Do you know anyone age 18-25 who might be looking for an awesome paid
internship?
If so, please share this with them. The deadline is March 31, 2010.
www.sierraclub.org/bestinternship
Want the Best Internship on Earth?
Travel around the country hiking, rafting, and enjoying the outdoors
with the Sierra Club's youth programs
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Plutopia 2010 is an evening event during SXSW Interactive, Monday night, March 15, starting at 7pm. SXSW badgeholders get in free, others pay $15 admission.
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I just love win-win-win-win-win-win kinds of events, and the 2nd Annual Austin Women's Clothing Swap was just that! With this one event:
Over 500 Austin women got to update their wardrobes for free - super valuable in a tough economy
Onsite seamstresses adjusted swap finds so ladies could go home with personalized fits
We got to shake our booties and enjoy the melodies of numerous...
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After Mayor Leffingwell's introduction, including the statement, "All of us on Council believe that global climate change is the issue of our time," Dr.
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We've had some great talks - Local Food-Farmer/Rancher/Gardener, Local Food-Distribution/Marketing, and Re-Localization or Alternate Finance/Banking/Commerce - lately at the Thursday night Winter S
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My new book, Environmental City: People, Place, Politics, and the Meaning of Modern Austin, will be available soon! The book is a history of the environmental movement in austin, what it has acheived, and how that movement still shaped the politics and urban design of Austin today.
This blog will include sections of the book, as well as history I could not include in the book. ...
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"Charrette" refers to any collaborative session in which a group of designers drafts a solution to a design problem. While the structure of a charrette varies, charrettes often take place in multiple sessions in which the group divides into sub-groups. Each sub-group then presents its work to the full group as material for future dialogue. Such charrettes serve as a way of quickly...
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The Austin EcoNetwork (AEN) is a network of people interested in information, events, and resources related to Austin and the environment.
AEN is known as an effective way to drive turn-out at events, drum up volunteers, find quality employees for green jobs, mobilize people to contact elected officials, boost enrollment at educational seminars and help people make conscious purchasing choices.
The Austin EcoNetwork began as a listserv in 2003 and became a website in May of 2009 featuring an online EcoCalendar, blogs, forums and EcoDirectories where you will find environmentally-friendly businesses, environmental organizations, and government departments.
A key service that thousands of Austinites subscribe to is the (free) twice-weekly Austin EcoNewsletter, featuring key events, blogs, and news relevant to Austin and the environment.
If you are interested in environmentally-concerned events happening in the Austin area, then glance at our Green Events below or check out our you are interested in posting an event, please contact us.
So have a look around. We hope you'll be a regular visitor and make the most of what is offered and participate in helping green the planet.
