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Feel like giving back to support young environmental stewards? Here are a few ways you can help Austin Youth River Watch, an after-school and summer program for high school students that combines peer mentoring with intensive environmental education. Here’s what they need: Prepaid credit cards or gift
Eighty percent of Austin’s trash is actually recyclable or compostable. That’s the result of a new study from Austin Resource Recovery, examining city-wide trash, recycling, composting, and diversion habits. A similar study done last year only looked at the waste coming from single family households, which
This video and blog are part of our ongoing “Civics 101” series, designed to teach Austinites why local government matters and how to get involved. Let’s be honest. Budgets are not inherently the most exciting of topics. Why watch a video about how the city
Rooftop solar power is a big piece of Austin’s fight against climate change. Not only do solar panels on homes and businesses help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but they also help to support the city’s local solar industry, and all of the jobs that it
Looking for a way to reduce the amount of waste you send to the landfill and make your garden flourish, all at the same time? Be sure to check out one of Austin Resource Recovery’s free home composting classes. Composting is nature’s way of recycling. Rather than
After four months of competition, the Austin Recycles Games have ended, and the winners are … District 6 (most improved) and District 8 (most recycled). The winners were announced at the Austin Earth Day Festival last month, where Austin Resource Recovery Director Bob Gedert also
Sponsored Post – from the Austin Earth Day Festival This series introduces the sponsors of Austin Earth Day Festival in the weeks leading up to our April 23rd event. It’s great to be able to feature these businesses and organizations that are helping to
Calling backyard food gardeners! Find out what’s in your soil with free testing at the city’s Soil Kitchen. Representatives from the EPA will be on hand to screen your soil for heavy metals and the samples will be sent to a lab for nutrient testing. Results
Sponsored Post – from the Austin Earth Day Festival This series introduces the sponsors of Austin Earth Day Festival in the weeks leading up to our April 23rd event. It’s great to be able to feature these businesses and organizations that are helping to make
Sponsored Post – from the Austin Earth Day Festival This series introduces the sponsors of Austin Earth Day Festival in the weeks leading up to our April 23rd event. It’s great to be able to feature these businesses and organizations that are helping to make
Sponsored Post – from the Austin Earth Day Festival Written by Janis Bookout, Outreach Manager for the Austin Earth Day Festival I dare you to find an environmentalist who is satisfied. In fact, you could say that we are constantly and intentionally creating our own
Sponsored Post – from the Austin Earth Day Festival Austin Earth Day Festival, the largest sustainability event in Central Texas, is doubling in size this year and they want you there! The event’s anticipated 10,000 attendees will get new exposure to environmental ideas, best-practices, products, services