We did it! The Mayor's Carbon Reduction Challenge has come to a close. Not only did the community meet the city's goal of avoiding 50,000 pounds of carbon emissions, but we surpassed it by an additional 30,000 pounds! As you might remember, the Mayor's Carbon Reduction Challenge was an initiative spearheaded by...
Sponsored Post - from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Fall is here, and Halloween is right around the corner! But, before you start breaking out the carving tools for your Jack-O-Lanterns, be sure you’ve got a plan for what to do with the seeds,...
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From the City of Austin Office of Sustainability - In 2017, Project Drawdown mapped, measured, and modeled the 100 most substantive solutions to reversing global warming (learn more at drawdown.org). Join us to view a live stream featuring Paul Hawken and the Drawdown leadership team as they...
Sponsored Post - from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Austin already has an extreme climate, and climate projections tell us that it’s going to get even more extreme. But the City of Austin is taking climate change very seriously, and there are many ways...
Sponsored Post - from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability When you picture school cafeteria food, what comes to mind? Many of us remember being served foods like pizza, chicken tenders, and tater tots — not exactly healthy food options. Anneliese Tanner is trying to change that....
Although the temperatures are cooling off, we just wrapped up one heck of a hot summer here in Austin. In fact, according to the National Weather Service, it was our third hottest summer in recorded history. That's why Mayor Steve Adler and the city's Office of Sustainability have declared...
Sponsored Post - from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Meet Tom Myers, owner of a local shaved ice company called SolarSno. SolarSno's food trucks are the first in Austin to be powered entirely off the grid using renewable solar energy. While Tom was deployed as...
Sponsored Post - from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability René Geneva has a long history of entrepreneurship. Back in the late 1990s, she started an eco-fashion line called René Geneva Design. She sold in several stores, including Whole Foods Market, and won Austin Fashion Week’s First...
Sponsored Post - from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Teachers - are you ready to make this school year the best one yet? Apply for a Bright Green Future Grant and you can earn up to $3,000 for a sustainability project at your school. Sponsored by the City of...