January 2016
FixIt Clinic: Fabric and Clothing
Missing buttons, fallen hem, a tear in your favorite outfit? Bring it to Recycled Reads on Saturday, January 9th from 12-3 pm where volunteer coaches with clothing repair know-how will be available to help you fix your item. Fixit Clinics are all about do-it-together hands-on disassembly,…
Find out more »Austin Zero Waste Alliance Meeting
From the Austin Zero Waste Alliance - It’s been a while, with an early meeting in November and no meeting in December, but a new year means it’s time for a new push for better Zero Waste policies here in Austin. We’d love to have…
Find out more »February 2016
FixIt Clinic: Jewelry
Just in time for the Valentine's Day, your favorite bracelet, necklace, or set of earrings that is a little worse for the wear can get a second lease on life! Bring your broken jewelry to the Fixit Clinic at Recycled Reads where volunteer coaches with jewelry…
Find out more »AZWA February Meeting With Special Guest Edwin Marty
From the Austin Zero Waste Alliance - This month's AZWA meeting boasts an exciting guest speaker, Edwin Marty, the Food Policy Manager for the City of Austin. Co-author of the book "Breaking Through Concrete" and an experienced urban farmer, Edwin brings years of experience and…
Find out more »March 2016
FixIt Clinic: Small Appliances & Electronics
Does a mysterious glitch have your electronic device or small appliance out of commission? Bring it to the Fixit Clinic at Recycled Reads where volunteer coaches with repair know-how will be available to help you fix your item. Fixit Clinics are all about do-it-together hands-on…
Find out more »Talk Green to Me Book Club: Junkyard Planet
From the Talk Green to Me Book Club - Ever wonder where it all goes? The trash that piles up and leaves your home, office, and other public spaces. Find out more about the five-hundred-billion-dollar industry that’s transforming our economy and environment at our next…
Find out more »Austin Zero Waste Alliance Meeting
From the Austin Zero Waste Alliance - Please join us for our monthly Austin Zero Waste Alliance (AZWA) meeting! This month we are welcoming guest speaker, Brandi Clark Burton, Senior Policy Advisor to Austin Mayor Steve Adler. Brandi is a friend to many of us,…
Find out more »April 2016
FixIt Clinic: Bike Repair
From Austin Resource Recovery - Get ready to celebrate Bike Month in May by getting bringing your broken bike to the Fixit Clinic at Recycled Reads where volunteer coaches with repair know-how will be available to help you fix it! Fixit Clinics are all about…
Find out more »Austin Zero Waste Alliance (AZWA) Monthly Meeting
From the Austin Zero Waste Alliance - Please join AZWA for it's Earth Month meeting to discuss Zero Waste strategies and plan for civic actions around keeping residential curbside composting programs alive through the Austin City Council budget process.
Find out more »Talk Green to Me Book Club: American Wasteland
From the Talk Green to Me Book Club - Picking up where last month's book left off, Jonathan Bloom discusses the food waste phenomenon occurring within our culture and what we can do to stop it! This month we are reading "American Wasteland: How America…
Find out more »May 2016
Talk Green to Me Book Club: Blessed Unrest
From the Talk Green to Me Book Club - Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest comments on the ways that the social justice movements and environmental movements overlap and influence each other, essentially, how nature and man is integrally connected. Join us every 4th Thursday from 7pm…
Find out more »June 2016
Fixit Clinic: Fabric and Clothing
From Austin Resource Recovery - Missing buttons, fallen hem, a tear in your favorite outfit? Bring it to Recycled Reads on Saturday, June 4th from 12-3 pm where volunteer coaches with clothing repair know-how will be available to help you fix your item. Fixit Clinics…
Find out more »Austin Zero Waste Alliance Monthly Meeting
From the Austin Zero Waste Alliance - Tuesday, June 28 join AZWA at Recycled Reads (5335 Burnet Road) as we socialize, network, and innovate for Austin's Zero Waste future! Don't miss: we'll be unveiling a draft of our brand new AZWA website built with help…
Find out more »July 2016
Austin Zero Waste Alliance Monthly Meeting
From the Austin Zero Waste Alliance - Tuesday, July 26, is the monthly meeting of the Austin Zero Waste Alliance. We’ll be at Recycled Reads again (5335 Burnet Road) and we’ll be hearing from some awesome new local Zero Waste efforts and discussing our upcoming…
Find out more »Talk Green to Me Book Club: Now or Never
From the Talk Green to Me Book Club - In Now or Never, the internationally acclaimed author of The Weather Makers returns to the subject of climate change with a book that is at once a forceful call to action and a deeply (and often…
Find out more »August 2016
Talk Green to Me Book Club: Taking on Water
From the Talk Green to Me Book Club - Taking on Water: How One Water Expert Challenged Her Inner Hypocrite, Reduced Her Water Footprint (Without Sacrificing a Toasty Shower), and Found Nirvana, by Wendy Pabich. Join us every 4th Thursday from 7pm - 8pm at…
Find out more »Austin Zero Waste Alliance Monthly Meeting
From the Austin Zero Waste Alliance (AZWA) - Tuesday, August 30, 7 PM is the monthly meeting of the Austin Zero Waste Alliance at Recycled Reads. We will be welcoming Jennifer Denton, Austin Resource Recovery's new Community Engagement Consultant as she tells us about the…
Find out more »September 2016
Talk Green to Me Book Club – The World Without Us
From the Talk Green to Me Book Club - The World Without Us is a non-fiction book about what would happen to the natural and built environment if humans suddenly disappeared, written by American journalist Alan Weisman. Join us every 4th Thursday from 7pm -…
Find out more »October 2016
Fixit Clinic and Reuse Festival
From Austin Resource Recovery - Is there a fallen hem in your favorite shirt? Did your blender suddenly stop working? Is your childhood stuffed animal a little worse for the wear? Bring these items and more to the Fixit Clinic at Recycled Reads where volunteer…
Find out more »December 2016
Mix and Mingle With Zero Waste Block Leaders
From Austin Resource Recovery - It's time for our first quarterly Zero Waste Block Leader Meetup! We'll distribute the next round of door hangers, hear suggestions from you about what we can do to improve, what's working in your neighborhoods, and any tips and stories…
Find out more »January 2017
Talk Green to Me Book Club: Collapse by Jared Diamond
From the Talk Green to Me Book Club - In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning "Guns, Germs and Steel," the author explores how climate change, the population explosion, and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization. Environmental damage, climate change, globalization,…
Find out more »Austin Zero Waste Alliance Monthly Meeting
From the Austin Zero Waste Alliance (AZWA) - The Austin Zero Waste Alliance is ready for 2017 and we are excited to host our first meeting of the year. We are especially thrilled to invite Robert Nathan Allen, president of Little Herds. Come here how…
Find out more »February 2017
Talk Green to Me Book Club: Don’t Even Think About It
From the Talk Green to Me Book Club - Join us every 4th Thursday from 7pm - 8pm at Recycled Reads for an environmental and sustainability themed reading extravaganza! In February we're reading "Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore…
Find out more »March 2017
Talk Green to Me Book Club
From the Talk Green to Me Book Club - Join us every 4th Thursday from 7pm - 8pm at Recycled Reads for an environmental and sustainability themed reading extravaganza! In March, we're reading "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate" by Naomi Klein Forget everything…
Find out more »April 2017
Talk Green To Me Book Club: A Force For Nature
From the Talk Green To Me Book Club - Join us every 4th Thursday from 7pm - 8pm at Recycled Reads for an environmental and sustainability themed reading extravaganza! In April we are reading, "A Force For Nature" by John H. Adams, Patricia Adams, George…
Find out more »May 2017
Talk Green to Me Book Club: The Genius of Earth Day
From the Talk Green to Me Book Club - Join us every 4th Thursday from 7pm - 8pm at Recycled Reads for an environmental and sustainability themed reading extravaganza! The book that will be discussed is, "The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In…
Find out more »June 2017
Talk Green to Me Book Club: Documentary of Your Choice
From the Talk Green to Me Book Club - We're shaking it up this month by having each person pick out an environmental documentary to watch at your home, then meet to discuss for the meetup. Only constraint is that the documentary is environmentally-based. Each…
Find out more »July 2017
Talk Green To Me Book Club: Stuffed and Starved
From the Talk Green to Me Book Club - It’s a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before, while there are also more people who are overweight. We're reading, Stuffed And Starved: Markets, Power And The Hidden…
Find out more »August 2017
Fix-It for Back-to-School!
From Austin Resource Recovery - Bring your broken, torn, damaged items to the Back-to-School Fix-It Clinic! Sat., Aug. 19 from Noon - 3pm at Recycled Reads - 5335 Burnet Rd. Expert repair volunteers will show you how to fix your favorite items. Other fun, free…
Find out more »Talk Green To Me Book Club: Plastic Ocean
From the Talk Green To Me Book Club - Join us every 4th Thursday from 7pm - 8pm at Recycled Reads for an environmental and sustainability themed reading extravaganza! ALSO: You can now be a part of the discussion on our new Goodreads page -…
Find out more »December 2017
Fix-It Clinic
From Austin Resource Recovery - Is there a fallen hem in your favorite shirt? Did your blender suddenly stop working? Is your child's toy a little worse for the wear? Bring these items and more to the Fix-It Clinic where volunteer coaches with repair know-how…
Find out more »July 2018
Fix-It Clinic
From Austin Resource Recovery - Is there a fallen hem in your favorite shirt? Did your blender suddenly stop working? Is your child's toy a little worse for the wear? Bring these items and more to the Fix-It Clinic where volunteer coaches with repair know-how…
Find out more »August 2018
Free Chicken Keeping Class
From Austin Resource Recovery - Join the Chicken Keeping Community! Register today for a FREE chicken keeping class presented by the City of Austin Keeping chickens is a great way to keep your food waste out of the landfill. Chickens can recycle your food scraps.…
Find out more »Free Composting Class
From Austin Resource Recovery - Join the Composting Community! Register today for a FREE composting class presented by the City of Austin Composting is nature's way of recycling. Rather than sending your food scraps and lawn clippings to the landfill, you can compost them to…
Find out more »January 2019
Fix-It Clinic
From Austin Resource Recovery - Reserve you free place-holding tickets online. What's a Fix-It Clinic? Is there a fallen hem in your favorite shirt? Did your blender suddenly stop working? Is your child's toy a little worse for the wear? Bring these items and more…
Find out more »March 2019
Free Composting Class
From Austin Resource Recovery - Join the Composting Community! Register today for a FREE class about Home Composting presented by the City of Austin This class is part of the City of Austin's Home Composting Rebate Program. Austin residents who pay the Clean Community Fee on…
Find out more »May 2019
Start of Summer Cleanup! Get rid of your extra stuff!
Hosted by Recycled Reads - Start of Summer Clean Up parking lot event! Recycled Reads is partnering with Goodwill of Central Texas to help you clean up your home! Bring your: Shredding, Books, Household Items/Clothes, Batteries to Recycle! See rules below, and sign up for…
Find out more »Reuse Series: Know Your Style – Recycled Reads
Hosted by Recycled Reads - KNOW YOUR STYLE with Bernadette Noll This program is open to 25 people - please grab a free ticket on Eventbrite to get your spot! A big problem with fast fashion is we are buying too much of lesser quality.…
Find out more »July 2019
Fix-It Clinic
From Austin Resource Recovery - What's a Fix-It Clinic? Is there a fallen hem in your favorite shirt? Did your blender suddenly stop working? Is your child's toy a little worse for the wear? Bring these items and more to the Fix-It Clinic where volunteer…
Find out more »Talk Green To Me Book Club – Field Notes From A Catastrophe
Hosted by the Talk Green To Me Book Club - Discussing the book, "Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change" by Elizabeth Kolbert This book club features both fiction and non-fiction works related to the environment and sustainability. We typically meet every…
Find out more »August 2019
Talk Green to Me Book Club: Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Hosted by the Talk Green To Me Book Club - Discussing the book, "Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change" by Elizabeth Kolbert This book club features both fiction and non-fiction works related to the environment and sustainability. We typically meet every…
Find out more »October 2019
Free Chicken Keeping Class
Hosted by Austin Resource Recovery - Join the Chicken Keeping Community! Register today for a FREE class about chicken keeping presented by the City of Austin. Keeping chickens is a great way to keep your food waste out of the landfill. Chickens can recycle your…
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