Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...future. Density, rail transit, flowing traffic, diversity, inclusiveness, affordability, sustainability, and preserved green space were repeated themes. Others imagined..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature

No Impact Man

Colin Beavan, aka No Impact Man, and his cooperative family are the subjects of this documentary about their yearlong project in environmental sustainability.

"...the Beavans, questions about ourselves, questions about degrees of sustainability. And asking questions is what it’s all about, isn’t..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Helping the 'Transit-Dependent'

Cap Metro mulls transit options for those in need

"..."At some point, it becomes a sustainability issue for us and a sustainability issue for these..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Ending the Water War

What if enviros and the city partnered on water conservation?

"...Ott said recently that he believes a new citywide sustainability officer can help further reduce water use throughout the..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Headlines

"...Texas board chair, executive director of the Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project, and longtime community leader for the Mueller..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature

Getting a Move on Mobility

A peek at Austin's new Strategic Mobility Plan

"...(to identify the system's most crucial missing links), a sustainability plan, and an urban rail program. Circulation studies help..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Two Years Gone – How Many Left to Save the Planet?

This Earth Day, urgent evidence of global warming should kick the Austin Climate Protection Plan into higher gear

"...Buildings Solutions group for the Houston Advanced Research Center; sustainability, energy, and environmental projects for a half-dozen other companies..."

April 17, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Res Publica

"...www.greenapplefestival.com for the full schedule of volunteer opportunities and sustainability workshops. Fri.-Sun., April 17-19...."

April 17, 2009 News Feature

What the City Ignores

"...growth and development, land-use guidelines and best practices regarding sustainability, among other priorities"? In one sentence, the city of..."

April 6, 2009 Postmarks

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...POWER AND WIENER SCHNITZEL Looking for nuts-and-bolts info on sustainability and renewable energy? Need an excuse to flee this..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature

Tracking Cap Metro's Eastward Proposal

The Green Line takes conceptual shape

"...service will enable abundant and permanent mobility, economic, health, sustainability, and social equity benefits," states Doug Farr, a consultant..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Head of the Class

Brandi Clark's groundbreaking works of staggering green-ness

"...In addition to her 9-to-5 gig as sustainability officer for the proposed, socially and environmentally responsible One..."

April 18, 2008 Features Feature by Kathryn O'Shields

Austin Climate Protection Plan Year One Highlights

A progress report on Austin's war on global warming

"...and plan to be returned to council Municipal Buildings: Sustainability..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature

The Downtown Austin Plan

The city unveils its Downtown Plan in progress

"...would work in concert to promote overall goals: livability, sustainability, density, place-making for people, preservation of history and local..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Roaming Celebration of Bikes and Beer Rolls Into Austin

New Belgium Tour de Fat on mission to convert cycling nonbelievers

"...of life together and invigorated about bike transportation and sustainability. The tour itself is a testament to sustainability. In..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

10 Reasons to Love a Streetcar

The 'streetcar effect' – offering Austinites far more than a free ride

"...to cars – for clean air quality, for environmental sustainability, for climate protection – apply equally to streetcars. Because..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Green on the Go

For Austin Green Art, every day is Earth Day – or eARTh Day

"...a health perspective, along with an emphasis on the sustainability of organic versus factory farming. There is a famous..."

May 25, 2007 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

Green Restaurant Goals: The Challenges in Austin

The challenges in Austin

"...poultry. The largest hurdle for restaurants hoping to maximize sustainability is the expense of free-range, natural, and organic meats;..."

May 25, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

How Cool Is Austin?

With a deep, collective breath, the city rolls out a world-class – but as yet unproven – climate-protection plan

"...city-owned electric utility. The more he learned about energy sustainability, he says, the more his passion and interest grew,..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...a proposal will be made to merge the city's sustainability project efforts with CAMPO's regional growth concept and some..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature

Permaculture

Local activists try to break free of oil-dependent lifestyle

"...at the Rhizome Collective, the self-described center for urban sustainability, located in an industrial corner of Southeast Austin. Rhizome..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Upcoming Permaculture Events

"...Radical Urban Sustainability Training March 25-26. An intensive seminar presented by the..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...out of Southeast Austin's Rhizome Collective center for urban sustainability. Rider David Santos described the migration as the synthesis..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...other challenges to the finance system – efficiency and sustainability – were also deemed constitutional. On efficiency, the decision..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature

Engineering Quality – and Equality

The African-American Quality of Life plan gets aired out; NAACP unsatisfied

"...arts, culture, and entertainment; business and economic development; neighborhood sustainability; and employment and education. Among the more noteworthy was..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Letters at 3AM

People of all political persuasions are beginning to face the reality that Americans' demand for oil is outpacing our supply and refining capacity, which in turn will cripple our economy's ability to grow. Our disposable society will become a scavenging society, and, on the brighter side, a more inventive society.

"...of our intensive use of oil." A "transition to sustainability" is a matter of survival, but it "will not..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Point Austin: A Life of Quality

In the shadow of another tragedy, the city takes a step toward justice

"...• Neighborhood Sustainability: a whole range of proposals, including homeowner education, infrastructure..."

July 1, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Welcome to the Real World

Rhizome Collective brings activist ideals down to earth

"...sometimes called the "Rhizosphere," where the group practices its urban-sustainability techniques, and which a potpourri of radical groups calls..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Bicycle Nomads and the Winds of Change

Backers say winter migration to Mexico creates 'a whole new way of life'

"...and cultural arts. It also represents innovation in economic sustainability and cross-cultural relations. Since 2001, Bikes Across Borders (www.bikesacrossborders.org)..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

City, County Budgets Hold the (Bottom) Line

At both City Hall and the courthouse, it's all quiet on the fiscal front

"...with "efficiencies" borne of dismantling the Transportation, Planning, and Sustainability Department and creating the much-vaunted "one-stop shop" for development..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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