From the 2003 Directory: Environmental Business
Part 1. Green Business and Austin’s Economy (file size: 736 kb)
- Introduction – Kick ’em While They’re Down
- A Fairy Tale
- The Jungle
- Austin’s Industrial Foundation
- Incentives
- Military Contracts
- A Clean Industry?
- Meet Your Chamber of Commerce
Part 2. The Town That Won the Pennant:A Short History of Austin’s Economic Development (file size: 216 kb)
- T-Ball: The Incubator at Balcones Research Center
- Little League: Privately Funded Recruitment Effort – 1948
- The Bush Leagues: The Chamber of Commerce – 1956
- The Majors: IBM and the Branch Plants
- The All Stars – 1983
- Team Infighting: Owners Fire Management – 1983
- Injury During Game – 1985
- Grand SlamNew Season
- A Two Team Town
- Final Thoughts
Part 3. Creating An Employment Base From Environmental Business (file size: 1469 kb)
- The Monument to Diversification
- Balancing the Risk
- Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation
- Wind Power
- Light Emitting Diodes
- Photovoltaic Electricity
- A More Environmental Car
- Capacitors, Electric Vehicles, & Battery Life Extension
- Plant-Based Motor Oil and Hydraulic Fluids
- By-Pass Oil Filters
- Plant-Based Plastics
- Dextrose-Based Polymers
- Soy-based Plastic
- Bioplastic Composites
- Local Environmental Paper Production
- New York’s Mini-Mill
- Fiber from Plants
- Green Building Products
- Aerated Concrete
- Pervious Concrete
- Building Material from Straw
- Locally-Grown Food Businesses
- Boggy Creek Farm
- The Ft. Worth Market
- Community Supported Agriculture
- Food Incubators
- Stemming Food Imports
Part 4. Strategies for Promoting Environmental Businesses (file size: 390 kb)
- Green Money Which Bottom Line
- Yankee Brains
- Environmentally-Preferable Purchasing
- Major Employers
- Survey
- Green Taxes
- Happily Ever After