/tags/sustainability Sustainability en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:03:00 GMT /business/2024-07-26/austin-tx-whole-foods-too-good-to-go-reduce-food-waste Surprise bags from Whole Foods first became available in Austin last July. Since then, the grocery store's partnership with Too Good To Go has led to the company avoiding more than 276,000 pounds of CO2 emissions. Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:03:00 GMT /business/2024-07-26/austin-tx-whole-foods-too-good-to-go-reduce-food-waste Michelle Tamayo /austin/2022-11-17/clothing-swaps-offer-austinites-a-new-way-to-thrift Austin is becoming home to a cheaper and more sustainable way to thrift secondhand items. Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:01:00 GMT /austin/2022-11-17/clothing-swaps-offer-austinites-a-new-way-to-thrift Gillian Navarro /energy-environment/2021-12-10/these-texas-state-students-are-turning-invasive-plants-from-the-san-marcos-river-into-menstrual-pads A research team has spent the last few months harvesting water hyacinth as part of an effort to turn invasive species into sustainable and functional materials. Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2021-12-10/these-texas-state-students-are-turning-invasive-plants-from-the-san-marcos-river-into-menstrual-pads Riane Roldan /energy-environment/2014-12-11/the-city-wants-input-on-how-to-make-austin-emissions-free-by-2050 One of the city of Austin's sustainability goals is pretty ambitious - to be a net-zero greenhouse emissions city by 2050. In order to get there, it would� Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:20:28 GMT /energy-environment/2014-12-11/the-city-wants-input-on-how-to-make-austin-emissions-free-by-2050 Joy Diaz /austin/2013-11-15/on-america-recycles-day-ut-students-go-for-the-record-with-box-castle The sound of masking tape being stretched and torn, cardboard boxes being folded, and students laughing and chattering filled Gregory Plaza on Friday� Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:09:32 GMT /austin/2013-11-15/on-america-recycles-day-ut-students-go-for-the-record-with-box-castle Emily Mathis /austin/2013-10-22/coming-soon-to-austin-parks-brush-clearing-goats The Sustainable Food Center's East Austin farmer's market had a perennially irritating problem: Poison ivy was blocking a portion of the market's space.� Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:51:54 GMT /austin/2013-10-22/coming-soon-to-austin-parks-brush-clearing-goats Andrew Weber /energy-environment/2013-01-23/texas-ranks-tenth-in-u-s-for-sustainable-building Texas ranks tenth in the country in Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. That's according to a report issued by the U.S. Green� Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:31:00 GMT /energy-environment/2013-01-23/texas-ranks-tenth-in-u-s-for-sustainable-building Austin Feldman /energy-environment/2011-09-29/city-switch-to-green-energy-to-cost-6-million-over-10-years The City of Austin says it will become the largest local government in the United States to be powered entirely by renewable electricity when it flicks� Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:35:41 GMT /energy-environment/2011-09-29/city-switch-to-green-energy-to-cost-6-million-over-10-years Nathan Bernier /energy-environment/2011-06-15/the-epa-really-likes-this-natural-water-filter-in-south-austin Updated for CorrectionAustin is one of ten model cities for environmentally friendly infrastructure, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency.� Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:12:51 GMT /energy-environment/2011-06-15/the-epa-really-likes-this-natural-water-filter-in-south-austin Nathan Bernier /energy-environment/2011-04-22/buy-stuff-help-earth View in a larger mapIt's Earth Day, in case no one told you already, and all the businesses plotted on the map above (also listed here) have vowed to� Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:17:10 GMT /energy-environment/2011-04-22/buy-stuff-help-earth Nathan Bernier