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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160111T183000
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SUMMARY:Reflection on the Paris Agreement: FEAT Meeting
DESCRIPTION:From the Faith & Energy Action Team –\nPlease 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 have reports on FEAT’s “Our Earth’s Carbon Bank” (bit.ly/OurEarthsCarbonBank) and information on how to deposit. \nSpecial Guests/Speakers: Tara McMeans and the Climate Players\, Jere Locke and Brandi Clark Burton on behalf of Mayor Adler.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/reflection-on-the-paris-agreement-feat-meeting/
LOCATION:St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic School\, 120 W. Oltorf Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78704\, United States
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SUMMARY:Code Advisory Group Meeting: Public Comment
DESCRIPTION: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 is on your mind regarding CodeNEXT. Please note that speakers have up to 3 minutes. It would also be great to conclude your comments with one sentence that captures the intent of your comments. Click here to view the agenda.\n\n\nWhat is CodeNEXT?\n\n\n\n\nCodeNEXT is the new City of Austin initiative to revise the Land Development Code\, which determines how land can be used throughout the city – including what can be built\, where it can be built\, and how much can (and cannot) be built. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe process is a collaboration between Austin’s residents\, business community\, and civic institutions to align the city’s land use standards and regulations with what is important to the community. \nThis initiative to revise the Land Development Code is a priority program out of Imagine Austin\, the city’s plan for the future adopted by City Council in 2012. \nTo learn more\, be sure to check out our CodeNEXT EcoNetwork podcast>>
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/code-advisory-group-meeting-public-comment/
LOCATION:Town Lake Center\, 721 Barton Springs Road\, Austin\, TX\, 78704\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160113T190000
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Monthly Program: Austin's Traffic
DESCRIPTION:From the Sierra Club –\nHappy Hour /food and beverages: 6-7 pm \nSocializing and informal discussions on current events:  6-7 pm \nAnnouncements and program begin at 7 pm \nProgram:  Austin Traffic\, and what you can do about it \n“Truth is Stranger Than Fiction: Austin’s $35 billion plan for making traffic ten times worse – and what you can do about it” with Bill Bunch\, longtime attorney activist for Austin’s water quality and executive director of Save Our Springs Alliance\, a non-profit organization working to protect the Edwards Aquifer\, its springs and tributaries. A native of San Antonio and Arlington\, Bill Bunch left Texas to earn a bachelor’s degree in environmental biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. Bill returned to Texas to practice environmental law in Austin\, first with the law firm founded by Stuart Henry\, later as a sole practitioner\, and then as chief counsel with the SOSA. Bill was part of the group that drafted and successfully petitioned for the Save Our Springs Ordinance in 1992. He has been executive director since 2000. \nConsider biking\, carpooling\, or taking Cap Metro to the meeting. Free parking is available after 6pm on San Jacinto and nearby streets.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-monthly-program-austins-traffic/
LOCATION:Scholz Garten\, 1607 San Jacinto Blvd.\, Austin\, TX\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Shades of Green" Environmental Talk Radio on KOOP 91.7 FM (Ridesharing in Austin)
DESCRIPTION: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! \nThis week\, we will discuss the hot topic of Austin’s rideshare program that includes companies like Uber and Lyft. The City Council recently voted to enact safety standards that will ensure fingerprint-based background checks\, which were heavily contested by this industry\, citing it could reduce jobs and ride access for Austinites. \nWe’ll welcome Austin City Councilmembers Ann Kitchen (District 5)\, Chair of Austin’s Mobility Committee\, and Delia Garza (District 2)\, both of whom have led the charge from the dais. \nWe’ll also welcome Jennifer Houlihan with Keep Ridesharing in Austin and Sara Levine with ATX Safer Streets to give the opposing view. \nYou can find podcasts of our previous shows on our website and follow us on Facebook & Twitter!
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/shades-of-green-environmental-talk-radio-on-koop-91-7-fm-ridesharing-in-austin/
LOCATION:KOOP Community Radio\, 3823 Airport Blvd. #B\, Austin\, TX\, 78723\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ready\, Set\, Plant with TreeFolks
DESCRIPTION:From TreeFolks –\nCome plant trees with the Treefolks along Shoal Creek in Allendale this Saturday. \nReady\, 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 restore native tree and shrub diversity and reduce water runoff and improve water quality in Austin’s creeks. \nWe will talk a little about the site’s history\, discuss the role of the urban forest\, learn about riparian ecosystems\, and explain how these plantings will help the waterways of Austin thrive. \nYou should wear long pants and closed toe shoes as we will be working in areas with tall vegetation along the creek. Bring a water bottle and dress appropriately for the weather.  Water\, coffee\, light refreshments\, gloves and tools will be provided. \nRegister here and choose from any of our upcoming tree planting events.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/ready-set-plant-with-treefolks/
LOCATION:Shoal Creek Greenbelt\, 5611 Shoal Creek Blvd.\, Austin\, TX\, 78756\, United States
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SUMMARY:Permablitz in Leesville\, TX
DESCRIPTION:From the Austin Permaculture Guild –\nJoin 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 fun! \n• The Permablitz will be 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. Watch for updates in the case of severe weather (but we are pretty tough!) \n• Lunch will be provided on both days. \n• Bring a tent if you want to do some overnight camping on Saturday. \n• Please bring a water bottle\, gloves\, shovels\, rakes\, hoes\, pick axes\, wheel barrows\, etc. if you have them! \n* Thank you for leaving your pets at home. * \nA permablitz is a community organized and supported event to spread permaculture design\, practice\, and implementation through out the Central Texas Area. \nOur goal is to increase awareness of food production and sustainability throughout the community. \nSuggested $10 Donation (optional)\nDonation covers the costs of food\, plants\, cover crops\, mulch\, and soil amendments for this or future permabltizes.Let’s keep these events monetarily sustainable!
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/permablitz-in-leesville-tx/2016-01-16/
LOCATION:Naylor Homestead\, 6709 FM 1682\, Leesville\, TX\, 78122\, United States
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SUMMARY:Aquaponics Class: If Plants Could Build Cities
DESCRIPTION:From Brite Ideas –\nFree Class from Brite Ideas: If Plants Could Build Cities \nUnderstanding 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.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/aquaponics-class-if-plants-could-build-cities/
LOCATION:Brite Ideas\, 4201 South Congress Ave.\, Ste. 310\, Austin\, TX\, 78745\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160117T140000
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SUMMARY:Dare to Go Zero: Free TV Screening
DESCRIPTION:From the Austin Public Library –\nAustin 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 goal\, Austin Resource Recovery cast four families in a five episode series that depicts how we create and dispose of our refuse. Join us at the Faulk Central Library as we screen the five episode series and discuss Austin’s evolving refuse management. \n 
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/dare-to-go-zero-free-tv-screening/
LOCATION:Faulk Central Library\, 800 Guadalupe Street\, Austin\, TX\, United States
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