Finding our Place in Nature — an Interfaith event
The Interfaith Environmental Network of Austin
Invites You to Attend our Monthly Symposium
May 30, 2012
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The Thrift Store as “External Storage Drive”
Recently I met a REALLY mobile couple.They live on their motorcycles, and everything they own fits into their panniers.
May 29, 2012
How I Became The First Deaf Certified Solar PV Installer
This is Jason Shaw, a deaf Texas Journeyman Electrician and the first Deaf certified solar PV installer in the nation! After two years of training, I took and passed the NABCEP Solar PV Insta
May 29, 2012
The League of Bicycling Voters is now Bike Austin™
The League of Bicycling Voters is now doing business as Bike Austin™. Our new logo is shown above.
May 29, 2012
Lunch and Learn with Permaculture Expert Dick Pierce
Dick Pierce knows a lot about permaculture. He started his permaculture journey back in 1995, first studying with the Mayans in the Guatemalan highlands.
May 28, 2012
Digest 5/27: On the Road with Alejandro Escovedo
My blogs this month: Paul Revere's Solutions (answering Walter Cronkite), Beautiful Iowa Roadsides (it's amazing what you can see from a va
May 27, 2012
May 25, 2012
Blogs
National and Local Efforts to Address Food Waste
Does food waste just eat at you? (pun intended).
May 24, 2012
May 23, 2012
Austin Bag Ordinance passes
Austin Bag Ordinance passes, by Craig Nazor, conservation committee
May 22, 2012
May 20, 2012