Calling all tree huggers! The City of Austin is now accepting Urban Forest Grant applications for tree planting, care, and education projects. Schools, neighborhood associations, youth groups, businesses, and nonprofit organizations can all apply for Urban Forest Grant funding. You just have to show that your project will...

04 October, 2017 /

Sponsored Post - from Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center - Looking to get outside this fall? Then the Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center is just the place for you. Located just down the road from Hamilton Pool, the Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center nature preserve is home to more than 170 bird...

04 October, 2017 /

Last year, the controversial Dos Republicas coal mine was given permission to renew and expand its wastewater permit. Why does that matter? The people First of all, several Native groups have come out in strong opposition to the coal mine, saying that it's operating on sacred ancestral land and that they...

03 October, 2017 /

Curbside composting has arrived. Austin Resource Recovery began delivering green composting bins to 38,000 new customers in the city's phase 1 composting rollout last week. You can check and see if your neighborhood is included in the initial rollout here>> If your house is included in the phase 1 rollout, you...

03 October, 2017 /

Sponsored Post - from Little Herds Interested in raising some backyard chickens? Little Herds is hosting a "Sustainable Chicken Seminar" this Saturday, September 30th from 9am to 5:30pm at Westfold Farm in Buda. The entire event is designed with the backyard chicken keeper in mind, especially those who are new to chickens and want to take advantage...

29 September, 2017 /

In the past few weeks, we've talked a lot about the environmental consequences of Hurricane Harvey - flooding, pollution, chemical explosions. But there is yet another environmental problem that Houston will likely be dealing with for months...

29 September, 2017 /

How can we build a more affordable city? How can we prevent gentrification and displacement? How can we create a more robust public transit system? These are the questions Austinites are asking as they examine the second draft of CodeNEXT, which was released earlier this month. As a...

29 September, 2017 /

Sponsored Post - from Austin Resource Recovery We all know that there is no shortage of amazing food in Austin. And yet, each year we toss out tons of it– at a huge cost to our community, wallet, and planet. Enter Feeding the 5000. Feeding the 5000 is a...

25 September, 2017 /

It's been about three months since President Donald Trump announced he is withdrawing the US from the Paris Climate Agreement. So what's happened since? As you might remember, hundreds of states, cities, universities, and businesses initially spoke out against Trump's decision, saying that they would continue to...

25 September, 2017 /
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