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Climate Equity Plan Webinar
Amy Stansbury

Climate Equity Plan: What Does It Mean for Austin?

Austin’s Climate Equity Plan was created with input from nearly 200 community members with an intentional focus on engaging racially and economically diverse residents about the challenges, barriers, and opportunities facing historically excluded groups. The Austin Climate Equity Plan includes the bold and aggressive goal

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Good Girls ATX
Community News + Partner Posts
GOOD group ATX

A Guide to Nurturing Your Wardrobe, Community and Creativity

About The Author This is a guest post written by Marcella Bechtel and Kara Wright of GOOD girls ATX, a local organization that’s building wardrobes that are GOOD for the planet and its’ people through events + education. Action Box Get tickets to attend GOOD

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Citizens' Climate Lobby Austin
Amy Stansbury

Climate Action Happy Hour

Come join us for another Climate Action Happy Hour! This month’s gathering will be Sunday, April 24 from 12:30 to 2:00. We’ll be at Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches, which in addition to beer and kolaches, has plenty of shade. 3220 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78723 https://www.batchatx.com/

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Civics 101
Amy Stansbury

Who’s In Charge Here? Climate Action In Austin

Summary Cities have a big role to play in solving the climate crisis. Here in Austin, we have a Climate Equity Plan to guide emission reductions. Action Box Sign up for our climate-focused Civic Power up challenge (How To Save The World… Starting With Austin)

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Whisper Valley Library
Community News + Partner Posts
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Celebrate Earth Day At A Local Eco-Community

About The Author This post is sponsored & written by Whisper Valley, an award-winning eco-community community located in East Austin. Action Box Celebrate Earth Day by attending Whisper Valley’s free Earth Day Festival. This post is sponsored by Whisper Valley. All Austin Common sponsors are screened

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Rain to River Virtual Community Meeting

Flooding, erosion, & water pollution affect lives, property, & the environment all over Austin. The City’s Watershed Protection Department combats these issues every day to improve health, safety, & quality of life for our community. With your help, they’re updating the strategic plan to factor

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Whisper Valley Earth Day
Amy Stansbury

Celebrating Earth Day at Whisper Valley

Come out and celebrate our beautiful planet at Austin’s award-winning, sustainable master-planned community. Enjoy food, fun and festivities while learning how to reduce your carbon foot-print and get in tune with Mother Earth!  

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CCL April 9th
Amy Stansbury

Citizens’ Climate Lobby Monthly Meeting

It’s time again for the Austin CCL monthly meeting, which will be this Saturday, April 9. Learn about Austin Earth Day events and how to help, as well as social media and other actions CCL is taking in support of Ukraine and moving away from

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Austin_Water

Public Input Meeting: AW Landscape & Irrigation Ordinance

Austin Water is asking for public input to help meet Austin’s growing water needs and prepare for impacts from our changing climate. Based on your input, we will create an Irrigation and Landscape Ordinance for new single-family residences that will set requirements for conserving water in irrigation

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