Sustainability
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Rural Communities Express Worries as Georgia Becomes a Hub for Electric Vehicles
On a quiet Sunday afternoon in the small town of Rutledge, Georgia, over 100 people opposing Rivian Automotive, an up-and-coming electric vehicle manufacturer, gathered in a community effort to protest the California-based company’s expansion into their neighborhood. The Sept. 11 rally, organized by members of the thousands-large Facebook group…
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Workforce Sustainability: Why the Local Water Industry Needs More Workers
When you turn your shower handle, water sprays from the shower head for as long as you need it to. When you refill your water bottle from a sink, fridge or water fountain, you refill it with the exact amount of water you want. When you flush the toilet, waste…
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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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The Requirement of a Bike: Seeing Copenhagen from the Sidewalk
Before studying abroad, I never expected to feel left out due to my inability to ride a bicycle. Even in cities where bikes are popular, such as Oxford, England, I was fine walking and taking buses. However, Copenhagen is different as its size demands the ability to ride a bike…
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Paddle and Pick: How You Can Kayak for Free in Copenhagen
The crystal-like water is glistening before me as I anxiously await on a wooden dock for a kayak tour in Copenhagen Harbour. The time is 1:55 in the afternoon. I arrive at my check-in point just in the knick of time to run a last-minute checklist in my head. Life…
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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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Food Waste is Fought in Denmark Via Too Good To Go App
Too Good To Go combines the convenience of online food ordering and the environmental consciousness of today’s public, connecting consumers with affordable food options that would otherwise go to waste. While in Copenhagen, the prevalence of sustainable options is everywhere, and the Too Good To Go app is thriving. In…
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GoBoat: A Sustainable Way to See Copenhagen
GoBoat is a company that was founded in Copenhagen in 2014 with the intention of giving people the freedom to explore Copenhagen on your own by boat. The idea is simple: you can rent a boat with eight friends and be your own captain. The founders are Anders Mørck, Kasper…
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Athens Retailers Share Experiences of Working Through Pandemic
Dynamite Clothing owner Loretta Paluck knows firsthand what it was like to operate a clothing business amidst a global pandemic. The hardest part was the feeling of the unknown. Dynamite closed its doors for around three months and shifted to online sales as a way of staying afloat. With case…
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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,…