January 25, 2012
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January 23, 2012
Keep Stuff Around In Appropriate Quantities: The Permaculture Principle of “Stocking”
Recently I read two pieces of very sage advice on a subject that's very central to living a sustainable lifestyle. And that subject is, keeping stuff in appropriate quantities.
January 23, 2012
Future Scientists Jamboree!
January 19, 2012
The Siemens We Can Change the World Grant Challenge
Grant Name: We Can Change the World Challenge for K-12 Students
January 19, 2012
EcoTip #20 – The Environmental Impact of Printing
No matter how good your intentions, and no matter how great your message, if you are printing it, you could be harming the environment in several ways.
January 19, 2012
Visiting Kazakh & Ukrainian Environmental Delegates Need Hosts
Center for Safe Energy of the Earth Island Institute (CSE) is seeking host families in Austin for two delegations of environmentalists visiting from Kazakhstan (March 2-10, 2012) and from Ukra
January 19, 2012
National Academy Endorses Waste Water Reuse
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS), America's leading body of objective researchers, is recommending we reexamine our wate
January 18, 2012
January 14, 2012
Distributed Solar – Not Regressive Rates
In light of the proposed rate case structure, Solar Austin will be bringing something else to the table at Thursday's AE rate structure hearing at City Hall: Their solution to demand for green
January 12, 2012