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...
Did you know that most birds migrate at night? They often use the moon, stars, and sun to navigate. Light pollution can interfere with these signals and cause a serious problem for birds: they might be thrown off course or become so disoriented that they...
How do artists and scientists think about systems, interconnectedness, and networks in similar and different ways? How can artists and scientists collaborate to increase the visibility of ecological systems? The panelists in Making in Systems visualize, translate, and study systems and networks through living sculpture, recycled materials,...
Are you Black, Indigenous and/or a person of color (BIPOC) and tired AF? Are you sick with pandemic exhaustion and sooo over this capitalist system out here trying to push you to keep going like it's a normal ass Monday and nothing is wrong? Do...
St. Edward's is joining hundreds of universities from around the world to host the Worldwide Teach-in for Climate Justice on Wednesday March 30 from 6:30-9:00 in Jones Auditorium (Ragsdale 101). The event will feature 15 speakers representing students, faculty and administrators to motivate rapid and...
Climate Change Committee Meeting Join us on Zoom! https://zoom.us/j/5133069449 In-person events have been cancelled for all Sierra Club activities through February 2021. Dang. You can also join our Zoom video conference here: https://zoom.us/j/5133069449 . 6:30-7:15 or 7:30 - Presentation to be announced 7:15-8:00 Climate Change...
Join the City of Austin’s Circular Economy Program for a virtual networking series, Circular Meet-Ups. Happening the first Tuesday of every other month, Circular Meet-Ups provide an opportunity for local business owners, start-ups and sustainability professionals across all industries to connect and learn more about...
Join us as we wrap up our three-part series on Transformative Justice. We have explored what transformative justice is, the movement away from punishment as a solution to harm and a focus on the socialization of shame and blame which are embedded in us as...
Are you ready to take your next step toward caring for our environment? Inspired by the shmitta year, CAA is leading a 4-part series, open to the entire community, focused on learning and action around climate change. In the words of Pirkei Avot, “We do...
Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom. We'll start off with Announcements on current events... Tonite's main program is “Discovering the Lost Planet Underfoot - Useful Wild Plants of Texas", with Scooter Cheatham. Texas is the hub of a botanical domain spanning the...
