Austin Energy Green By Design Workshops are hosted by Austin Energy Green Building™ and holds its one-day Green by Design workshop four times a year. Austinites--or anyone ready to travel--who are preparing to build, buy, or remodel a home can learn how to improve energy and water efficiency, increase comfort, and reduce maintenance.

The Natural Gardener is a garden shop, nursery and teaching facility dedicated to promoting organic, time-tested gardening practices.

DieselGreen Fuels services Austin and surrounding areas for individual and fleet biodiesel needs.

National Biodiesel Board

The Rhizome Collective is a non-profit organization based out of a warehouse on the East Side of Austin, Texas. They operate an Educational Center for Urban Sustainability and a Center for Community Organizing. They are a consensus-run organization.

Ecology Action is Austin's downtown recycling center.

• Newspaper
• Paper and Pressed Cardboard (like cereal boxes and egg cartons)
• Aluminum Cans, Foil, and Pie plates
• Tin Cans
• Metal
• Plastic (#1 and #2). Included are bottles, jars, drink containers, and trays.
• Glass Bottles and Jars
• Corrugated Cardboard
• Telephone Books, Hard & Soft cover books
• DURING BUSINESS HOURS: Cellphones, Inkjet & Toner cartridges

Bliss Meditation and Yoga is instructed by Leesalyn, practicioner and teacher of meditation and hatha yoga in the Ashtanga and Sivananda traditions. She offers community classes that are informal, non-competitive, and paid by donations - encouraging all abilities to participate. Public and private classes are also available throughout South Austin and the hill country.
 

Half Price Books is for booklovers, tree huggers, and collectors alike. Committed to community and recycling literature, you'll find the most incredible and unique assortment of books.

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13492 U.S. Highway 183 at Anderson Mill
2929 S. Lamar Blvd.
2500 West Parmer Lane Northeast corner of Parmer at Mopac
ROUND ROCK 1601 S. IH-35

Sesa Tea is a new venture to help promote a better life for individuals and to support communities and environments around the world. The company and products are built around the idea of balance that is intrinsic to the natural world in which we live. The word sesa is an ancient Sanskrit word for balance. Enjoy a cup, and let these delicate blends of Indian herbs and spices take you to a higher plane.

OrganicBouquet.com These days, you can find organic products practically everywhere. But what about flowers? Can you buy green without spending a lot of green? Until recently, it was tough to find chemical free flowers that could compete with non-organic ones. But we found that you can buy organic blooms that look just as good, last just as long, and can even be less expensive.

The Rainforest Site  is dedicated to the preservation of rainforests around the world. Your daily click funds the purchase of rainforest land by The Nature Conservancy, The Rainforest Conservation Fund, The World Parks Endowment, and Rainforest2Reef. These organizations work to preserve rainforest land in Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay and other locations worldwide.

On average, over 35,500 individuals from around the world visit the site each day to click the green "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button. To date, more than 150 million visitors have preserved more than 40,500 acres of land.

ClimateCrisis.net "What You Can Do": Most emissions from homes are from the fossil fuels burned to generate electricity and heat. By using energy more efficiently at home, you can reduce your emissions and lower your energy bills by more than 30%.

In addition, since agriculture is responsible for about a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, you can reduce your emissions simply by watching what you eat. For tons of suggestions on how to reduce your impact, as well as to learn more about An Inconvenient Truth, check out the website.

ClimateCrisis.net "Carbon Calculator": We all contribute to global warming every day. The carbon dioxide you produce by driving your car and leaving the lights on adds up quickly. You may be surprised by how much Co2 you are emitting each year. Calculate your personal impact and learn how you can take action to reduce or even eliminate your emissions of carbon dioxide.

NativeEnergy is a privately held Native American energy company.  In August 2005, the Intertribal Council On Utility Policy (COUP) acquired a majority ownership interest in NativeEnergy on behalf of its member tribes, marking another significant step in the Great Plains tribes’ historic effort to power America with Native wind. Learn more about COUP’s investment in NativeEnergy.

NativeEnergy helps you help build Native American, farmer-owned, community based renewable energy projects that create social, economic, and environmental benefits. Native Americans and farmers traditionally care for and care about the environment because they are also very dependent on the gifts of the Earth for their survival. They are seeking a way to build their economies and their communities.  This is one of the reasons we developed our novel approach to renewable energy; we want our business – our work – and so also our customers’ purchases, to make a real difference.

SoCoDistrict.com  is the portal to all things SoCo: South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, 78704. Shopping, food, drinks, music, art, beauty--we cover it all, as well as lodging for the out-of-towner.

This area of Austin has seen many transformations over the last 100 years. Originally an unpaved, rural road in the early 1900s, it was lined with tourist courts and restaurants in the 1920s to '60s. In the '70s, it became an artists' mecca, then got a little shady in the following two decades before becoming the eclectic and hip area it is today, with red hot property values and outstanding retail shops and restaurants. The original character of the neighborhood has not been abandoned though, with much of the original architecture still standing on the avenue and the same great view of the Capitol. 

The Nature Conservancy  is a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.

Tree Folks grows the urban forest of Central Texas through tree planting, education and community partnerships. We invite businesses, schools, government, community groups and individuals to join us in creating a healthier environment and enhancing the quality of urban life.  Since its inception in 1989, TreeFolks has planted tens of thousands of trees in Austin and Central Texas.

Environmental Defense is fighting to protect human health, restore our oceans and ecosystems, and curb global warming. Check us out to learn more about our efforts—and how you can help! Founded in 1967 as the Environmental Defense Fund, or EDF, we speak for 500,000 members. We find innovative, practical ways to solve the most urgent environmental problems.

World Wildlife Fund and its wildlife conservation mission is best defined by the word 'action.' Our wildlife conservation mission is illustrated as much by our victories in the corridors of government as it is by the results we achieve through our on-the-ground, 'muddy boots' activities in wildlife animal conservation corridors around the world.

Planned Parenthood health centers offer high-quality sexual and reproductive health care, including family planning, gynecological care, STI/STD testing and treatment, pregnancy testing, and abortion services.

Ocean Champions is founded by longtime ocean advocates David Wilmot, Ph.D., and Jack K. Sterne, Esq., who are also the lead authors of a groundbreaking new foundation-sponsored report, Turning the Tide: Charting a Course to Improve the Effectiveness of Public Advocacy for the Oceans. Their in-depth effectiveness study reveals that the ocean conservation community has focused on policy rather than politics, and at a cost. Electoral politics is a fundamental aspect of our nation’s political process and the keystone to policy success, yet the ocean conservation community is not a factor in the electoral arena. The report’s primary conclusion is that the ocean conservation community needs to “participate fully in the political process” to be more effective. Full participation means working directly to elect good candidates and defeat bad ones.

National Parks Conservation Association We believe that America's national parks and historical sites embody the American spirit. They are windows to our past, homes to some of our rarest plants and animal species, and places where every American can go to find inspiration, peace, and open space.

But these living, breathing monuments to our nation's history, culture, and landscape need care and support to overcome the many dangers that threaten to destroy them forever. At the National Parks Conservation Association, we work every day to ensure our national parks get that vital care and support.

Defenders of Wildlife is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities. We work to protect and restore America’s native wildlife, safeguard habitat, resolve conflicts, work across international borders and educate and mobilize the public.

Catalog Cutdown, (ForestEthics) is cutting down forest destruction by cleaning up the catalog industry. Founded in 1994, ForestEthics is a nonprofit environmental organization with staff in Canada, the United States and Chile. ForestEthics’ campaigns against industry giants Staples, Office Depot and Victoria’s Secret have resulted in dramatic new industry standards, as have the environmental commitments it has procured from some of the largest corporations on the planet, including Staples, Home Depot and Dell computers.

Greenfete.org is a free and easy site packed with local and lesser-known resources for all to celebrate.

 
Woody Harrelson and Laura Louie's VoiceYourself.com have a mission: We believe all life on earth is sacred. VoiceYourself promotes and inspires individual action to create global momentum towards simple organic living and to restore balance and harmony to our planet.