Green Room

Georgia Trend began GreenRoom in part to acknowledge good deeds in the land conservation sector. Every few months a group like Georgia Conservancy would announce that another swath of the state’s wilderness or coastal marshland was protected. Usually it involved…

The year 2011 could be the year three new governors decide on a water compact that will mutually benefit Georgia, Florida and Alabama. If it isn’t, 2012 could be the year that makes or breaks the future of our state.…

Relatively speaking, 2010 was a good year for Georgia transportation. We may have actually turned the corner, leaving behind a regressive reticence that left our state clamoring – unsuccessfully – for critical infrastructure funding for the last eight years. Without…

Interesting new developments are emerging around Atlanta, centered on pedestrian access and representing a real cultural shift. It has relevance to sustainability efforts, based on reducing car use by making it more worthwhile to park and walk. And the pleasure…

As the Atlanta BeltLine reaches the halfway point of its $60-million campaign to build 33 miles of trails, there is a rediscovery of Georgia’s intricate network of trails in the making. Trails are an indispensible link in the state’s ecological…

It was a big moment: all of Georgia’s Riverkeepers uniting to support a water plan that relies on interbasin transfers in coordination with other initiatives to keep the state’s supply flowing. The gubernatorial candidates should be listening, because the Riverkeeper…

Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority is changing its name to reflect a stronger focus on enabling institutions to use the Ameri-can Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) dollars it has been authorized to disburse. It will subsequently be known as Georgia Environmental Fi-nance…

Georgia’s Land Conserva-tion Program has done pretty well in a bad economy – acquiring 116,627 acres of land for easement protection since the program’s inception in 2005. Last August more than 7,000 acres along the Altamaha River were donated as…

Georgia’s agricultural community is roiling over some cuts to agricultural and ecological projects in the state’s university system that were part of a proposed overall $300 million shave to the system budget, which was floated during this year’s legislative session.…