From the Young Sierrans - Young Sierrans is the group of Sierra Club folks between the ages of 21 and 39-ish. We meet on the 3rd Monday of each month at the Waller Creek Pub House for socializing, discussion and brainstorming. 6:30-7pm - Happy hour and socializing 7pm -...
"A truly great city leaves no one behind." These are the words of the newly released report from the Mayor's Task Force on Institutional Racism and Systemic Inequities. Organized by Austin Mayor Steve Adler late last year in response to the police shooting of 17-year-old David...
From the Sierra Club's Austin Environmental Justice Team (ATXEJ) - An ATXEJ (Austin Environmental Justice) showcasing of short films pertaining to a variety of global environmental issues that have serious impact on our local scape. These films highlight pollution from coal fired power plants and the...
High up on a hill in East Austin is the beautiful Red Bluff Vista. Often called the Mount Bonnell of East Austin, Red Bluff has long been ignored and neglected by the city. Together, a group of neighbors and environmental advocates are trying to change...
From the Sierra Club's Austin Environmental Justice Team (ATXEJ) - Join us on Monday March 6th for our next general meeting! We'll have time for announcements, working group sessions, and report backs on: - establishing more secure channels for communication - organizing in support of the Texas Water...
From the Sierra Club's Austin Environmental Justice Team (ATXEJ) and the Texas Water Protectors - Taking a lunch break on Monday? Do you have an account with Chase? Next Monday: stand with #NoDAPL --and if you can, close that account. Break up with the Bank -- or come pack...
Construction on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline has resumed. That's despite the work of thousands of protesters who gathered throughout the country decrying the potential negative effects of the pipeline on the environment, as well as on Native American land and water. The protests had...
From the Sierra Club's Austin Environmental Justice Team (ATXEJ) - The Climate Justice Working Group is one of three working groups within ATXEJ. We're focused on eradicating the reliance on fossil fuels in Texas (especially shutting down coal and gas plants) while centering the communities impacted...
Across the United States, people of color make up less than 16 percent of the staff of major environmental organizations. That's a problem, both for the environmental movement and for the communities they serve. So what can the environmental community do to address this problem? How...
Change. That was the theme of Austin Mayor Steve Adler's "State of the City Address," which he delivered to a packed crowd at City Hall last Saturday. "But change – even in the form of growth – is not our enemy," Adler said, encouraging Austinites not...