Climate change is such a big, global, and kinda scary topic. That’s why we write climate stories with a local lens and a focus on what you can do to actually make a difference.
Sponsored Post – from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Meet Pranav Sarma, a student at Artie Henry Middle School in Cedar Park, TX. Pranav recently competed against hundreds of students in the 2019 Austin Energy Regional Science Fair. For his project, Pranav focused
Climate change was making Meagan Bluestein feel depressed, and frustrated, and hopeless. So she decided to do something about it. On Monday, she was arrested after gluing herself to the door of a Chase bank in downtown Austin, protesting the bank’s role in
What does WWE wrestling have to do with climate change? Ask the artists behind “Once There Were Six Seasons,” a show about climate change premiering in Austin on April 19th. The show is a production of the Glass Half Full Theatre, an Austin-based group that uses puppetry
Sponsored Post – from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Meet Caroline Reck, Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Glass Half Full Theatre. Caroline is a puppeteer, and her theatre company creates original works about global issues using puppets and performers. To be clear, when
Sometimes climate change can seem so big, so scary, and so complicated. Don’t you ever wish there was some kind of instruction manual or playbook out there that could just tell us all what to do? Turns out, there is. It’s a book called “Drawdown:
With the threat of climate change looming larger each and every day, there’s hardly been a more important time for science. But you know how it goes. Often times, conversations around climate change devolve into political battles… and science takes a backseat. The SciComm South conference
Sponsored Post – from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Meet Nhat Ho, our newest Net-Zero Hero! Nhat is an engineer and Vice President at Civilitude, a local engineering and planning firm located in Austin’s Mueller district. Nhat uses his skills and expertise in engineering
Guest Post – from Sasha Ashton Sasha is 16 years old and a junior at Headwaters School in Austin, Texas. On March 15th she joined with thousands of other students from around the world in skipping school and participating in a School Strike 4
Sponsored Post – from Public Citizen Texas This post was written by Adrian Shelley, Director of the Texas Office of Public Citizen Climate change is the defining issue of our time. Public Citizen believes that journalists and media outlets should give climate change
Sponsored Post – from Earth Day Austin Written by Janis Bookout. Janis Bookout is the Executive Director of Earth Day Austin. The Earth Day ATX festival will take place on Saturday, April 13th at the campus of host and sponsor, Huston-Tillotson University. Production
Sponsored Post – from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability It’s that magical time of year when we take stock of what we’ve accomplished and make a list of New Year’s Resolutions to (hopefully) keep in 2019. If the idea of a more
Sponsored Post – from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Austin is green and we all want to keep it that way! As a community, we’re committed to reaching the target of Net-Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, which will ensure a safe, healthy,