In 2016, the City of New Orleans received $141 million from the Department of Housing & Urban Development’s National Disaster Resilience Competition Grant for the Gentilly Resilience District – a combination of investments and infrastructure projects in the Gentilly neighborhood designed to reduce flood risk,
Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom. You can RSVP here. We’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Tonite’s main program is Nature Based Low Carbon Solutions, with Robin Rather. Environmental activist and sustainability advocate Robin Rather specializes in socioeconomic research
The monthly Climate Action Happy Hour is this weekend, Sunday, October 30 from 12:30-2:00 at Batch. Come gather and meet new members of CCL and reconnect with those who have been at it awhile. The happy hours are a great way to learn about what inspires us to do the work
Join us for a brown bag session to learn more about Water Forward, Austin’s 100-year Integrated Water Resource plan. During this session staff will provide an overview of our water resources and how the Utility is planning to adapt to growth, drought, and climate change
In this episode of The Austin Common Radio Hour, host Amy Stansbury sits down with the candidates running to be the next mayor of Austin. You’ll hear interviews with Celia Israel Kirk Watson Jennifer Virden Phil Campero Brual (Anthony Bradshaw and Gary S. Spellman
In this episode of The Austin Common Radio Hour, host Amy Stansbury sits down with the candidates running for City Council in District 3 (south/east Austin). You’ll hear interviews with: José M.A. Velásquez Daniela Silva Gavino Fernandez Jr José Noé Elías Esala Wueschner (Yvonne
In this episode of The Austin Common Radio Hour, host Amy Stansbury sits down with the candidates running for City Council in District 5 (south Austin). You’ll hear interviews with: Ryan Alter Bill Welch Ken Craig Stephanie Bazan Aaron Velazquez Webman Brian Anderson II You
The next Austin CCL monthly meeting is this Saturday, October 8. The national CCL call begins at noon: cclusa.org/meeting. The chapter meeting begins at 12:50. We’ll learn about the Kigali Amendment, an important climate action, and we’ll discuss the relationship between hurricanes and climate change. Also,
It’s official y’all! Next Thursday, October 6th from 7-10:30pm at Cherrywood Coffee House we are hosting our ‘Youth Climate Candidates Forum’! Bring a friend, family member, and neighbor to listen and talk with those running for office in your community! We will hear from many
Join Planet Texas 2050 and The Drag Audio Production House to celebrate the release of “Planet Texas,” a five-episode podcast series exploring climate change solutions in Texas. Everything’s bigger in Texas…including the natural disasters. Texans face fires, floods, hurricanes, droughts, freezes, tornadoes and more – and the thing making these big