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The Lead: The Jackson Advocate’s DeAnna Tisdale Johnson on Role of Local News

DeAnna Tisdale Johnson earned her master’s degree in vocal performance. Now, she uses her ...

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Carrots at Athens Farmers Market. (Photo: Kate Moore).

Tackling Food Waste With Farmers Markets

  Grocery stores play a significant role in the staggering amount of food waste ...

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The Atlanta Watershed Learning Network Office Building in Atlanta, GA. (Photo: Shannon Leftwich).

How AWLN is Changing Atlanta Communities One Watershed at a Time

The Atlanta Watershed Learning Network is a program that promotes environmental change through the ...

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Dogs play at Dudley Park in Athens, Georgia. (Photo/Abbey Brantley)

How Athens Takes on Water Pollution through Pet Waste Stations

As dogs play in Athens, their unattended waste poses an unsuspecting threat to the ...

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Rivers Alive volunteers carry a trash can out of a runoff creek in Milledgeville, Georgia on Friday, March 29, 2024. Rivers Alive is an environmental cleanup program dedicated to combat pollution in Georgia waterways. (Photo/Seth Manus)

Cleaning Up North Georgia’s Rivers: Rivers Alive Leads the Charge Against Waterway Pollution

North Georgia rivers are contaminated; however, just as people pollute waters, a group of ...

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The “CHaRM sign” welcomes visitors at the entrance to the facility in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (Photo/Seth Manus) (Photo/Seth Manus)

CHaRM Provides Local Solution to Challenging Waste Issues

Recycling is a sustainable way to help the environment. It keeps waste and other ...

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Elizabeth Finley, a fourth-year social entrepreneurship major, reviews the research from her Sustainability Certificate Capstone project on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in Athens, Georgia. The project was done in collaboration with Yamaha Rightwaters and was completed in December 2023. (Photo/Jayden Henson)

Yamaha Looks to UGA Students to Help Reduce Plastic Waste, Carbon Footprint

During the fall 2023 semester, University of Georgia students Maci Willetts and Elizabeth Finley ...

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Athens-Clarke County’s Recovered Materials Processing Facility on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Waste at the recycling facility has been piled up since March of 2022 when the facility’s main sorting machinery broke. (Photo/Harper Lawson)

‘Better Recycling Practices’: Behind the Scenes of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

  Stephen Spillers, the general manager of Recycling and Disposal Solutions (RDS), stood in ...

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Newsource at 5 — Solutions Journalism Special (Nov. 15)

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Student and entrepreneur Chloe Lahr poses for a portrait with her embroidery machine and thread in her townhome in Athens, Georgia, on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Lahr uses the machine to create graphics for her brand, Big Fishbowl Clothing. (Photo/Skyli Alvarez)

How Student Entrepreneur Chloe Lahr Balances Schoolwork, Sustainability

From monetary uncertainties to consumer expectations, the risks that come with launching a small ...

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Denmark is challenging climate change and period poverty through reusable menstrual products. (Photo/Niyati Patel)

Social Justice and Sustainability: Denmark’s Take on Green Menstruation

When you first hear that Copenhagen, Denmark is known for sustainability, you may picture ...

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The media room at the TV2 Fyn station as seen on May 25, 2023. This is where the news station performs its operations for broadcast news. (Photo/Mason Brock)

The Danish Deviation: How Trust Propels News Media

Denmark is known for its culture of trust, with trust considered “the basis of ...

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