TxETRA’s Tom “Smitty” Smith speaks on the current status of electric vehicles, their future in Texas, and necessary legislation. The Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance (TxETRA) is promoting the Electric Transportation Act in the Texas legislature. The Act will support the building of EV charging
At this month’s meetup, we’ll check in about how our members have weathered the storm and ways we can help our Austin community. We’ll also learn about upcoming Texas climate legislation from guest speaker Barrett Sundberg. Plus, updates on our Earth Month student challenge!
This Black History Month we’re talking with some of Texas’ top Black environmental leaders. This week, we speak with John Beard, Jr., Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Port Arthur Community Action Network, a community based, environmental justice non-profit. PACAN advocates for solutions that reduce
Huston–Tillotson University and Southwestern University present a virtual screening of “COOKED” followed by a Q&A discussion In COOKED: Survival By Zip Code, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand uses her signature serious-yet-quirky connect-the-dots style to take audiences from the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave — in which
Join us for our 8th annual Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) Third Coast Conference, this time virtual! Please RSVP to obtain the Zoom meeting information. Emails with the Zoom information will be sent to those who have registered on the Friday before the conference. Visit our Program to see
Please note – this event has been postponed. Follow Sunrise ATX on Facebook & Instagram for updates on when the event will rescheduled. **RSVP for Zoom link will be posted soon on the Sunrise ATX Facebook page. ** All are welcome at this general
Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom. We’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Tonite’s main program is Tiny Transit: You Shouldn’t Have to Own a Car, with Susan Engelking, Executive Director, Institute for Community MicroMobility. Cars are expensive, dangerous,
Do you have 30 minutes to make a big impact with a simple action? Citizens’ Climate Lobby is pushing the Texas state legislature to pass an environmental resolution acknowledging the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Join us for an introduction to the Texas State
The cumulative effects of agriculture, industrialization, and urbanization are unequivocally changing our climate and producing globally unprecedented challenges related to food production, building materials, and human and ecosystem health, and exacerbating conditions that promote the spread of pandemic diseases, and these challenges are disproportionately affecting
Continuing our discussion of the lay of the legislative land and where we expect environmental and climate bills to be debated, we invite you to keep the conversation going and explore strategies for success in the Pink Dome. For folx concerned about the climate and