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The City of Austin is partnering with the Sustainable Food Center, Farmshare Austin, and Go Austin! / Vamos Austin! (GAVA) to offer fresh, affordable, convenient, and nutritious food.

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Farm Stands

School and Community Farm Stands provide a space for families to purchase high-quality, fresh produce at a low cost, directly within in their own neighborhoods. They are situated in familial spaces where peop…

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We're helping to make Austin Net-Zero by: powering our synagogue with solar energy

Austin is green and we all want to keep it that way! As a community, we’re committed to reaching the target of Net-Zero…

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Whether you’re an established green business, or just getting started, the Austin Green Business Leaders program can help you protect what is great about our city. Since the program launched in 2012, it has grown to over 200 participating businesses, representing almost 40,000 employees and over 15 million square feet of “green” office space. When you join the prog…

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I’m helping to make Austin Net-Zero by: involving kids in sustainable practices in meaningful and fun ways.

 

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I’m helping to make Austin Net-Zero by: being involved in the UT sustainability community

 

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I'm helping to make Austin Net-Zero by: helping people become beekeepers!

 

Meet our newest Net-Zero Hero, Dodie Stillman. Dodie is a certified Master Beekeeper who is passionate about honey be…

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René Geneva has a long history of entrepreneurship. Back in the late 1990’s, she started an eco-fashion line called René Geneva Design. She sold in several stores, including Whole Foods Market, and won Austin Fashion Week’s First Golden Boot Award for Best D…

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Just how beloved are Austin’s trails? Go take a stroll along Lady Bird Lake on a Saturday and you’ll have all the evidence you need. In fact, some might say that this tree-lined 10-mile trail is one of our city’s best assets. But, the famous Butler Hike…

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We’re pleased to introduce you to Caitlin Admire, a new Environmental Program Coordinator in our office. We asked her a few get-to-know you questions so you can learn more about her and her background.

Q: Where are you from?

A: I moved around a lot growing up (Texas three…

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Field at Q2 Stadium

 

Hey, sports fans! Austin’s new professional soccer team, Austin FC, will play their first home game at Q2 Stadium on Saturday, June 19.  So, what does this have to do with going green? Aside from the team’s primary color and its rallying cry “Verde! Listos!” the sustainability features in the stadium are first-rate.

Located near The Domain,…