Pets can be a great addition to the Texas Organic Home. The Williamson County Kids N K9’s program helps the WILCO Academy teens to learn many skills such as dog handling and training as well as patience and tolerance. The Kids N K9’s program helps the shelter dogs since they will never be euthanized because of the training they receive by teens.
The Second Annual Austin Green Holiday Social is being held Tuesday, December 15th, 2009, 6:00 -10:00 pm at the beautiful and organic Barr Mansion. The event is co-hosted by Net Impact Austin, Public Citizen, Design-Build-Live, the Austin Eco-Network, Eco Series, Texas Green Network and the Sierra Club.
Consumers can avoid eating pesticide residue on fruit and vegetables by buying organically grown at local farmer’s markets or growing your own. According to the report on Yahoo below, there are many pesticides and chemicals that remain in our fruit and vegetables even after peeling them! It’s not hard to grow your own and Farmer’s
My home in Leander, Texas is one of the ponds on the Austin Pond Society Night Tour tonight, 7/18/09 from 8:00pm to 11:00pm. My Home, an Austin Pond Society Feature This Austin, Texas event is great for people who like looking at beautiful yards & water features. It’s a great way to get ideas for
Austin, Texas will soon be having the 2009 Cool House Tour. This year there are twelve projects that will be on the tour. Homes were chosen for the tour based on their being examples of green building.
An Invasive Plant Workshop will be held at the Austin Nature & Science Center by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Dept. Saturday, May 30th, 2009 from 9:00am to 4:00pm at the Austin Nature & Science Center in Austin, Texas.
“Mow Down Smog” is the catchy phrase for the Central Texas Electric Lawnmower Program. Trade your dirty, polluting old lawnmower in on a cleaner, electric model.
Spring has sprung in the Austin Texas area. The red buds & mountain laurels are blooming, the weather is mild & Sunshine Community Gardens at 4814 Sunshine Drive, Austin, TX is having their annual Spring Plant Sale March 7th, 2009 from 9am to 2pm. Knowledgeable gardeners will be there to help inform attendees about Spring
There will be a Living Mexican Food class by local chef Alicia Ojeda in Austin Texas on Sunday, February 22, 2009. Learn “uncooking” (like- the uncola) and also about food and nutrition. All food is vegan, raw, living, gluten-free, sugar-free, soy-free. A $10.00 class discount to any member of the Healthy Weight Loss for Women