Week of Events
Monday, February 29, 2016
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February 29, 2016 -Grow Zones and Carbon Offsets: Lunchtime Lecture
Grow Zones and Carbon Offsets: Lunchtime Lecture
The Grow Zones & Carbon Offsets lunchtime lecture will go in depth into Austin's Grow Zone riparian restoration program and it's goals of enhancing creeks and improving associated climate mitigation benefits deriving from these restoration sites. Ana González is a plant ecologist working as an...
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
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March 1, 2016 -Austin’s Water Future
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March 1, 2016 -Free Tree Mapping Workshop
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March 1, 2016 -Make Stuff with Austin Creative Reuse
Austin’s Water Future
From the Colorado River Alliance - The Colorado River Alliance presents: The Barstow Speaker Series Austin’s Water Future With Greg Meszaros, Director of Austin Water, and Phil Wilson, General Manager of LCRA. Moderated by Andy Sansom, Executive Director of the Meadows Center for Water and...
Free Tree Mapping Workshop
From TreeFolks - Want to connect with your community and learn more about your neighborhood trees? Want to be a citizen scientist or share stories about your favorite trees? Join us on Tuesday, March 1st at 6pm to learn how to map your trees for...
Make Stuff with Austin Creative Reuse
From Austin Creative Reuse - Come make stuff for our beautiful reuse center. We've got an awesome workshop with tons of great tools and materials. We will be making reuse, repurposing, upcycling and other merchandising examples. Assembling Teacher Kits from reuse materials and signage is...
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
No events on this day.
Thursday, March 3, 2016
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March 3, 2016 -“Shades of Green” Environmental Talk Radio on KOOP 91.7 FM (Bee Rescue)
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March 3, 2016 -Living Springs Indoor Screening
“Shades of Green” Environmental Talk Radio on KOOP 91.7 FM (Bee Rescue)
Join us for another edition of "Shades of Green", Austin's only live, green talk radio program on KOOP 91.7FM and streaming at www.koop.org! Our main show topic will revolve around the state of vital bee colonies in Texas! We will welcome back Tanya Phillips, President...
Living Springs Indoor Screening
The Living Springs Documentary Series invites you to join them for their first, free public screening of 2016. They will debut their newest work as well as show some work "from the vault." Hosted by the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas at...
Friday, March 4, 2016
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March 4, 2016 -Green Movie Night At First UU
Green Movie Night At First UU
From the First Unitarian Universalist Church - First UU Green Sanctuary movie night is March 4th at 7PM. Join Bernie Sanders, Naomi Klein, Chris Hedges and others to hear their call and ideas for urgent action. This talk was given at the Unitarian Universalist Church...
Saturday, March 5, 2016
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March 5, 2016 -Walnut Creek Park and Trail Cleanup – IMPD
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March 5, 2016 -It’s My Park Day
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March 5, 2016 -Celebrate Urban Birds
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March 5, 2016 -Basics of Aquaponics Class
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March 5, 2016 -FixIt Clinic: Small Appliances & Electronics
Walnut Creek Park and Trail Cleanup – IMPD
From the Friends of Walnut Creek - As part of Its My Park Day on 3/5/16, the Friends of Walnut Creek is seeking 100 volunteers to help clean the trash out of Walnut Creek along the new North Walnut Creek Hike and Bike Trail opening...
It’s My Park Day
From the Austin Parks Foundation - It's My Park Day (Saturday, March 5th, 2016) is Austin Parks Foundation's biggest city-wide volunteer event when each year thousands of volunteers work to improve parks, trails and greenbelts throughout the city. If you know of a park that needs some TLC and want...
Celebrate Urban Birds
Free, family-friendly event at the Austin Nature & Science Center. Learn about birds that live where you live. Scheduled activities include: Live bird comparison Bird walks More avian activities for all ages!
Basics of Aquaponics Class
From Brite Ideas - Free Class from Brite Ideas: Basics of Aquaponics Growing plants simultaneously with fish seems like a complex task, but it can actually make a simpler, more robust system. Learn the basics and make your system thrive.
FixIt Clinic: Small Appliances & Electronics
Does a mysterious glitch have your electronic device or small appliance out of commission? Bring it to the Fixit Clinic at Recycled Reads where volunteer coaches with repair know-how will be available to help you fix your item. Fixit Clinics are all about do-it-together hands-on...
Sunday, March 6, 2016
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March 6, 2016 -Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill Tour and Spring Potluck
Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill Tour and Spring Potluck
From the Austin and Central Texas Backyard Poultry Meetup Group - Come out to learn more about the one and only organic feed mill in Texas! Dress for outdoor weather and walking and be ready to learn about what it means to be 100 percent...