Environment
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Over the Rainbow? How ‘Eating the Rainbow’ Might Not be as Beneficial as Eating Sustainably Grown, Local Produce
In honor of the recently celebrated National Rainbow Day, we’re digging deeper into the colorful trope of the popular health tip “Eating the Rainbow,” and its emphasis on eating a variety of colorful produce to benefit your health. However, shifts in modern-day agricultural practice often exploit the farms’ soil…
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From kitchen to compost: new grant to expand commercial compost program in Athens
A new grant awarded to the Athens-Clarke County Recycling Division will expand the county’s commercial compost program potential capacity by providing funds to purchase a larger collection truck and other materials. The current collection system started around 2016. Businesses, nonprofits and other organizations in Athens can pay to have food…
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Greenbriar Creek Farm Spreads Holiday Cheer — One Tree at a Time
Walter and Delores Lee have been selling trees at Greenbriar Creek Tree Farm for over two decades. As they work through their 22nd season, the Lees shift their focus toward educating the community and donating to military bases across America and overseas. “We’re not just selling a tree, we’re selling…
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Tybee Island Resident Concerned About Effects of Climate Change on Hurricane Season
Alan Robertson says his neighbors on Tybee Island are cautiously optimistic about their odds of withstanding a hurricane, but the vast majority won’t attribute the impacts of hurricanes to climate change. “If I started to say you have to reduce the carbon emissions in the world to stop the temperature…
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Northeast Georgia Farms Face Hardships Amid Recent Labor Shortages, Inflation
The past year has brought numerous challenges for the nation’s industries, two of the most impactful being record-high inflation and labor shortages. An industry tightly tied to Georgia’s economy that has felt the strain — the agriculture industry. The labor shortages have arisen in the past few years and industries…
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Enghaveparken: Where Sustainability Meets Livability in Copenhagen
The city of Copenhagen is known for being sustainable and happy. One reason for this is the livability of the city’s design. One aspect of livability in Copenhagen is access to public parks. Locals in Copenhagen use the parks for everything you could imagine. A walk through any park on…
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Step into a Fairy Tale Called the Copenhagen Butterfly House
“Concrete jungle” is used to describe cities around the world, and Copenhagen, Denmark is no exception — even though “small concrete jungle” would probably be more accurate. Due to the city’s vast parks, water systems, and environmentally friendly areas, Copenhagen is still a city, but with many different places. One…
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With Help from Government, Nonprofits, Copenhagen Residents Make City More Sustainable
Residents of Copenhagen, Denmark have watched their city transform in the last five decades to become one of the greenest in the world. With plans to become carbon neutral by 2025, biking infrastructure all over the city and an annual average of 0.0 exposure to indoor air pollution, which is…
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Green and Clean: Local Organic Farmer Works to Keep His Animals, Land Healthy
“It was like a heroin addict quitting cold turkey,” said William Breedlove. In 2011, Breedlove incorporated the 345 acres his family owned for four generations into The Pastures of Rose Creek. Originally a dairy farm turned fields for rent, Pastures of Rose Creek was converted into a 100 percent pesticide-free,…
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The Future of Forestland Ownership is Female
Forestry has long been a male-dominated field, but an increasing number of women are beginning to inherit their husbands’, fathers’ and families’ lands. Due to higher life expectancies, these women are often thrown into land ownership without any prior knowledge or education of forest management. As a result, these forests…