Let's be honest. Sometimes, it can be pretty hard to get people to pay attention to environmental issues. Enter the Texas Brewshed Alliance. This new initiative from the Wimberley Valley Watershed Association is on a mission to raise awareness of the importance of land and water conservation in Texas...
Sponsored Post - from Austin Resource Recovery Written By: Keri Greenwalt There has been a lot of talk about composting and how much material it can keep out of landfills, which is great for the environment and the City’s goal to reach Zero Waste by 2040. But...
We've been talking about it a lot lately. It's too important not to. Traffic. And public transportation. These affect not just the environment (transportation accounts for about a third of the greenhouse gas emissions in Austin), but also our quality of life. Nobody likes spending their day...
Sponsored Post - from Earth Day Austin Written by Janis Bookout, Executive Director of Earth Day Austin, the new, independent, and locally-based nonprofit behind the Earth Day ATX festival. A couple of weeks ago, we published the following open letter as we approached the rescheduled festival date...
Capital Metro is about to buy some electric buses. For the first time ever. In April, Cap Metro's board of directors approved a contract to buy up to 10 electric buses, with plans to put them on the streets by the end of this year. And that's...
Sponsored Post - from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Meet Pranav Sarma, a student at Artie Henry Middle School in Cedar Park, TX. Pranav recently competed against hundreds of students in the 2019 Austin Energy Regional Science Fair. For his project, Pranav focused on using...
Ever wish that Austin had a better public transportation system? Fantasize what it would be like to take a train into work every day? Your dreams might just be coming true. Our city's public transportation provider, Capital Metro, is currently working on a big vision and plan...
Climate change was making Meagan Bluestein feel depressed, and frustrated, and hopeless. So she decided to do something about it. On Monday, she was arrested after gluing herself to the door of a Chase bank in downtown Austin, protesting the bank's role in funding the fossil fuel...
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 April, Austin’s favorite zero waste craft store is challenging folks to make the most amazing creation they can out of… keys. Want to join in on the fun? Here’s...
Tucked away in East Austin is a rare thing - a piece of undeveloped land, complete with panoramic views of the city that surrounds it. For years, residents of the nearby Springdale-Airport and Hog Pen neighborhoods have been pushing for it be cleaned up (part of...