on the 2nd & 4th Saturdays of each moth. It's a time to come hangout in our workshop and create with others! We'll have tons of materials available for you to play with, with a heavy focus on the Reuse...
Join Shoal Creek Conservancy and Travis Audubon Society as we enjoy a Winter birding walk at Beverly Sheffield Northwest District Park. We will be looking for winter visitors such as White-throated, Song, and Lincoln’s Sparrows; Cedar Waxwings and American Goldfinches; Orange-crowned and Yellow-rumped Warblers; and...
Green by Design is now online! Learn how to build, remodel, or buy green homes that improve energy and water efficiency, increase comfort, and reduce maintenance. The workshops are designed to provide a choice of topics based on your green building needs. Sessions are hosted...
