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AustinEV Electric Vehicles and PHEV Build with CalCars AustinEV
Status: Accepted
Take a peek at electric cars and discuss innovative vehicles and electric conversions with the local experts.
Type: Topic: Engineering Tags:EV PHEV electric+vehicle Prius plug-in hybrid conversion electric cars

Bag Bag Michelle Olson
Status: Accepted
Crochet your "disposable" plastic bags into better, sturdier, stylish and eco-friendly tote bags perfect for shopping, visits to the pool, or other times when you need to lug around a lot.
Type: Topic: Crafts Tags:crochet plastic recyled bag

Be My Shark Anne Petrimoulx
Status: Accepted
The sidewalks of the world glisten with little bits of urban treasure. Combining these with other re-purposed jewelry bits, be my shark creates sustainable jewelry: funky, one-of-a-kind accessories.
Type: Topic: Crafts Tags:recycled jewelry found+objects eco+chic sustainability urban

Calcars Calcars
Status: Accepted
Over the two days of the Faire, a Prius Hybrid will be converted into a plug-in vehicle that gets 100+miles per gallon which can be powered with whatever form of electricity you have on the other side of your outlet—whether solar, wind, or others.
Type: Topic: Engineering | Science Tags:Plug-in PHEV Calcars Hybrid Environment 100mpg Prius demonstration

DIY Juggling Props Jeremy Frank
Status: Accepted
Learn how to make three great clubs for less than eight bucks. Then make three balls for mere pennies! See brief juggling demonstrations and get a free juggling lesson.
Type: Topic: Crafts Tags:juggling clubs balls

Edible Austin’s Food Maker Pavilion Edible Austin
Status: Accepted
Arguably, there is no DIY project more practical than growing and making your own food. Edible Austin Magazine hosts this special showcase of local food makers, artisans and growers. Over 25 food makers and farmers will be on hand with samples, products for sale, and useful advice on how they make their wares. Activities include Sustainable Pumpkin Painting, Talk To A Farmer, and an interactive Day of the Dead food art altar. Strolling musicians celebrating food and food traditions will also performing throughout the area.
Type: Topic: Tags:food day+of+the+dead pumpkin eating beer bee cheese butter pasta bison coffee oven vodka tea ferti

Food Maker: American Grassfed Association American Grassfed Association
Status: Accepted
Grassfed products are... <br>* Better for the animals <br>* Better for the environment <br>* Better for farmers and ranchers <br>* Better food <br>* Better for you!
Type: Topic: Tags:"grassfed" Grazing+America+2007

Food Maker: Austin Area Permaculture Group Austin Area Permaculture Group
Status: Accepted
Practioners of permaculture design systems that create sustainable human environments. People often arrive at permaculture through an interest in gardening. Growing food where people live is an essential element of sustainable culture.
Type: Topic: Tags:"sustainable" "gardening" growing+food

Food Maker: Barefoot Botanicals Barefoot Botanicals
Status: Accepted
Soothin' Infusion is a delicious, nutritive blend of tonic herbs that is a refreshing, calming, soothing, antioxidant, mineral-rich, naturally caffeine-free, 100% certified organic iced tea alternative. It improves immune function and supports healthy digestion, and it is safe for diabetics. Unlike other teas made with black or green tea, it will not deplete your adrenal glands or leave you feeling wired or jittery. Instead, it will boost your energy, calm your nerves and quench your thirst.
Type: Topic: Tags:Soothin+Infusion "Organic" " Organic Herbal Iced Tea" "Tea"

Food Maker: Bark for Peace! Bark for Peace!
Status: Accepted
These are the very best doggie/human treats on the planet, period! They're vegan, organic, allergen-free, 100% human-grade, and you can even eat them WITH your dog! Plus, they are shipped using carbon-offsets and in 100% biodegradable/compostable packaging from an office and print shop that are wind-powered! Woof!
Type: Topic: Tags:"organic" "vegan" dog+treats "100% Human-Grade" "Allergen-Free" "Free of all major allergens" "bi

Food Maker: CKC Farms CKC Farms
Status: Accepted
Not all the Makers of these cheeses will be on hand. The pasture-fed goats who yield a sweet milk and very good cheese couldn't come along to the Faire. But you can come meet the artisans who hand-make and package all of their goat cheeses with TLC.
Type: Topic: Tags:"cheese" goat+cheese

Food Maker: Greenling Organic Delivery Greenling
Status: Accepted
Buy local. Support sustainability. Find out how this delivery service visits local farms in order to get to know the people growing food for you. It also investigates every company it deals with, local or non-local, to ensure they share their values of organics and sustainability. Local, Organic Food. Home-Delivered.
Type: Topic: Tags:"organic" "Austin"

Food Maker: Gundermann Farms & CAEDA Farms Joan Gundermann
Status: Accepted
Meet a family of farmers who have been growing and gathering for over three decades. The sisters each have a farm.
Type: Topic: Tags:"organic" "farm" "fruits" "vegatables"

Food Maker: Jake's Natural Fine Foods Jake's Natural Fine Foods
Status: Accepted
Come by for a taste of these gourmet, specialty foods, like granola, biscotti and spiced nuts.
Type: Topic: Tags:"granolas" "biscotti" Bourbon+Spiced+Pecans "Jake's Natural" "natural"

Food Maker: Katz Coffee Katz Coffee
Status: Accepted
Come by for a local cup o' joe.
Type: Topic: Tags:fair+trade+certified+coffee

Food Maker: La Strada La Strada
Status: Accepted
Enjoy covers of Fellini soundtracks, Balkan folk dance music, Brazilian, Tango, Fred Astaire hits, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, a little Cajun, Van Morrison, old-timey waltzes, a few classical pieces, a bit of Beatles and much more.
Type: Topic: Tags:"music" "band"

Food Maker: Living Arts Bakery Living Arts Bakery / Great Life LLC
Status: Accepted
Take a nibble of these inspired, delicious, and unexpected items, made by the Chronicle Readers' Choice Award for Best Wholesome Fix for Baked-Good Cravings.
Type: Topic: Tags:baked+goods "catering" alternative+food

Food Maker: Luxe Sweets Luxe Sweets
Status: Accepted
Stop by this booth to enjoy tasty samples or for your children to enjoy cookie-decorating.
Type: Topic: Tags:'chocolate" cookies samples cookie+decorating "catering" "gifts"

Food Maker: Maine Root Handcrafted Beverages Maine Root Handcrafted Beverages
Status: Accepted
Take a swig of one of their four flavors: Root Beer, Sarsaparilla, Ginger Brew and Prickly Pear Lemonade.
Type: Topic: Tags:maine+root root+beer "beverage"

Food Maker: Mary Louise Butters Brownies Mary Louise Butters
Status: Accepted
Mary Louise bakes her brownies daily, so they’ll arrive fresh and feisty. Rich, comforting squares of chocolate, sugar, butter, eggs and flour. Mary Louise also adds rose essence or chipotle chilies or crystallized ginger to her rich dark chocolate base. In all, there are twelve delectable varieties of Mary Louise Butters brownies.
Type: Topic: Tags:”Brownies” "Live Life More Sweetly”

Food Maker: Pralinières Pralinières
Status: Accepted
Experience the handmade Organic Creole Pralines that are both mouth watering in flavor and size. They are rich with organic European-style cultured butter and carry the hint of organic citrus flavoring, with bulging Texas mammoth size organic pecans.
Type: Topic: Tags:"organic" "pralines" "creole"

Food Maker: Ringger Family Farm; Ringger & Company Amy Ringger
Status: Accepted
Take home some pastured farm eggs produced in Smithville by a family farm. Clean up with real goat milk soap. Pick up some handmade prairie and pioneer clothing for old-fashioned days, field trips, and costumes. (They make great gifts too!) The family who runs the farm demonstrates butter-making. SATURDAY ONLY.
Type: Topic: Tags:fresh+farm+eggs; pastured+eggs; pioneer+clothing prairie+dresses "old-fashioned clothing"

Food Maker: Round Rock Honey Round Rock Honey
Status: Accepted
What the bees give them, they bring to you! When they say 100% honey, they mean it! Round Rock honey is not a varietal honey, but instead a true wildflower honey. Producing wildflower honey is difficult, and its yields unpredictable. But in the opinion of Round Rock Honey owners Konrad and Elizabeth Bouffard, it is more important to focus on quality than on quantity!
Type: Topic: Tags:“Raw Honey” “Round Rock Honey”

Food Maker: Rude Mechanicals Theater Rude Mechanicals Theater
Status: Accepted
Leilah Stewart and Laura Cannon of The Rude Mechanicals, an experimental theater collective, present excerpts of their show, "If I Knew You Were Coming," a performance / sculpture / costume / pastry event.
Type: Topic: Tags:Austin+theater+performance

Food Maker: SASS (Season All Stuff Sauce) Sisters & Company
Status: Accepted
Need an all-purpose dressing / dip / cooking sauce / marinades for your meat, veggies, and tofu? All ten of these natural dressings, sauces and marinades are made with the finest fresh ingredients, but without gluten, white sugar, corn syrup, MSG, preservatives.
Type: Topic: Tags:"gluten-free" "natural fresh+dressings no+white+sugar no+corn+syrup

Food Maker: SESA Tea SESA Tea
Status: Accepted
Products include hand-crafted herbal blends with ayurvedic properties to help maintain wellness, pure organic single-estate green and breakfast teas, and environmentally friendly jute shopping bags.
Type: Topic: Tags:"beverage" "spice" "tea" "wellness" "chai" "organic" "tonic" allergy+relief jute+bags "weight lo

Food Maker: Spiceburst Gourmet Spices Spiceburst Gourmet Spices
Status: Accepted
Come by for a smell-abration of spice! While most seasonings are heavily processed and contain dehydrated ingredients or preservatives, these are made using only fresh, high-quality herbs, peppers, and produce. All are blended with the least possible amount of hand-processing.
Type: Topic: Tags:sea+salt "Austin" "food" "natural" "fresh-roasted"

Food Maker: Sunset Valley Farmers Market Sunset Valley Farmers Market
Status: Accepted
Pasture-raised meats, yard eggs, fresh cheeses and locally grown fruits and vegetables of all kinds.
Type: Topic: Tags:"Austin" organic" farmers+market "serving austin organically since 1987" "voted in top five farmer

Food Maker: Sustainable Food Center Sustainable Food Center
Status: Accepted
Learn about sustainable food gardening practices that the Center teaches to children and adults, or how individuals and institutions can prepare healthy and affordable meals. Find out about markets for locally-grown produce in urban areas accessible to low-income residents or how to donate produce to area food pantries.
Type: Topic: Tags::”gardening” “cooking” “sustainable” “farmers” “farmers market” “healthy food”

Food Maker: Texas Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association (TOFGA) Texas Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association
Status: Accepted
Learn how organic agriculture serves as a sustainable systems approach in the production of food and fiber - a system that protects human and animal health, and preserves the environment.
Type: Topic: Tags:"organic" "sustainable" 'farming" "ranching" "local' 'food" "environment" "gardening" "workshops" "c

Food Maker: Thai Cooking with Jam Jam Sanitchat
Status: Accepted
Set up your own private Thai cooking class! A great way to bring friends and family together, it is also a great idea for team-building for small groups in companies. These classes cater to your specific interests, your palate and dietary requirements, and your depth of interest in cooking and Thai food. Plus, classes are designed using locally available ingredients.
Type: Topic: Tags:Thai+Cooking+Classes Private+Home+Cooking+Class Personal+Chef+Service

Food Maker: The Original Out to Lunch The Original Out to Lunch
Status: Accepted
This sandwich-maker has 23 different, yummy items to choose from, including vegetarian and vegan choices. The favorite? Smoked Turkey Pita Sandwich with Provolone Cheese, Fresh Spinach & Chipotle Mayo.
Type: Topic: Tags:"sandwich" "wraps" fresh+sandwiches boxed+lunches "burritos" fresh+burritos tofu+salad "egg

Food Maker: Thunder Heart Bison Shape Ranch
Status: Accepted
This bison rancher's newest product is a 100% bison jerky that has no preservatives.
Type: Topic: Tags:"grass-fed" "bison" "jerky"

Food Maker: Watson Farms of Fredericksburg Watson Farms
Status: Accepted
Get a taste of jams and preserves made from locally grown fruit, much of it grown right at Watson Farms in Fredericksburg.
Type: Topic: Tags:"farm" "jams" "preserves" "trees"

Food Maker: YouthLaunch’s Urban Roots Farm Program YouthLaunch
Status: Accepted
Meet the people behind this youth development program that uses sustainable, urban agriculture as means to effect lasting change. Through it, youth participants grow healthy, affordable food for East Austin residents who have limited access to healthy foods.
Type: Topic: Tags:“urban farm” “youth” “growing food”

Futurama: The DIY Home of the Future David Demaris , Derek Woodgate , Jon Lebkowsky
Status: Accepted
This environment, created through the use of screens and interactive elements, demonstrates a new context and redefinition of the "DIY Home in 2012." By focusing on the broader ambient experience, it illustrates how emerging behavior, attitudes and technologies will fuse to create new ideas about space, content, interface, connectivity, personal engagement and how this will open up fresh opportunities for DIY lifestyles and environments.
Type: Topic: Arts | Science Tags:DIY future home self identity

Handmade Clothing: Serging and Sewing Miayawear
Status: Accepted
See demos of serging and sewing techniques, including how to thread a serger.
Type: Topic: Arts | Crafts Tags:sewing serging organic+cotton organic+hemp clothing

Hebron Crushing Machine George Sabra
Status: Accepted
For many years, this group of artists has worked with recycled materials to turn them into art. A heavy-duty machine they created can crush any material: paper, aluminum, steel, plastic, glass, dirt, and much more. All are transformed into a beautiful brick ready to use to sculpt into art. The material made by this machine was used for Keep Austin Beautiful awards for 2007. Come by to see the machine that can recycle just about anything.
Type: Topic: Arts Tags:recycling wood plastic glass metal paper wires

Henna Mela Knight
Status: Accepted
Learn to do the craft of Henna, the ancient form of body adornment. Henna is an all-natural art of body decoration made up of a paste from the henna plant, lemon juice (or something similar) and essential oils that stains the skin for a few weeks in the pattern of which it was applied. It has been done for weddings in many cultures for centuries and has now become as trendy and stylish as getting a tattoo with out the pain and long-term commitment. This henna artist will adorn your hands, feet, arms, back or even show you how to do this for yourself!
Type: Topic: Arts Tags:henna, body art, tattoo, creative, all natural, beauty

I-C-Gallery Ismael Cavazos
Status: Accepted
Based on patterns such as clouds and scribbles, the Abstract Extractionist artwork displayed here ranges from drip paintings to scribbles that have had images extracted from the random patterns. Don't miss the highlight: performance art of carving peanuts. Buy your own unique peanut sculpture to take home!
Type: Topic: Arts Tags:art sculpture green organic

Lithium-Powered Scooter Lorin Thwaits
Status: Accepted
This stock Razor scooter has been upgraded to use lithium batteries instead of lead acid. It now goes seven miles instead of just four with noticably zippier performance and charging time of just one hour instead of five. Four miles cost just one cent in electricity! It weighs 11 pounds less than the original--light enough that it can even be checked in as airline baggage when traveling! It can carry a driver and a 50-pound suitcase on an effortless ride.
Type: Topic: Engineering Tags:lithium scooter efficient transportation

Open Hardware Laptops ZaReason
Status: Accepted
If you can't open it, you don't own it. Come crack open and tool around with these open-hardware laptops. Kids welcome!
Type: Topic: Crafts | Engineering | Science Tags:open+hardware, laptop, desktop, hardware, open source, Linux

Plastic Bag Koozies Cristen Andrews
Status: Accepted
Crochet your own waterproof and washable koozies from strips of plastic bags. They aren't just easy to hold -- they also provide excellent insulation!
Type: Topic: Crafts Tags:crochet crocheted crocheting plastic+bags koozie koosie koozies koosies recycle recycling recycled

Recycle Cycle Luke Iseman
Status: Accepted
This electric motorcycle built out of an old rolling chassis cost under $2000 to build.
Type: Topic: Tags:transportation motorcycle green electric

Recycled Fabric Badges Seedling Textiles
Status: Accepted
Fabric scraps can become unique badges with a bit of screenprinting, paint, embroidery, drawing, stamps, quilting and layering. See a gallery of these tiny works of art that can be displayed anywhere.
Type: Topic: Arts | Crafts Tags:scrap+fabric screenprinting sewing painting badges

Recycled Stationery Chelsea Martinez
Status: Accepted
Old textbooks, expired calendars, salvaged loose-leaf notebooks, a sewing machine, and anything else you can find for free and/or really cheap can become beautiful handmade papers in their next life.
Type: Topic: Crafts Tags:paper recycled cards letters

RepRap: The Self-Replicating 3D Printer Sebastien Bailard
Status: Accepted
This 3D printer, or rapid prototyper, makes three-dimensional plastic parts. Most of its significant mechanical components are made of plastic, so it is a self-replicating machine.
Type: Topic: Crafts | Engineering Tags:reprap, rapid+protoyper, 3D+printer, fabricator, fabber

Sewing and Serging Clothing Miayawear
Status: Accepted
Try out a professional's serger on your own stuff or scraps on hand. Learn to thread a serger. Take a peek at how freshly serged baby blankets and towels come to be.
Type: Topic: Arts | Crafts Tags:clothing, sewing, serging, organic

Solar-Powered Geodesic Living Room Bob and Monica Smoot
Status: Accepted
Chill out or dry off in a 23-foot diameter portable living room constructed of PVC pipe, tarp and a few nuts and bolts. A small solar array and deep-cycle battery provide power for LED lights, a sound system and laptop-driven widescreen LCD panel.
Type: Topic: Engineering Tags:solar geodesic dome camping

The Caveman Collective Garreth Wilcock Bob Smoot , Denshi , Doryan Rice , Eric Meyer , Garreth Wilcock
Status: Accepted
See how to build your own small electric trikes out of inexpensive parts and a wooden frame.
Type: Topic: Crafts | Engineering Tags:electric+vehicle trikes first+night caveman

Thermal Electric Photo Voltaic Alex Conn , Michael Perkins
Status: Accepted
Combining stock solid-state cooling devices with standard photovoltaic panels in a novel way yields unexpected results. Generate electricity by heating two metals orthogonally in voltaic series using the Seebeck effect. This method improves panel efficiency (watts per dollar) and life expectancy.
Type: Topic: Engineering | Science Tags:PV+panels Photo+Voltaic Seebeck+effect Peltier+effect Voltaic+series Solar+cells "Solar

Umbrella Bat Costume Demo Windell H. Oskay and Lenore Edman, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Status: Accepted
See how you can take those broken black umbrellas off your porch and turn them into bat costumes that can go trick-or-treating around the neighborhood.
Type: Topic: Crafts Tags:halloween costume reuse bat umbrella

Video HowTo + DIY YouTube
Status: Accepted
YouTube experts answer any questions new users have, help solve issues existing users may be experiencing, and showcase great DIY videos created by Make Magazine and the many other great gurus on YouTube.
Type: Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering | Science Tags:video

VMV Cars Chris Hightower
Status: Accepted
Inspired by Make’s "Mod Your Rod", this open-source car can be easily, safely, and quickly made, modified, or customized. Start with a known vehicle donor platform, or from the ground up with an electric motor, diesel, etc.
Type: Topic: Engineering Tags:kit+car electric+car biodiesel

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