The first dirt was recently turned for construction to begin on the Alice H. Richards Children’s Garden at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, located at the University of Georgia in Athens. When completed in early 2019, the 2.5-acre handicap-accessible…
Three years ago, an unprecedented coalition of government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the private sector joined forces to keep the gopher tortoise, our state reptile, off the endangered species list. Federal, state and private partners, including the U.S. Department…
The Georgia Department of Community Affairs has designated Richmond Hill, a city of more than 10,000 residents south of Savannah, as a WaterFirst Community in recognition of the community’s water resource stewardship. The WaterFirst Community program is open to governments…
The warm Georgia sun is growing jobs in the solar industry according to The Solar Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes solar energy. Its Solar Jobs Census 2016 revealed a 23 percent increase over 2015 in the state’s solar-related jobs. Here,…
The Dunwoody Nature Center in Dunwoody, on the northern outskirts of Atlanta, promotes environmental awareness and understanding. Learn more about this natural enclave in the heart of the suburbs from Executive Director Alan Mothner and in this month's Georgia Trend feature…
Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful (GCB), a Metro Atlanta-based environmentally focused nonprofit, has received the President’s Circle Award from Keep America Beautiful and the Governor’s Circle Award from Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation. In January, GCB, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful,…
Looking for ways to engage employees in your corporate sustainability efforts? A number of companies recently participated in the EarthShare of Georgia and the Green Chamber of the South’s second annual Corporate Forum: Integrating Employee Engagement with Corporate Sustainability Goals…
While sustainability has long been a focus of Grady Hospital (they’re in the business of sustaining life, after all), they’re now expanding their environmental sustainability programs thanks to $850,000 that the Grady Health Foundation received from the Kendeda Fund, a private…
The area surrounding Atlanta’s Historic Fourth Ward Park, which runs from Ponce City Market south to Freedom Parkway and the Carter Center, once was made up of unused brownfields subject to massive flooding. Now the greenspace, just off the Atlanta…
Today is Earth Day, and it's a great occasion to reflect on a symposium I recently attended in Savannah – Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture: Environmental Histories of the Georgia Coast. The conference was a project of the Ossabaw Island Foundation, Armstrong…
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