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SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced
'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film
"...locally becomes a meditation on community, the South and sustainability. Eating Alabama is a story about why food matters...."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

F1 Unresponsive
"...a race track both advance the cause of environmental sustainability and curtail its sizable footprint? As a direct contributor..."

Jan. 30, 2012 Postmarks

Creating Sustainability
City plans Colony Park project as a long-term Eastside neighborhood
"...commercial boost the area needs. The buzz word is sustainability, but the challenge for the city is balancing and..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Food Events
Bathtub gin and other delights
"...presents a seminar entitled NextFeast – Food Entre­pren­eurs and Sustainability at Center 61 (2921 E. 17th #4, Building D)...."

Jan. 27, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Formula Farrera
Formula One cranks up sustainability engine
"...On Jan. 3 he was announced as the first sustainability director for Austin's Circuit of the Americas racetrack, and..."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Parks Smoking Ban, More Up Thursday
No ifs, ands, or (37,000) butts: One smokin' council agenda
"...aspirational principles include spending on infrastructure, new initiatives, mobility, sustainability, with a cost-effective and balanced approach. See more here,..."

Dec. 5, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report
A grassroots movement is changing the U.S. food culture
"...you. This movement has spread the rich ideas of sustainability; organic, local economies; and the common good from the..."

Nov. 25, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

City Chews on Food Scraps
Garbage disposals vs. composting
"...departments: Austin Water and the relatively new Office of Sustainability. And on a larger scale, those concerns, coupled with..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Defining the Eco Message
Is the enviro movement due for a branding makeover?
"...M.B.A., so I can make a business case for sustainability. And I said, 'Whatever you do, do not ever,..."

Oct. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Civics 101
Calendar of civic events, Sept. 29-Oct. 6
"...SXSW ECO CONFERENCE This inaugural confab on environmental sustainability is a three-day event featuring panelists working toward a..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Column

Library Plans Evolved With the Cyber-Times
Library plans are both eco-friendly and tech-savvy
"...said Bowen. "But what's really important in terms of sustainability isn't so much LEED points but future-proofing. In 2007,..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

How Green Is Our Austin?
The city turns green with 100% renewable energy
"...time, the city was creating a new Office of Sustainability, where a climate protection program would presumably be better..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

Budget in Plain Sight
Council adopts a budget with the sausage prepared in public
"...Waterwise, the utility's embattled "sustainability fee" – rechristened a "revenue stability fee" – was..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

TDH: 9/13/11
Cops, parks winners in budget adoption
"...Water-wise, the utility’s embattled “sustainability fee” was re-christened a “revenue sustainability fee;” it was..."

Sept. 13, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: The Fires This Time
Austin's feverish summer a tinderbox for rumination
"...proposed rate increases and the unpopular concept of a "sustainability fee" to be paid by all ratepayers, regardless of..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

TDH: 9/7/11
A stream of budget questions from City Council
"...we’ve noted the backlash greeting Austin Water’s proposed $6 “sustainability" fee, to be tacked on ratepayers’ monthly statement. While..."

Sept. 7, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

This Is Your City Budget
More police, vanishing grants, rising costs, and ... Jazzercise?
"...bleeding, partially with a $500,000 infusion from the city's Sustainability Fund, a reserve established in 2001 to advance environmental..."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

TDH: 8/23/11
Sanders settlement dominates Thursday's City Council agenda
"...Item 9: Applying to the Capital Area Texas Sustainability Consortium to create an Demonstration Site for a Sustainable..."

Aug. 23, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Little Big Plan
The Austin Creative Alliance proves it can think big by thinking small
"...designs are expansive concepts – opportunity out of crisis, self-sustainability – that augment the programs' effects. They seed change..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Errors in Article on Plastic Bags

Aug. 10, 2011 Postmarks

Time To Build a New World
"...a new world based upon the principles of justice, sustainability, and peace...."

Aug. 10, 2011 Postmarks

Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Aug. 4-11
"...filmmaker, Jane Turville, that addresses how historic preservation and sustainability can be applied to Austin's development plans. 6:30pm. Paramount..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Column

Bashing Opponents of WTP4 Is Wrong
"...pay for this plant. This includes the newly proposed "sustainability fee," a regressive fixed charge that will be levied..."

Aug. 2, 2011 Postmarks

City Budget: More Cuts and Hikes on the Way
Austin Energy, Austin Water both proposing fee increases
"...will also increase rates and institute a flat, $6 "sustainability fee" to reflect changes in its energy/cost mix. CUTS..."

July 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Brand Upon the Brain
Art and advertising collide in the burgeoning genre of branded documentary
"...practices are consistent with certain vague notions of environmental sustainability, workers' rights, and other social motivations. Consumers no longer..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Res Publica
Citizens calendar, July 14-21
"...SELF-REALIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY Say­brook Univ. professor Eugene Taylor tackles the topics of..."

July 15, 2011 News Column

Access Denied
Cap Metro saving money means hardship for neediest riders
"...having a difficult time keeping up with the financial sustainability of the system," says Linda Watson, who took over..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Two Hotels for the Price of ... Two?
Convention center hotels seek city waivers
"...Austin office of Gensler architects, includes a number of sustainability features expected to garner the structure a LEED Gold..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

This Planet's Going South
SXSW sprouts a new eco-conference
"...its portfolio: SXSW Eco, a three-day conference concentrating on sustainability through technology, education, and research. The conference, scheduled for..."

July 1, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: Skid Marks on the Dais
The (slightly) new council takes up high-speed chicanes
"...environmental terms, which received a thorough layout from Chief Sustainability Officer Lucia Athens, among the negotiators, though they were..."

July 1, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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