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...
From the Austin Parks Foundation - Join us for a day of service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Learn to plant baby Bald Cypress trees, bare root saplings, or help us care for established trees at our three MLK Day projects. All tools...
From Austin Youth River Watch - Celebrate MLK Day with Austin Youth River Watch by serving in your community. Join us as we clean and improve the health of Buttermilk Creek. Volunteer Event Details: Date: Monday, Jan 18, 2016 | MLK Holiday Time: 10am – noon Place: Buttermilk Creek...
From Austin Creative Reuse - Bring your passion and your creativity. Volunteers will help to prepare materials and creative kits for the center. This could include stamping business cards for Austin Creative Reuse, cutting paper into strips or hole punching circles or perhaps putting buttons...
The Sustainable Food Policy Board is meeting on Tuesday January 19th from 6pm to 8pm This is a planning meeting for 2016. Location: 1000 East 11th street, Austin Texas. Street Jones Building. 4th floor. Meeting Room 400A Parking: Guests can park in the lot attached to our...
Free class from Brite Ideas - Basics of Cultivation with Jason Avent Some people get taught how to garden, others have to seek the knowledge out and often feel lost. We are taking all of the systems and describing how they work so everyone can grow...
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...
