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Austin green-energy partnership poised to launch

Thanks to Nirav, avid cyclist, adventurer, and also my former manager at GSD&M’s Idea City- for talking about and sharing some news on Green Energy movements not just here in Austin, but around the world. His lady recently graduated with a degree in Environmental Engineering – pretty awesome.

He brought this up-and-coming green-energy firm in Austin [...]

MACC presents Dr. Colome: Astronomy 101

Dr. Cecilia Colomé offers a FREE lecture about discoveries and breakthroughs of the “known” universe. A special emphasis will be placed on pre-columbian Astronomical knowledge and techniques. The class consists of slides and discussion and will last 1.5 hours.

Dr. Colomé is a writer, fine artist, mathematician, physicist, and astronomer originally from Mexico and currently lives [...]

ChipIn: Todd Wolfson Medical Benefit Fund

Todd V. Wolfson, award-winning Austin photographer noted for his insightful portraits of Austin’s musicians and lifestyle, is on a forced hiatus due to a career-threatening bicycle wreck. On July 11th, leisurely cruising neighborhood streets on a pre-dawn ride, Todd hit a patch of defective pavement and was thrown over the bike’s handlebars into the [...]

on the bookshelf…

i never really got into reading books for fun until i was older. i guess i was under the impression that reading was strictly for academic studies. but lately i’ve taken a liking to books, and i like the very real and traditional feeling of actually holding the literature in your hands as an object– [...]

kiva.org – loans that change lives

I’m always talking to ameneas about how the internet has so much potential to help connect people in need across the world with those people who have something to spare. well, here’s a prime example of a great site doing just that (thanks, nirav for showing me it). i placed one of their dynamic banners [...]