Sponsored Post - from the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) This post was written by Amanda Masino, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology at Huston-Tillotson University and Faculty Co-Advisor, Green is the New Black. Huston-Tillotson University and National Parks Conservation Association are partners in educating, engaging, and...
Monday, October 9th is Austin's first ever official Indigenous Peoples' Day. After City Council approved a resolution at their meeting on Thursday, Austin joins several other cities that have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day, "in an effort to create a path of healing and reconciliation." According to...
Now that the flood waters are beginning to recede in some parts of Texas, attention is being turned to the environmental consequences that Hurricane Harvey has left in its wake. More research, studies, and stories will surely be published in the coming weeks and years, but for...
Want to get more involved in Austin's local environmental justice movement? Then be sure to check out Huston-Tillotson University's fourth annual "Building Green Justice Forum" on Thursday, September 28th. This year's theme is “Organic Activistology.” At the event, the university will be inviting presenters and participants to reflect on their roles as organic...
Hurricane Harvey struck Texas nearly a week ago, but its effects will continue to be felt by the state and the entire country for the next weeks, months, and years to come. Houston is underwater. Rockport has suffered widespread destruction and Beaumont has lost access...
From the Sierra Club's Austin Environmental Justice Team (ATXEJ) - General meeting for ATXEJ/Austin Environmental Justice Team. We'll give updates on climate justice & gentrification resistance, with some time for groups to break out. Anyone is welcome. Food will be provided but folks are always welcome...
From the Sierra Club's Austin Environmental Justice Team (ATXEJ) - We march, we sign petitions, we testify, we rally, we call, we email. We lobby. Together these are just some of the tools in the greater toolbox for justice. At this short workshop we'll zero on in...
In order to encourage action and facilitate education beyond the Austin People's Climate March (happening this Saturday, April 29th), its organizers dubbed April 23rd through April 28th as Austin Climate Justice Week. The week has been marked by a series of educational panel discussions all aimed at "an equitable...
This Saturday, thousands of people will gather together to host climate marches in cities all over the world...
From the Sierra Club's Austin Environmental Justice Team (ATXEJ) - On Earth Day 2017, the Springdale-Airport Neighborhood Association (SANA) and Sierra Club's ATXEJ (Environmental Justice) team invite you to a sunset potluck, walk, and discussion about Red Bluff, dubbed “East Austin’s Mt. Bonnell.” For more than 50...