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Sustainable Shoppers Ball A Ball

Luke Iseman, 2 Dec 07

Caveat emptor: I'm not a fan of emu oil, bison steaks, or formerly McDonalds-owned Chipotle . And, shopping is not high on my list of things to do with my free time. That said, one simple rule made yesterday's Sustainable...

Newthinking and Sustainable IT in Berlin

Michael Gomez, 31 Oct 07

In Berlin recently, I had an opportunity to drop in on the local Web Montag event, held monthly at an interesting outfit called the Newthinking Store. The Berlin event is one of many Web Montags held for web professionals...

Memo to Vinod Khosla: Every Little Helps.

Tim Walker, 19 Sep 07

Consider the subtitle for this entry "Disagree with Vinod Khosla at your own risk." Khosla, in case you're not aware, is a titan of Silicon Valley (he cofounded Sun Microsystems) and one of the most influential venture capitalists in the...

National Park(ing) Day

Jon Lebkowsky, 19 Sep 07

This Friday is National Park(ing) Day, "an opportunity to reclaim public parking spaces for parks and open spaces - places for people to enjoy." Austin Green Art will be building a short-form version of Enchanted Rock State Park in a...

Offset Locally

Michael Gomez, 9 Aug 07

TreeFolks, stewards of urban forestry and treeplanting programs in and around Central Texas, recently announced its new Carbon Offset program. You can use the the TreeFolks Carbon Calculator to get an estimate of your carbon output, or you can...

Boost a "Green" Business

Sandra Burchsted

I’m always on the hunt for businesses that are genetically predisposed to being green. This quest recently took me to Forbes.com where I learned about a new contest in progress called “Boost Your Business”. The contest gives entrepreneurs the opportunity...

Bill Oliver: "Taking Our Stand"

Jon Lebkowsky

This song by Bill Oliver is a bit of viral-video consciousness-raising about development along Town Lake's shores.

Austin Leads The Charge For Electric Vehicles

gfoster

The City of Austin is crafting a holistic approach to the implementation of solutions to the challenges of global climate change. Part of that work is being carried out through the leadership of Austin Energy's Plug-In Partners National Campaign...

Cool House Tour

Jon Lebkowsky

We took the 2007 Cool House Tour, sponsored by the Texas Solar Energy Society (TXSES), and saw some pretty great examples of green building, solar photovoltaics, rainwater collection, and well-integrated design and building. All the homes were impressive, and there...

Greener In Texas?

Luke Iseman

There’s a saying: “everything’s bigger in Texas.” Usually applied to SUVs, exurb-dwelling women’s hair, and tex-mex dishes, it’s starting to look like a lot of the biggest initiatives to green a metropolis are being born in Austin, Texas. Will Wynn...

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