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Sponsored Post – from TreeFolks Wish you could plant some trees at your school or in your neighborhood? Have an idea for a nature education program that you’d love to implement right here in Austin? Want to spruce up the area near your office?
Have you ever used those green Simple Recycling bags to get rid of unwanted clothes/household items? The City of Austin wants to hear from you. They’re hosting a series of open houses to collect feedback from the public about the service. (Even if you’ve
The results are in! Austin Resource Recovery has just released the testing results from the 2018 Soil Kitchen. Each year Austin hosts the Soil Kitchen to help residents test for heavy metals and nutrients in their gardens and soils. If you participated in this year’s Soil Kitchen, you can find the personalized
Sponsored Post – from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Just how beloved are Austin’s trails? Go take a stroll along Lady Bird Lake on a Saturday and you’ll have all the evidence you need. In fact, some might say that this tree-lined
Sponsored Post – from Austin Resource Recovery Wish you could do more to help reduce the amount of trash that is sent to the landfill in Austin? Now’s your chance to take some real action. Registration is now open for the next Zero Waste
Sponsored Post – from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Meet the Yellow Bike Project — a non-profit bike shop run entirely by volunteers. Yellow Bike Project was created in 1997 with the aim of empowering Austinites to ride bikes. Back then, the shop was
How do you take an industry that’s responsible for producing 18,000 pounds of trash a day (in Austin alone) and make it more sustainable? That’s the question local activists, designers, and businesses sought to answer during Austin’s very first Sustainable Fashion Week, held earlier this
* Please note – due to the weather, this event has been rescheduled for Sunday, April 29th. * Climate change. Environmental justice. Renewable energy. Water. Transportation. Parks. Air quality. Endangered species. Recycling. There are so many different environmental issues that at times, it
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than by learning how to get involved and make a difference in your local community? That’s why the Austin EcoNetwork is proud to announce that we’ll be hosting the Changemaker’s Cafe at this year’s Earth Day ATX festival. Located in
Sponsored Post – from Earth Day ATX This post was written by Janis Bookout, Outreach Manager for Earth Day ATX. For the last year, the team at Earth Day ATX has been preparing for the the April 21st Earth Day ATX festival, with
Sponsored Post – from TreeFolks Who doesn’t love trees? They give us shade, fresh air, beauty, and a solid base for a good rope swing into Barton Creek. But as much as Austin loves trees, it’s a constant effort to keep them healthy and
Sponsored Post – from Smart Charge America Earth Month is always a good time to stop think about how you could be living a more sustainable life… One way to do that is by switching to an electric vehicle. After all, transportation is responsible