The City of Austin Joint Sustainability Committee is responsible for advising Austin City Council on implementation of the Climate Protection Plan developed by residents and city employees in 2014. This committee is comprised of members of 12 different city boards that all deal with sustainability...
Book talk and signing with Book People Austin is generally depicted as one of the great urban success stories of the past half century - a place that has grown enormously through "creative class" strategies that emphasize diversity and environmental consciousness. Eliot Tretter's book reinterprets...
Join us for this week’s edition of “Shades of Green”, Austin’s only live, green talk radio program, on KOOP 91.7FM and streaming online! This week we'll be talking about bikes, as well as a community effort to get the Bicycle Master Plan fully funded.
From the Sustainable Food Center - Join Kate Grimes, horticulturalist with the Lady bird Wildflower Center, for a lesson on cultivating, harvesting and storing medicinal herbs, from sage and lavender to Mexican mint marigold. The class will focus on herbs best suited to Central Texas.
From the Talk Green to Me Book Club - Picking up where last month's book left off, Jonathan Bloom discusses the food waste phenomenon occurring within our culture and what we can do to stop it! This month we are reading "American Wasteland: How America...
From the National Wildlife Federation - Join the National Wildlife Federation and Ranger Rick for our fun spring family event this weekend at the Discovery Hill Outdoor Learning Center (behind the Austin ISD Science and Health Resource Center). Live music, Ranger Rick, face painting, scavenger hunts, lady...
The Waller Creek Conservancy is hosting a meeting of the Animal Facts Club on April 30th. Viewers of all ages will enjoy Animal Facts Club's educational art and science experience on April 30th from 10am to 12:30pm at Palm Park. The free, one-hour theatrical performance...
From PEAS (Partners for Education and Agriculture, and Sustainability) Community Farm and Urban Orchard at Cunningham Elementary - Saturday, April 30th 10am-1pm PEAS Community and School Farm @ Cunningham Elementary - 2200 Berkeley Ave, Austin, TX 78745 Come on out to PEAS Farm and enjoy...
Danny Thomas, Constable Precinct One 4717 Heflin Lane, Ste 127 Austin, TX 78721 Adan Ballesteros, Constable Precinct Two 10409 Burnet Rd., Suite 150 Austin, TX 78758 Carlos Lopez, Constable Precinct Five 1003 Guadalupe St Austin, TX 78701 On April 30 from 10am to 2pm three...
The Open House will take place at the Statesman Bat Park on Saturday, April 30th between 10am and 4pm. All are welcome to come see the results of a three-year collaboration between city staff, residents, local business owners, property owners, and other stakeholders. This June,...