Sponsored Post - from Texas Disposal Systems A big movement begins with just one person making a difference. With 7.5 billion people calling Earth home, creating a cleaner, more sustainable environment probably seems like a daunting task, but what happens if we start by working on ourselves...
Sponsored Post - from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Meet Joi Chevalier, our newest Net-Zero Hero! Joi started The Cook’s Nook, Austin’s first shared commercial kitchen and culinary incubator. Prior to opening the Cook’s Nook, Joi worked as an e-commerce product manager and marketing director...
Fanny Cornejo loves monkeys. Ten years ago, she actually spent five months living with yellow-tailed woolly monkeys in Peru. No people. Just a tent, weekly supply drops, and steep mountains. Which made following the fast-moving monkeys difficult. So difficult that in the beginning, Fanny would make desperate...
Stressed about all those news articles and videos that show how much trash Americans throw away? Concerned about the environmental impact of landfills? Here's one easy way for you to make a real impact. MoveOutATX is looking for volunteers to help college students divert items from the landfill as they...
Partner Post - Austin Creative Reuse Calling all you crafters out there! It’s time for another Reuse and Rethink Challenge from Austin Creative Reuse. Throughout the month of July, Austin’s favorite zero waste craft store is hosting a "Made In The Shade Challenge," asking folks to create a fun hat for the summer...
Molly Stevens grew up in nature. "As a young child, my father used to get us up early in the morning," Molly said in a recent interview with AEN. "It was kind of like going to church." As Molly remembers it, her father would get the family...
Nature In The City Podcast, Season Two, Episode 6: Language, Art, and Waterways Each year, we follow along with Dr. Kevin Anderson, a geographer and philosopher managing the Environmental Research Center for the City of Austin, as he shares his knowledge about the world around us....
Nature In The City Podcast, Season Two, Episode 5: Myth, Meaning, and Flowing Water Each year, we follow along with Dr. Kevin Anderson, a geographer and philosopher managing the Environmental Research Center for the City of Austin, as he shares his knowledge about the world around...
Sponsored Post - from Austin Resource Recovery Why did you decide to become a Zero Waste Block Leader? I have always been passionate about recycling and sustainable waste management. I love donating things to groups that can get the most benefit out of them. When I heard...
Even if you consider yourself to be a pretty well-informed person, keeping track of the Texas Legislature can be tough. Our state's lawmaking body only meets for 140 days every other year and during that time, literally thousands of bills are proposed. Now that all...