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Everyone Here Cycles!

After a few days in Copenhagen, I'm a convert: I've seen for myself that people in a wealthy nation can happily use the bicycle as their primary way to get around. “The never-ending flow of Copenhagners on bicycles is like a symphony of human power …. The morning rush hour is graced with such poetic motion,” is how a deliciously literate city brochure puts it ...

12:38PM Wed. Oct. 7, 2009, Katherine Gregor Read More | Comment »

Images from Samso

Click on "Open Image Gallery" at right to see hay bales about to become biomass fuel and our beautiful smorrebrod of open-face sandwiches. Main story posted earlier today.

12:27PM Wed. Oct. 7, 2009, Katherine Gregor Read More | Comment »

Kickin’ the Mud Off My Sneakers

I’m not like most of the folks who attended the Austin City Limits Music Festival. A t-shirt I saw last weekend pretty much sums it up: “I’m here for the opening band.” I get in early, get my fill, and leave before the headliners hit the stage.

12:22PM Wed. Oct. 7, 2009, Jim Caligiuri Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Cactus Lee

Buddy's Place

Ego’s Day Party and Fundraiser at Ego's

Story-Oke
at The Highball

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Austin Energy Chief to Retire

A big, if not unexpected, announcement from Austin Energy: General manager Roger Duncan has announced that he will be retiring on March 1, 2010.

11:41AM Wed. Oct. 7, 2009, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Renewable Energy Island

Tuesday we visited the island of Samso, a small-scale example to the world of how to achieve carbon neutrality. After a competition sponsored by the Danish government, Samso – a small, bucolic island located between the Baltic and the North Sea – was selected in 1997 to become a case study for renewable energy. It's a sweet story...

8:55AM Wed. Oct. 7, 2009, Katherine Gregor Read More | Comment »

Meet the Real Babe Ruthless

As fits a film about Austin's other favorite sport, there's been a lot of derby love for Whip It. Tonight there's an opportunity to meet the real Babe Ruthless at the Alamo Ritz, and Wednesday night the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls will be ready for their close up.

5:35PM Tue. Oct. 6, 2009, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

A Strange Arrangement

“I’ve been singing soul music for, like, 10 or 11 months. It’s very, very new to me but I’m getting the hang of it now and starting to find the groove.”

2:42PM Tue. Oct. 6, 2009, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

APD's Investigation Complete But Biased?

The independent investigation into the shooting death of Nathaniel Sanders II concludes that the APD Internal Affairs investigation was biased, according to a redacted version of the report prepared by KeyPoint Government Solutions.

4:45PM Mon. Oct. 5, 2009, Jordan Smith Read More | Comment »

Climate Consortium Denmark

Given Austin’s aspirations to market itself as a “Clean Energy Capital” for economic development, it would do well to closely study and follow the related example of Denmark. This morning Finn Mortensen, executive director of Climate Consortium Denmark, told us how and why the public-private “cleantech” consortium was organized.

1:25PM Mon. Oct. 5, 2009, Katherine Gregor Read More | Comment »

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