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...

Sponsored Post - from Austin Resource Recovery  Written by Susanne Harm   Today’s backyard chickens are pampered pets… especially when compared to my Grandma’s hens. My Gram raised chickens out of necessity to feed her family. Raising chickens was about not going hungry. Gram’s chickens did not have...

Sponsored Post - from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability    Meet Caroline Reck, Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Glass Half Full Theatre. Caroline is a puppeteer, and her theatre company creates original works about global issues using puppets and performers. To be clear, when we say...

Sponsored Post - from 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 March, Austin’s favorite zero waste craft store is challenging folks to make the most amazing creation they can out of… plastic bottle caps and lids.   Want to join in on...

Sponsored Post - from Austin Resource Recovery    Written by: Jennifer Denton   Currently in about half of Austin Resource Recovery’s (ARR) curbside customers’ homes, the Curbside Composting program can change the way we think about household “waste.” By fall of 2019 nearly 75 percent of the homes serviced...

Sponsored Post - from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability    Meet Miranda​ ​Bennett, the founder of Miranda Bennett Studio, a sustainable clothing brand based in Austin. Miranda is an Austin native who moved to New York at age 17 to study fashion. Upon graduation, she launched her...

It's kind of crazy when you think about it. Less than one percent of the food consumed in Austin is produced locally. Meanwhile, there are small plots of unused land everywhere you look. In backyards, at office parks, housing developments, and schools.   Lettuce is trying to connect these...

Sponsored Post - from Austin Resource Recovery    Remember when we had a single-use bag ban? The City of Austin is conducting an online survey (both in English and Spanish) to learn more about the public's shopping bag habits.   Do you use plastic bags more now that the ban has been overturned? Do you...

Sponsored Post - from Austin Resource Recovery    Written by: Keri Greenwalt and Susanne Harm   Do you ever wonder what happens to all the stuff you put into your blue recycling cart after it’s picked up at the curb? With global markets and recycling technology quickly evolving, it...