Author: Ben Young

The student transportation funding formula may change with a new education budget, but there is an opportunity to make a difference in the school districts that need it most.

With so many initiatives underway in our state capital, Atlanta is positioned to become a national model for integrated sustainability.

Georgia’s DNR is marshaling resources and supporting coastal efforts to prepare for rising sea levels. But is it enough?

There’s hope for Georgia’s sustainability future – and our biggest industry, agriculture – in our state reptile, the gopher tortoise.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a political hot potato, but it could go a long way to combating illegal fishing, wildlife trafficking and more around the world.

Next month, voters in Fulton County and Atlanta can help move transportation and transit into the 21st century. But will they?

Even though more world trade can only be good for Georgia, unfortunately human trafficking comes along with it.

This year’s Atlanta Regional Commission LINK trip took more than 100 government leaders, nonprofit execs and business folks to Dallas.

Atlanta’s 1990s-era approach to affordable housing continues to impact the city today.

Clean water is vital to this state, and people are paying attention.

It takes more than a warm fuzzy feeling to sustain sustainability.

From grassroots efforts to corporate responsibility initiatives, people are coming together to solve our environmental challenges.

The Georgia Legacy Trust Fund could go a long way toward conserving greenspace for future generations.

School systems increasingly bear more of the cost of transporting students to and from school, diverting much-needed dollars from the classroom.

Technology is tackling challenges in the social, health, environmental and educational realms.

The state’s first solar-powered electric vehicle charging station in West Point is a sci-fi dream come true.

Green infrastructure investments are helping to revitalize communities, providing them with accessibility and opportunity.

It’s fascinating to see sustainability turn up in surprising places through a combination of market dynamics, public policy and technological innovation.

It’s not a bad idea to promote and celebrate the sciences and illuminate an easier path for students so inclined.

From zero waste zones and sustainability in transportation to food deserts and water issues, this year’s Georgia Environmental Conference covers the hot topics for the state’s sustainable leadership.

Metro Atlanta leaders who traveled to Toronto were dazzled by its vast transit network and by the system’s finances.

Tax credits and incentives currently drive affordable housing, but there is no coalition lobbying for them and subsidies are shrinking.

Interface is tackling a stretch of I-85 to transform it into an ecofriendly environment capable of generating renewable energy, remediating pollution and more.

There’s a chance for the clean energy sector to reduce Georgia’s $32-billion annual expense to import petroleum, natural gas and coal.

True state transportation funding reform needs to maintain the additional infrastructure we’ll need for generations, not just a decade.

Our water issues show no signs of abating, but hopefully we can build on last year’s momentum to find a long-term solution.

A wildlife license plate can help protect nongame species in Georgia, one of dozens of different causes you can support with just a few extra dollars a year.

It’s often the small, family-run businesses that stabilize the economy. We should all support these companies to help keep Georgia strong.

Our leaders are aware of social service issues and are trying to do something about them, but we still have a ways to go.