Sustainable Shoppers Ball Saturday May 19 (Tomorrow!)
Hey Austin Area “listeners”: Got plans tomorrow? Yes, you do! You’re coming to the Sustainable Shoppers Ball. It’s at the Toney Burger Center (near intersection of Westgate and Jones) from 9:00 am to sometime in the afternoon. (1 pm, 2 pm, or 3 pm, depending on who you ask.) It’s alongside the Sunset Valley Farmers Market, so you can shop for groceries and pastries and get a cuppa joe and such while you’re at it. The theme of this Sustain-a-Ball is water resources, and there’s a great lineup of speakers:
10:00am Jeremy Walther, Designer, BioGardener: “How To: Landscape Sustainably” — Techniques for Yard Lovers
10:45am Mark Wieland, City Planner, Austin Water Conservation: “How To: Rebates!” — Make the Most of Austin’s Water Rebate Programs; Save money, save water!
11:30am Bill Bunch, Leading Activist, SOS Alliance: “Seriously, Folks” — Preserving Austin’s Water Treasures — for our own good.
12:00pm Richard Heinichen, Inventor, Richard’s Rainwater: “Rainwater” — Cleaner, Safer, Tastier, Healthier, More Plentiful, and … yes, Less Expensive
Along with all these speakers, there will be, yes, shopping. Vendors of green products from brooms to solar panels. Also, educational booths (including the bicycle-transported permaculture booth) will be disseminating their various brands of status-quo-altering mischief. And as a bonus, Matt Oliver of Sound Team will be performing on a solar stage powered by Meridian Energy. (The schedule on the Sustain-a-ball website says he’s supposed to go on at 1:00.)
See you there tomorrow!
