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SUMMARY:FEAT Meeting: What can you do locally for our childrens’ health & Our Common Home?
DESCRIPTION:From the Faith and Energy Action Team –\nJoin us on Monday\, Feb 8th for our monthly FEAT meeting! \nThis month\, we will be talking about our childrens’ futures and the necessary climate action associated. \nAgenda:\n– 6:45pm – mix & mingle\n– 7:15pm – Dr. Jules Elkins speaking on actionables for our childrens’ health and the environment\n– Following Dr. Elkins – Raj Ramachandran (11 years old!) speaking on the Youth Perspective of climate action \nDon’t miss this unique and important experience. All faiths welcome!
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/feat-meeting-what-can-you-do-locally-for-our-childrens-health-our-common-home/
LOCATION:St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic School\, 120 W. Oltorf Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78704\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Meeting: The Science Behind Texas' Climate Change
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:  The Science Behind Texas’ Climate Change \nJay Banner will discuss Texas’ unique challenge of being a climatic hotspot and population growth center.  He will present his research on reconstructing past climate change in Texas (tree ring and speleothem studies)\, how past droughts compare with present and projected future droughts\, their economic impacts\, and his experience with the Texas legislature on climate adaptation bills. \nJay Banner was born and raised in New York City and was interested in science from an early age. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and pursued graduate studies in geology and geochemistry at the State University of New York at Stony Brook\, where he received his MS and Ph.D.  Dr. Banner was a post-doctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology and Louisiana State University. He joined the faculty in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin in 1990.  He is presently the Fred M. Bullard Professor in the Jackson School of Geosciences and Director of the Environmental Science Institute at UT-Austin.  Among the recent honors he has received are the UT Board of Regents Outstanding Teaching Award (2013) and the Texas Exes Teaching Award (2012). \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-meeting-the-science-behind-texas-climate-change/
LOCATION:Scholz Garten\, 1607 San Jacinto Blvd.\, Austin\, TX\, United States
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SUMMARY:Film Screening with Green is the New Black
DESCRIPTION:Green is the New Black\, a sustainability-focused student organization at Huston-Tillotson University\, is hosting a free film screening on February 10th. Snacks will be provided by the HT Student Government Association. The event is open the general public and will be held in the DL Auditorium.  The film that will be screened is\, “Plastic Paradise.” \nAbout “Plastic Paradise” : \nThousands of miles away from civilization\, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote places on earth. And yet its become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch\, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. In this independent documentary film\, journalist/filmmaker Angela Sun travels on a personal journey of discovery to uncover this mysterious phenomenon. Along the way she meets scientists\, researchers\, influencers\, and volunteers who shed light on the effects of our rabid plastic consumption and learns the problem is more insidious than we could have ever imagined.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/film-screening-with-green-is-the-new-black/
LOCATION:Huston-Tillotson University\, 900 Chicon Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78702\, United States
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SUMMARY:“Shades of Green” Environmental Talk Radio on KOOP 91.7 FM (Tiny Homes)
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Thursday for a new edition of “Shades of Green”\, Austin’s only live eco-talk radio program\, on KOOP 91.7 FM and streaming at www.koop.org! \nThis week\, we’ll discuss tiny homes and their growing popularity in Central Texas. \nYou can find podcasts of 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-tiny-homes/
LOCATION:KOOP Community Radio\, 3823 Airport Blvd. #B\, Austin\, TX\, 78723\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Building of a $2.5 Billion Cleantech Community in Central Texas
DESCRIPTION:Mitch Jacobson\, Co-Director of the University’s ATI Clean Energy Incubator\, will speak on The Building of a $2.5 billion Cleantech Community in Central Texas at Thursday’s UT Energy Symposium. \nAbout the UT Energy Symposium: \nThe popular guest lecture series sponsored by the Energy Institute\, now in its tenth semester\, provides an opportunity for students to interact with faculty and other energy experts representing a broad cross-section of perspectives in an informal setting. The lectures are open to both students and the public. \nOngoing themes for UTES include climate change policy\, innovation and diffusion of energy technologies\, low-carbon options\, and behavioral aspects of energy consumption. \n 
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/the-building-of-a-2-5-billion-cleantech-community-in-central-texas/
LOCATION:Avaya Auditorium\, 201 E. 24th St.\, Austin\, TX\, 78712\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fracking Book Reading
DESCRIPTION:Author Taylor Brorby will be speaking and signing his new book\, “Fracture: Essays\, Poems\, and Stories on Fracking in America\,” at Book People on Thursday.  The book is an anthology of established and emerging writers giving voice to the complexities of hydraulic fracturing across the United States. \n\nABOUT FRACTURE \n“Fracture: Essays\, Poems\, and Stories on Fracking in America” brings together a choir of established and emerging writers\, giving voice to the complexities of hydraulic fracturing across the United States. During a time in which so much information is known about fracking\, art is needed to move the public consciousness and national conversation towards better land practices. In the tradition of Wallace Stegner’s This is Dinosaur\, Terry Tempest Williams and Stephen Trimble’s Testimony\, and Rick Bass and David James Duncan’s The Heart of the Monster\, Fracture braids together essays\, poems\, and fiction to help bring new understanding to the plight of fracking. \n\nABOUT TYLER BRORBY \nTaylor Brorby is an award-winning essayist\, poet\, and environmentalist. A fellow at the Black Earth Institute\, Taylor received his M.A. in Liberal Studies from Hamline University in 2013\, and is currently pursuing his MFA in Creative Writing and Environment at Iowa State University. Taylor’s work has appeared in Rock\, Paper\, Scissors\, The Englewood Review of Books\, on Minnesota Public Radio\, North Dakota Public Radio\, numerous newspapers\, Augsburg Fortress\, On Second Thought\, the Northern Plains Ethics Journal\, Chelsea Station\, The EcoTheo Review\, Sleet Magazine\, Bearings\, High Country News\, The Loft’s Writer’s Block\, and the anthology Kissing in the Chapel\, Praying in the Frat House: Wrestling with Faith and College.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/fracking-book-reading/
LOCATION:Book People\, 603 N. Lamar Blvd.\, Austin\, TX\, 78703\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160213T090000
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SUMMARY:Clean Lady Bird Lake
DESCRIPTION:From Keep Austin Beautiful –\nIn partnership with the City of Austin Watershed Protection Department\, Keep Austin Beautiful organizes large-scale cleanups every other month to tackle trash from several locations along the shoreline and from watercrafts on and along Lady Bird Lake. \nLarge-scale\, bi-monthly cleanups are scheduled for the 2nd Saturday of every other month\, except October when the cleanup is the 3rd Saturday. 2016 dates are February 13\, April 9 – Clean Sweep\, June 11\, August 13\, October 15\, and December 10. Register here.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/clean-lady-bird-lake-8/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160213T090000
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SUMMARY:Fruit Tree Giveaway @ Sunset Valley Farmers' Market
DESCRIPTION:TreeFolks\, in partnership with the City of Austin and with additional support from the Apache Foundation\, Circuit of the Americas\, and Sustainable Food Center\, will be giving away 450 free fruit trees at the Sunset Valley Farmers’ Market on February 13 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. The event is free and open to the public\, and the trees are available on a first come first served basis. \nMost of the trees are designated for Austin Energy customers\, but thanks to Circuit of the Americas\, we will have 100 trees available for non AE customers. We’ll provide 2 trees per household. Bring your electric bill or driver’s license to prove Austin residency for trees. \nWe’ll have Satsuma orange\, fig\, peach\, pear\, plum\, persimmon\, and/or pomegranate trees. We’re going to be giving out all our remaining fruit trees for this event\, so the exact quantity and varieties available is subject to change. Everything we have has been selected for vigor and adaptability to Austin’s soil and climate though.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/fruit-tree-giveaway-sunset-valley-farmers-market/
LOCATION:Toney Burger Center\, 3200 Jones Road\, Austin\, TX\, 78745\, United States
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SUMMARY:Austin Creative Reuse Grand Opening Celebration
DESCRIPTION:From Austin Creative Reuse –\nJoin us to celebrate the Grand Opening of the Creative Reuse Center.  The day  will start at 10am with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. \nThe celebration will continue until 2pm with free paper crafting\, reuse games and refreshments. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/austin-creative-reuse-grand-opening-celebration/
LOCATION:Austin Creative Reuse\, 2005 Wheless Ln\, Austin\, TX\, 78723\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160213T120000
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SUMMARY:The Nourishing Garden Class
DESCRIPTION:From Brite Ideas –\nFree Class with Brite Ideas – The Nourishing Garden \nIt seems easy to talk about fruits and vegetables as one amorphous category\, but the reality is that some gardens promote good health better than others. Learn how to feed your garden better\, select better crops and prepare foods for optimum nutrition. These steps also lead to better flavors and textures that make gardening more rewarding. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/the-nourishing-garden-class/
LOCATION:Brite Ideas\, 4201 South Congress Ave.\, Ste. 310\, Austin\, TX\, 78745\, United States
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