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Fran Hanlon of Austin Code Pink and Doug Zachary of Veterans for Peace joined Pam Thompson of iconmedia on Austin News Real to describe events and the purpose of their organizations. Fran read a Mother's Day poem that was performed on the pedestrian bridge in Austin, Texas in 2008 and showed photos of events that were held all over the country. Doug talked about an event in Washington, DC at the National Archive where banners were hung from the building.

At a public hearing on Monday, April 20, Susan Bright and John Corry were two of many concerned Austin citizens who spoke out against the plan to remove tagged trees at Barton Springs pool.

They join Austin News Real’s Pam Thompson to question the wisdom and motive for such invasive tree removal. Susan Bright is a poet, publisher of Plain View Press, and Save Barton Creek Association board member. John Corry has been an arborist for 25 years. Both are swimmers at Barton Springs.

Mike Sloan, Founder and President of Virtus Energy, discusses the upcoming local election's impact on Austin's Green Energy future. This Austin News Real program features iconmedia footage from the Combined Environmental City Council/Mayoral Candidates Forum held at Austin City Hall on April 9, 2009.

Austin News Real covered several events including the clean up at the Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve in western Travis County, the Backbone Campaign's "Procession for the Future" in Austin on March 14, 2009, City of Austin water sprinkler aimed directly at a temporary electric box in Republic Park, and Austin Bar Camp 4 held during SXSW on Fifth St. also on March 14, as well as shots of Hornsby Bend in eastern Travis County where Dillo Dirt is processed.