In the week when Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, more than 46 industrial facilities released an estimated 4.6 million pounds of chemicals and pollutants into the air (an amount that exceeded legal state limits). That's according to an analysis conducted by the Environmental Defense Fund, Air Alliance Houston...
"As Hurricane Harvey has clearly shown, climate change will affect us regardless of whether we believe in it or not. We need to set our political differences aside and take decisive actions if we want our children and grandchildren to inherit a livable, sustainable Texas." These...
From the Sierra Club - All the meetings have been well attended and there have been engaging conversations at all of them. The meeting will be held at the Rock Garden picnic tables just uphill from the Zilker Theater. In September, we will be meeting to discuss the...
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...
From the Sierra Club - Happy Hour /food and beverages: 6pm-7 pm Socializing and informal discussions on current events: 6pm-7 pm Announcements and program begin at 7 pm Program: Austin Wildland Conservation, with Cait McCann, Environmental Program Coordinator for Wildland Conservation Division, Austin Water. Cait will talk about Austin’s Wildlands...
From the Sierra Club - Please purchase your ticket for the Sunday, 7:15pm showing before you RSVP for this event. Buy your tickets here. This film is about the views of the famous Wendell Barry, a writer, farmer, and environmental activist. About "Look and See" This documentary was filmed...
From Public Citizen Texas and the Texas Sierra Club - Climate change is the defining issue of our time. Join us at City Hall as we begin our tour around Texas to spark a conversation across the state around this vital issue. Speakers will include Austin's...
From the Young Sierrans - Young Sierrans is the group of Sierra Club folks between the ages of 21 and 39-ish. We meet each month at the Waller Creek Pub House for socializing, discussion and brainstorming. 6:30pm-7pm - Happy hour and socializing 7pm - Announcements and program begins Join...
From Sierra Club - We'll be discussing, David Montgomery's "Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations" Here's an excerpt from Amazon.com on it...
From the Sierra Club - Happy Hour /food and beverages: 6pm-7 pm Socializing and informal discussions on current events: 6pm-7 pm Announcements and program begin at 7 pm Program: Water Issues in Central Texas with Phil Cook, Steve Box, and David Baker Phil Cook, who chairs the Lost Pines Conservation Subcommittee of the...