Council Member Leslie Pool, who represents District 7 and chairs the city's Open Space, Environment & Sustainability Committee, has woven together several policies to create a strong environmental and economic future for Austin. Council Member Pool holds a precious constituent-formed vision of a healthy, sustainable...
FORUM SPONSORED BY THE WILDFLOWER JUSTICE AND CLIMATE ACTION TEAMS: “Soaring Past 7 Billion: Population Challenges for a Crowded World” When: Sunday Jan. 10, 1:00 PM, after services and fellowship time. Where: Wildflower U.U. Church, 1314 E. Oltorf, in Wildflower’s Community Room. CHILDCARE WILL BE...
From the Faith & Energy Action Team - Please Join FEAT for the Inagural meeting of 2016! We will be reflecting on the Paris Agreement and what we can do this coming year to fulfil our promise to reduce our Carbon Footprint. We will also...
Do you have questions about CodeNEXT? Do you want to share community challenges or opportunities CodeNEXT can address? The CodeNEXT Code Advisory Group wants to hear from you. At this meeting, the public is invited to speak in order for the CAG to know what...
From the Sierra Club - Happy Hour /food and beverages: 6-7 pm Socializing and informal discussions on current events: 6-7 pm Announcements and program begin at 7 pm Program: Austin Traffic, and what you can do about it "Truth is Stranger Than Fiction: Austin's $35...
Join us for this week's edition of "Shades of Green", Austin's only live, green talk radio program, on KOOP 91.7 FM and streaming at www.koop.org! This week, we will discuss the hot topic of Austin's rideshare program that includes companies like Uber and Lyft. The...
From TreeFolks - Come plant trees with the Treefolks along Shoal Creek in Allendale this Saturday. Ready, Set, Plant! is a partnership between the City of Austin Forestry Division, City of Austin Watershed Protection and TreeFolks, Inc. to plant small saplings. This event will help to...
From the Austin Permaculture Guild - Join us at the Naylor homestead in creating explosive abundance with a weekend permablitz! We'll create a marketplace garden with berms and swales on contour and integrate goats and chickens as working animals into our design. Come join the...
From Brite Ideas - Free Class from Brite Ideas: If Plants Could Build Cities Understanding the things that affect a plant’s quality and productivity allows us to engineer optimum environments. Learn a plant’s perspective of the world and your thumb will always be green.
From the Austin Public Library - Austin currently keeps forty percent of its waste out of landfills through recycling and composting. The City of Austin's goal is to keep ninety percent of waste out of landfills by 2040. To generate enthusiasm for the ninety percent...
