Sustainability
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Athens Farmers Market Engages Community in Sustainability
Every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at Bishop Park and from 5-8 p.m. Wednesdays at Creature Comforts, vendors prepare their tents with local produce, organic honey, artisanal soap and handcrafted jewelry to sell to the oncoming crowds of local Athenians. Established in 2008, the Athens Farmers Market has operated…
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Fighting food insecurity with cooking classes
Wimberly’s Roots is a community garden and kitchen located in a food desert Winder, Georgia. Wimberly’s Roots has made it their goal to increase access to healthy food in their community by offering monthly cooking lessons and cooking classes with the Boys and Girls Club. Watch the video to learn…
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From Waste to Growth: UGA Student Composting Efforts Grow on Campus
If you’ve ever spotted bright orange bikes whizzing around the University of Georgia’s campus, you may have wondered what they’re up to. These bikes belong to the UGA Campus Compost Program and are driven by student interns working with the Office of Sustainability. Their mission? Collecting compostable waste from across…
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Organic Farming: Good for Our Health, Environment
Murray Brett brushes his hands off after sifting through his Rouge de Bordeaux bread flour inside his Mill at DaySpring Farms. He puts the lid back on the bucket of his fresh batch of organically grown flour. In 2011, Murray and Paula Brett founded DaySpring Farms, located just 30…
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Eco-Athens: Business Sustainability in Action
This solutions journalism special is the collection of the work of eight Grady Newsource journalists, who have each reported on the sustainability efforts of local businesses in the Athens-Clarke County area.
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Athens-Clarke County Teacher Reuse Store Provides Materials for Educators
One man’s trash is another teacher’s treasure at the ACC Teacher Reuse Store — the CHaRM warehouse in Athens is full of free supplies for local teachers. The Teacher Reuse Store is open for educators to pick up classroom supplies every Tuesday and Wednesday as well as the first two…
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Athens Boutique Makes Fashion Sustainable, Transparent for Customers
COMMUNITY is a fashion boutique in Downtown Athens known for its innovative, handmade styles using all recycled materials. Sanni Baumgärtner, a native of Germany and owner of the boutique, expressed the store’s central values of being sustainable and transparent. Baumgärtner shared it was her main priority to have the sewing…
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UGA Students are Prioritizing Sustainable Fashion
University of Georgia student organizations Fair Fashion and Swap Shop are helping promote sustainable fashion practices to help reduce the amount of waste on campus. Through clothing swaps and informational meetings, both organizations put accessibility and education at the forefront of their mission. “I love to be able to show…
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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…
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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…