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The TH Interview: Will Wynn—Austin's Green Mayor (Part Two)
In the second half of our face-to-face with Austin's mayor, Will Wynn talks about his part in the race to be America's greenest city, the decoupling of profits and pollution, and his vision for America getting it right (after we've exhausted every
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Vegan Competitive Eating Hits Austin
Competitive Eating Goes Green?! This might be the first time TreeHugger has written about competitive eating, and that’s no surprise really. The idea of stuffing down as much food as possible in as small amount of time as possible is about as
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The TH Interview: Will Wynn—Austin's Green Mayor (Part One)
Austin Texas is a direct challenge to typical stereotypes about the American South. As the capital of the most polluting state, Austin has decided to flip the script and become one of the most progressive cities in the nation. Mayor Will Wynn has been
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Lance Armstrong Says: Commute by Bike!
Lance Armstrong can do amazing things on a bicycle (most notably, ride it very quickly up very steep mountains). Yet it turns out that, for all the individual glory he has achieved as a professional cyclist, his greatest contribution to cycling may be
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For PCs, Refurbishing is better than Recycling
TreeHuggers know that recycling doesn't cut it any more; that reducing and re-using are far better solutions. With computers it was not always an option; the phrase used to be "Intel giveth and Microsoft taketh
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American Dietetic Association on the Greening of the Foodservice Industry
"Maria Simmons, RD, LDN, is no hippie. In fact, until a couple of years ago, she knew nothing about developing sustainable food programs and eco-design. Yet today, Simmons runs a nearly all-organic hospital foodservice program [...] and she's not alone;
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Now That's Festival Food
Goodbye hot dogs, pizza and cola - hello mango/chamomile soup, organic kettle corn and organic sweet iced tea. Perhaps the greenest part of last weekend's Austin City Limits festival was not in the carbon offsetting or the banning of styrofoam, it was
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Austin City Limits Plans Greener Music Festival
When it comes to minimizing the footprint of mega-events, music festivals seem to be ahead of the curve. Obviously Live Earth had programs in place to reduce the impact of the worldwide concerts, but recently internationally-renowned yearly music
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Barr Mansions: An Event Venue in a Deeper Shade of Green
Not so long ago we published our guide on How to Green Your Wedding, and soon after that we posted details of this TreeHugger's own green nuptuals. These posts lead the folks from Barr Mansions in Austin, Texas to get in touch with us and tell us
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Artist's Studio has a Wall of Sand
Elizabeth Alford teaches about prefabrication at the School of Architecture in Austin and runs the Prefab Lab; we met her at the Site:Offsite conference that she organized. She also practices architecture with Michael Young, and they have just built a
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Austin Powers Up Green: 'Plug In My Hybrid Baby'
Via Wall Street Journal comes news that the Mayor of Austin Texas has a formal plan to have the entire city integrate plug-in hybrid vehicles into a load balancing scheme designed to satisfy daytime peak power demands. The kernel
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Most Huggable: Majora Carter Interviewed, Sustainable Art Threads, US Cleantech Leaders
Turn down the music, wax your car, fill your tires with nitrogen. Just a couple of the weirder tips for more efficient driving…
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The Unforeseen: Smart, Beautiful Sundance Documentary Explores Residential Growth
Though it draws from a rich cast of Austin, TX characters, Laura Dunn's The Unforeseen could have been set just about anywhere in the U.S. Most of us know what it's like to see residential real estate development radically transform the landscape we
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TreeHugger Picks: Readers' Take on Sustainable Cities
Awhile back, we initiated a series of posts encouraging our readers from across the globe to tell us about their cities: the green good, bad and ugly of the city, including things like public transportation, suburban sprawl, air quality and other
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The TH Interview: Roger Duncan, Plug-in Partners
Roger Duncan serves as the Campaign Coordinator for Plug-in Partners, a national campaign for plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs) striving to demonstrate clearly the viability of this market by doing the following: garnering support in the form of online
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TreeHugger Picks: City Guides
Each city around the world lives TreeHugger a little bit differently. From books and maps to simple word of mouth, there are neverending ways and resources to keep it green. Here are just a few.
