Origins of a Green Identity: Austin s Conservation Pioneers, the newest documentary in the Living Springs series
Gov. Elisha Pease. A.J. Zilker. Roberta Crenshaw. Lovers of public green spaces whose names are memorialized on parks and trails. Because of them, Austin is a beautiful city, and we had to work hard to keep it this way, explains environmental campaigner Mary Arnold in
Origins of a Green Identity: Austin s Conservation Pioneers.
The new documentary, narrated by novelist Sarah Bird and screening on KLRU, is part of Living Springs, an ongoing multimedia project dedicated to recording the history and community that has developed around Barton Springs. Most of the films are between two and 10 minutes, intended to be seen online or at the currently-closed Barton Springs Splash! exhibit, so at an hour