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Reusable Water Bottles: Are They an Answer to the Plastic Problem?
Environment
July 15, 2024
Reusable Water Bottles: Are They an Answer to the Plastic Problem?
Plastic is all around us. It’s used as storage containers, phone cases and shampoo bottles. One of the most pervasive plastic-made items comes in the form of water bottles. These water bottles are created to be used once, and then discarded. Once a bottle is thrown in the trash, it…
More Than Just an Allergy: UGA Student Shares Social Impacts of Celiac Disease
Food
July 10, 2024
More Than Just an Allergy: UGA Student Shares Social Impacts of Celiac Disease
When Anna Jacobson, a junior at the University of Georgia, was in the fifth grade, she routinely became sick every morning at the same time during class, so her teacher would send her to the nurse’s office. Jacobson said she had always struggled with stomach issues, but she did not…
B-Corps and Beer: Creature Comforts Brewing Company Monitors Water Usage To Brew Green Beer
Northeast Georgia News
July 5, 2024
B-Corps and Beer: Creature Comforts Brewing Company Monitors Water Usage To Brew Green Beer
Georgia is home to 36 B-Corporations: for-profit businesses that are certified by B Lab for meeting measurements related to their social and environmental impact. Creature Comforts Brewing Company, a B-Corporation based in Athens, Georgia, is one of them. See how the B-Corporation monitors water usage to create a green beer…
Panhellenic Organizations Help to Combat Food Insecurity on Campus
Athens-Clarke County
July 1, 2024
Panhellenic Organizations Help to Combat Food Insecurity on Campus
Hundreds of cans and nonperishable food products line the shelves in a small room in the back corner of the Tate Student Center’s first floor. What people walking through the building might not realize is that inside that tiny room, workers are providing food to hungry University of Georgia students.…
Formalities to Friends: Destination Dawgs Brings Students Together
Diversity
June 25, 2024
Formalities to Friends: Destination Dawgs Brings Students Together
Gabriel Pratt, a Destination Dawg mentor at the University of Georgia, was nervous going into Tate Student Center for lunch. Meeting another student wasn’t out of her comfort zone, but this meeting was more formal than most. “I was nervous about meeting him and that he wouldn’t like me because…
Retired Couple Fighting Hunger in Athens
Athens-Clarke County
June 20, 2024
Retired Couple Fighting Hunger in Athens
Geoff Rushing and his wife Connie have long been concerned about hunger in their community, logging numerous hours volunteering with local homeless shelters and relief agencies. As they entered their retirement years, the couple saw the problem getting worse, and rather than ease into a life of leisure, they got…
From Failed Assignment to Global Impact: How One Haitian Immigrant Transformed Paint Waste into Colorful Communities Worldwide
Environment
June 17, 2024
From Failed Assignment to Global Impact: How One Haitian Immigrant Transformed Paint Waste into Colorful Communities Worldwide
Growing up in rural Haiti, Rony Delgarde didn’t have a colorful wall in his home, school or any nearby buildings, yet one assignment changed his life forever. Delgarde’s teacher once asked his class to submit an essay describing their career and life goals. Struggling to read or write, he stared…
Local Farmer Uses Community Garden to Fight Food Insecurity
Athens-Clarke County
June 13, 2024
Local Farmer Uses Community Garden to Fight Food Insecurity
Syndey Buffington, the community director of agriculture for Athens Land Trust, is not like most farmers. Now in her 11th year of farming, Buffington made the switch from commercial farming to community farming, hoping to reduce food insecurity in Athens-Clarke County. Food insecurity is defined as the limited or uncertain…
Jack Turner Sports Complex: There Is No Off-Season
Solutions Journalism
June 11, 2024
Jack Turner Sports Complex: There Is No Off-Season
It’s not just firing up the lawnmower 24 hours before a game day. It’s not just turning on the sprinkler systems periodically. And it’s not just painting straight white lines on the borders of the field. Groundskeeping with the University of Georgia Athletic Association is a well-oiled machine, but not…
Visual Travel Journalism in Prague 2024
In-Depth
June 9, 2024
Visual Travel Journalism in Prague 2024
Students from the 2024 Travel Journalism study abroad program in Prague focused on visual storytelling and produced daily photo content from the city and other locations. Throughout their 3.5 weeks in the Czech Republic, they explored during class activities and on their own, documenting everyday life, culture, history and more.…