Meet us at The Toybrary playground for a FREE Earth Month adventure geared toward toddlers and pre-schoolers. We'll make nature paintbrushes, play bubble-wrap hopscotch, and explore a sensory Nature museum with awesome local partners Austin Creative Reuse, Families in Nature, and Ridwell.
Are you recycling, composting or reusing more than you’re throwing away? Help the City of Austin achieve its goal of reaching zero waste by 2040 by joining Austin Resource Recovery's Zero Waste Block Leader Program. The program connects green-minded community advocates and neighbors to help educate and...
Our democracy is what allows us to have our way of life with the freedoms we enjoy. But democracy is fragile. It can disappear before our very eyes if we aren’t careful. In order to protect our democracy, everyday citizens must be engaged and step...
Join us for a fun evening with free drinks, snacks, and getting to know lots of great people working on water for Austin communities! We will be gathering at the Patagonia Store in downtown Austin, so we recommend arriving early to find parking. The event...
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...
Join Shoal Creek Conservancy as we remove litter and recyclables from Shoal Creek Trail. All tools and supplies will be provided, but please bring water and snacks if needed. All ages welcome, with supervision. Please wear close-toed shoes, long pants, and dress for the weather....
Austin Parks and Recreation invites the public to attend a ceremony at Barton Springs Pool on Saturday, April 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to honor Joan Means Khabele. Her courageous act of swimming in Barton Springs to protest segregation at the pool sparked the civil rights era...
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...
It's time again for the Austin CCL monthly meeting, which will be this Saturday, April 9. Learn about Austin Earth Day events and how to help, as well as social media and other actions CCL is taking in support of Ukraine and moving away from...
Indian handheld fans, known as “Haath pankha”, have been used since ancient times. From highly embellished kinds with luxurious embroideries and fabrics used for royals to basic ones for the commoners, they were a part of daily life. Each region of the subcontinent had its...
