Blogs
Front Page Statesman News – “Activists: Austin Energy should be even greener”
My hat's off to Marty Toohey of the Statesman for digging deep into the key issues of Austin's Energy future.
February 26, 2014
Do you know where the electricity in your house comes from? Coal? Solar? Nuclear? The answer impacts everything from climate change to environmental justice. That’s why we write stories about the local effort to make Austin’s energy supply more sustainable.
Why not max out energy efficiency, solar adoption, demand response, electrification of transportation & utility scale storage?
Dear Mayor, City Council members, and supporting staff,
February 26, 2014
Blogs
PermaculTourism Initiave!
Now we've all heard of EcoTourism, you go to a foreign country and check out all of their sustainability and farming initiatives and leave no trace in the process.
February 26, 2014
Texas Wild Rice Festival!
The Texas Wild Rice Festival is a community project dedicated to educating the community about and preserving one of the longest inhabited areas in the United States, the San Marcos River.
February 21, 2014
Coal, Carbon and Children at Risk – Kunda Wicce Presents Data From NAACP Report to Austin City Council
The subject of Austin's toxic coal plant at Fayette – now ranked as the 5th highest greenhouse gas emitter in Texas – and a major emitter of health related pollution such as airborne lead, NOx,
February 20, 2014
A Conversation with Mike Martinez on Austin’s Energy Future
In a wide ranging conversation, Austin City Council Member Mike Martinez addressed a packed room of Austin residents last Saturday.
February 19, 2014
February 18, 2014
Austin Beyond Coal: Where Is The Leadership We Elected?
The debate swirls about retiring Austin/LCRA's massive coal plant at Fayette – now the 5th largest greenhouse gas emitter in the entire state of Texas – and we are looking for leadership.
February 18, 2014
Better process needed for Austin’s Energy Generation Plan
I attended the "Our Power, Our Generation" event last Saturday and got a bit more steeped in the conversation around the development of Austin Energy's new Energy Generation Plan.
February 17, 2014
You’re Invited! Austin’s First-Ever Preach-Off on Climate Change
On Valentine’s Day weekend, 2014, religious communities across the U.S.
February 14, 2014
Fishbowl Science and Community Building: The Dumpster Project
I went to the Dumpster Warming party with my son last night and we met the impressive Green is the New Black team from Huston-Tilliotson
February 13, 2014