Join us for this week's edition of "Shades of Green", Austin's only environmental talk radio program, on KOOP 91.7FM and streaming live online! Our discussion topic will be Austin's stagnating recycling rates and almost $2M in costs to city customers, which were brought to light...
From the Faith & Energy Action Team - DATE: THIS THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. PLACE: FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 703 S Church St. Georgetown, TX PRESENTER: Robert Murray, former manager of Seattle Power environmental activist with Climate Buddies in Austin, and an...
From the Tree Huggers' Happy Hour - Join fellow tree lovers for a night of networking and fellowship. We meet once per month at various locations around town. This month we're meeting Friday January 22nd at 5pm at Roaring Fork (Austin Stonelake). Happy Hour goes until 7....
From TreeFolks - Free fruit trees for your house! All Austin Energy customers can take home 2 free fruit trees to plant at home. It's that simple! It is first come first served though. Just bring your utility bill or drivers license with an Austin...
TreeFolks, in partnership with the City of Austin, will be giving away 1000 free fruit trees at ACC Highland Campus on January 23. The event is free and open to the public, and the trees are available on a first come first served basis. To be eligible...
Free class from Brite Ideas - Basics of Aquaponics Growing plants simultaneously with fish seems like a complex task, but it can actually make a simpler, more robust system. Learn the basics and make your system thrive.
From Austin Creative Reuse - Bring your passion and your creativity. Volunteers will help prepare materials and creative kits for the center. This could include cutting vinyl or fabric letters for banners, sewing examples from fabric scraps, cutting paper into strips or stars or perhaps...
From the Austin Zero Waste Alliance - It’s been a while, with an early meeting in November and no meeting in December, but a new year means it’s time for a new push for better Zero Waste policies here in Austin. We’d love to have...
From TreeFolks - TreeFolks tree identification workshops, walks, and hikes aim to teach you how to identify the trees that you see around you every day. In our tree identification activities, we’ll discuss trees common to central Texas, species diversity, wildlife habitat, and tree anatomy....
Open Spaces Committee of the Austin City Council, first floor room TBA, will hear these remarks from Dr. Jules R. Elkins PhD - $1,000,000,000,000. That is the current annual cost of IQ loss due to lead exposure in developing nations. Mercury costs the U.S. $1.3 billion annually...
