Looking for Solutions for Residents Feeling Extreme Heat

UT-Austin partners with city, community orgs to mitigate local "heat island" effect

"...For the past 20 years, heat waves have gradually worsened in Austin, with the number..."

Sept. 17, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Supporting Local Farmers and Ranchers Helps Everyone

Back to the soil

"...our farmers can't bring 500 chickens inside. They kept heaters and propane heaters going, and were able to insulate..."

March 5, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

SXSW Taps Baby Rose, Heart Bones & Laundry Day

108 more acts added to music fest

"...Portrayal of Guilt, Shirt Off Fe, Tone Royal, Ume, Urban Heat Island Effect, and Very Rich...."

Feb. 13, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Video: ATX6 Addresses “That Gun In Your Hand”

Local music ambassador project addresses school shootings

"...from Altamesa, Alesia Lani, Jonathon Horstmann of V3C0 and Urban Heat Island Effect, Kathryn Legendre, and Mike St.Clair of..."

Feb. 12, 2020 Music Post by Chris Brecht

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene

$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?

"...are facing in Austin, that of affordability. The acute effect of this is that Austin musicians are spending more..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

Video: Local Music Ambassadors Project ATX6 Prep for Reeperbahn

Or is Hamburg’s red-light district fest prepping for the ATX6?

"...Legendre, Altamesa singer Evan Charles, Jonathan Horstmann (V3CO & Urban Island Heat Effect), and Moving Panoramas frontwoman Leslie Sisson...."

Jan. 8, 2020 Music Post by Chris Brecht

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...Big Harp (Burbank, Calif.)..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Urban Forest Being Stripped Bare

"...Dear Editor, Our urban forest is being stripped, bare – except for the..."

Feb. 16, 2012 Postmarks

Raising the (Green) Roof

Austin's Green Roof Advisory Group to deliver its report to council

"...a surprising array of advantages. They can mitigate the urban heat island effect, reduce storm water drainage (helping both..."

Oct. 29, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Get Your Green Roof Here

Growers puts the "ee!" in green, the "oo!" in roof, the "fab!" in prefab

"...Since green roofs save energy and help combat the urban heat island effect, the city has some interest in..."

Oct. 16, 2010 News Post by Nora Ankrum

Eco-Currents: Talking Trash and Raising the Roof

Anti-litter campaign aims to clean up Austin creeks

"...operate about 170 miles southeast of Austin, but its effects could be felt closer to home, say those concerned..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...ska muzak of sextet Riddim Saunter; we call it Urban Blight Lite. The Tokyo-based bandmates have three LPs to..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Heritage Trees: Size Does Matter

Heritage tree ordinance would protect Austin's oldest, biggest trees

"...as "heritage trees." Whether this will really have any effect is debatable, though, because state law forbids raising that..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin to Grow Green Roofs

New city-appointed group explores strategies for encouraging green roofs

"...and vegetation; benefits include energy efficiency (insulation), reducing the urban heat-island effect, absorbing rainwater, providing bird/wildlife habitat, creating high-rise..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

3.5 Degrees Is Not 'Negligible'

"...conditioning units in large cities. This part of the “heat island” effect is caused by the second law of..."

Nov. 10, 2008 Postmarks

Clear-Cutting Austin

Rapid growth laying waste to city's urban forest

"...this is a story about multiple threats to our urban forest and the challenges of protecting it from the..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Calculating That CO2 Footprint

Carbon-offset nonprofit TreeFolks answers call for more transparency through 'local' investment options

"...The 18-year-old urban forestry organization already has a reputation for diligence: Every..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Green Events: July 26-Aug. 2

The usual opportunities for local food and brew continue this week, plus TreeFolks launches its new carbon-offset program, and more.

"...Star, including its goals and current business plan. 8-10:30pm. Wheatsville Annex, 3105 Guadalupe. Free. www.blackstar.coop/events/member-orientation. SAVE OUR SPRINGS ANNIVERSARY..."

July 25, 2007 Columns Post

Smokin' Trees

I'd hit it.

"...structures, pavements or landscapes and to help reduce the “urban heat island” effect. Smaller trees – such as Texas..."

June 25, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...Ah, a day in the park. When urban life hits red on the stress-o-meter, when the weekend..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Save as We Pave?

The latest trend in environmentally sensitive planning tiptoes into Travis County

"...In areas where urban-fringe growth threatens to rapidly overtake most of the open..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Greenest Zine in Town

The new Austin Environmental Directory – part investigative environmental reports, part encyclopedia of sustainability, and part yellow pages of everything green in Austin – is out

"...is not in the headlines," he said. "The greenhouse effect is causing world temperatures to reach new records, gasoline..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

UT Raises the Solar Roof

Students build all-solar house for national competition

"...will meet all of the SNAP's energy needs, including heating, cooling, cooking, and appliances, thanks to forty-two 175-watt, 3-foot..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Postmarks

The environment, the alleged marijuana, the traffic, Ventura's highway, and more.

"...Stephen Heath..."

June 8, 2001 Column

Naked City

Local news in Austin, Texas

"...Capitol steps could be especially heavy from rapidly growing suburban areas like Hays County, another insider suggests. And in..."

May 18, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Making a Front Porch for the City

As he was completing the final design for the Austin Museum of Art's long-awaited downtown facility, architect Richard Gluckman took time to discuss the project, his approach to architecture, and what it means to design buildings for a boomtown.

"...has to have its coffee bar, its bookstore, its theatre, and, in the last five or eight years, its..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...punk band Social Distortion, Mike Ness' first solo album, Cheating at Solitaire, finds the Jesus Alemany of ¡Cubanismo! king..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Infill On Trial

What's the Verdict on the Latest Central-City Boom?

"...and land-use plan, adopted in the mid-1970s, still in effect despite several efforts to replace it, and nearing the..."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...audience guessing, and in doing so creates a startlingly effective rumination on the nature of sanity and madness cloaked..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature