Chris Searles, a native Austinite, founded BioIntegrity in 2014. The company’s mission is to help today's most powerful, global, environmental solutions succeed as fast as possible. Chris will talk about how each of us can significantly contribute to solving both climate change and the species extinction crisis...
Council Member Leslie Pool, who represents District 7 and chairs the city's Open Space, Environment & Sustainability Committee, has woven together several policies to create a strong environmental and economic future for Austin. Council Member Pool holds a precious constituent-formed vision of a healthy, sustainable...
From the First Unitarian Universalist Church, Green Sanctuary Committee - In December, Austin's Mayor Steve Adler and Brandi Clark Burton attended the C40 Mayors Summit 2016 in Mexico City. The event, convened by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, rallied 40 mayors from around the...
From the First Unitarian Universalist Church Public Affairs Forum - Presentation Description: Council Member Alter’s unique perspective as a relatively new resident of the city, combined with her background in public policy, allows her to take a fresh approach to our City’s longstanding challenges. In...
From the First Unitarian Universalist Church - Luke Metzger is founding director of Environment Texas, a statewide, citizen-funded advocacy group for clean air, clean water, and open spaces. He has been involved in dozens of citizen-related environmental campaigns and regularly testifies before the Texas Legislature...
From the First Unitarian Universalist Church - On October 11, 2016, five brave climate activists shook the North American energy industry when they closed safety valves on the 5 pipelines carrying tar sands crude oil into the United States. This was the biggest coordinated move...