Tag: Austin
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Austin's Cathedral of Junk Rises from the Ruins (Video)
The folk art shrine to detritus was condemned by the city and dismantled in 2010, only to be built again.
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Texas Raises Speed Limit to 85 MPH On New Toll Highway, Lowers It To 55 MPH On Parallel Free Roads
Perhaps the real reason they have raised the speed limit is that they like the money.
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Beat The Heat: If You Want A Cool House, Celebrate Thermal Mass
Your walls can act like rechargeable thermal batteries.
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From Gnocchi to Toffee Pudding: 8 Gluten-Free Recipes from the Blackbird Bakery Cookbook
Who says wheat-free can't mean indulgent? Best-selling cookbook author Karen Morgan offers up irresistible (and also vegetarian) main courses, snacks, and desserts.
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Shipping Container Turned Coffee Bar in Austin (Video)
From making tofu to the coolest seed bank ever, CHOW have been serving up some great, green-minded video content of late. One of their latest efforts—a tour of the ubiquitous food trucks of Austin—features an
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21 Year Old "Cathedral of Junk" Dismantled After Neighbours Complain
Austin used to be funky; as the Wall Street Journal notes, "For decades a college town with abundant cheap housing, Austin was a magnet for hippies, slackers and musicians looking for a care-free
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Nation's First Defensive Cycling Class Launched
With deadly cyclist vs motorist conflicts going on in our streets, and bikers even getting shot for riding with their kids, the launch of the country's first defensive cycling classes could not come at a better time. But what is
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7 Short and Senseless Flights We'd Love to Ban
Sometimes it's better to drive. Whether that means you carpool, rent a car, or take public transportation the fact of the matter is that you'd blow more carbon emissions if you traveled by airplane. Not only do you
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Price Fluctuations Make Green Electricity Less Competitive In Austin
This is a good news - bad news tale. Start with the good. Falling natural gas prices have been major factor in utilities scrapping plans to build
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12 Hip Green Hostels in North America
Why stay in a hotel when you can mingle with like-minded travelers in an eco-friendly environment? From city centers to the great outdoors, we pick a dozen of the best places in North America for backpackers to lay their heads in sustainable style.
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Celebrate 4th of July the Vegan Way in Austin Texas
Video: YouTube Celebrate America’s Growing Independence from Meat We recently included Austin, Texas in the Five Greenest Cities to Visit to the surprise of many readers for whom the Lone Star State brings to mind oil and ranches. Now we learn that
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5 of the Greenest Cities in the World to Visit
What is it that gives a city title to the claim of "greenest?" How would you like to visit a city with no fossil-fueled cars allowed? How about the best city for bicyclists? Or the perfect city to explore sustainable city
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City of Austin Mandates Home Energy Audits To Avoid Building New Power Plant
Homeowners in Austin, TX are now required to have an energy efficiency audit prior to listing their house for sale. While this is not the first city in the US to mandate such a program, that isn't making it any easier for
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SXSW Steers the Music Biz onto the Green Track
Footage from Bruno, the follow-up to Sasha Baron Cohen's Borat, will kick off the SXSW Music and Media Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas this Friday. Cohen's faux Austrian
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Rammed Earth Goes to the Chickens
Treehugger loves rammed earth; it is energy-efficient, local and gorgeous. We have shown it used in museums, houses and art galleries, so as it goes mainstream it is only logical that we would find it in -chicken coops?
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The New REI Green Prototype Store is Full of Sunshine
The brand new and first-ever REI Green Prototype store built from the ground up is getting ready to open its doors in Round Rock, Texas, just North of Austin. For a store that is known for selling outdoor gear, the new prototype store
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Wretched Excess Dept: Lance Armstrong meets Celine Dion By The Pool
There is no question that athletes have to keep hydrated and go through a lot of water. But Lance Armstrong breaks all the records again with his little pile in Austin, where he used 330,000 gallons of water for his acre of gardens and swimming pool,
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Appraise This: How Much For A Hobbit House?
How would real estate appraisers tackle this one? They're going to need to learn. It's already starting on the commercial side. For example, the Appraisal Institute just offered a seminar for appraisers titled An Introduction to Valuing Green
