solutions journalism
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Environment
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 volunteers, led by a partnership of Rivers Alive and the Aquatic Sciences Center of Milledgeville, spent an afternoon cleaning up Tanyard Creek in their college community. From Georgia College students to nearby residents, these volunteers gathered…
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Environment
CHaRM Provides Local Solution to Challenging Waste Issues
Recycling is a sustainable way to help the environment. It keeps waste and other products out of landfills and environments, but this can be a hard task for some people due to accessibility of recycling management systems or due to the materials that some folks possess. A little less than…
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Environment
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 teamed up with Yamaha Rightwaters for their semester-long Sustainability Certificate capstone project. Through intensive research, the duo was able to provide Yamaha Motor Corporation with deliverables to reduce its plastic waste and secondary carbon emissions. Yamaha…
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Athens-Clarke County
‘Better Recycling Practices’: Behind the Scenes of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Stephen Spillers, the general manager of Recycling and Disposal Solutions (RDS), stood in front of a pile of recycled waste that was 25 feet high in March 2022. Along with standard recyclables such as glass bottles and cardboard boxes, the pile was filled with extension cords, tires, plastic bags…
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Live & Documentary
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Solutions Journalism
How Student Entrepreneur Chloe Lahr Balances Schoolwork, Sustainability
From monetary uncertainties to consumer expectations, the risks that come with launching a small business pose a challenge. And when a business owner also happens to be a full-time student, juggling the roles of entrepreneur, accountant, marketer, designer and scholar, to name a few, is a continual undertaking. In the…
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Copenhagen
Social Justice and Sustainability: Denmark’s Take on Green Menstruation
When you first hear that Copenhagen, Denmark is known for sustainability, you may picture the green spaces, windmills or thousands of bicycles, but the nation’s eco-friendly alternatives are also taken to a more personal level: menstrual products. Of the 1.9 billion menstruators around the globe, The World Bank found that…
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Copenhagen
The Danish Deviation: How Trust Propels News Media
Denmark is known for its culture of trust, with trust considered “the basis of most social interactions as well as business and government,” according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. “Denmark is off the scale in trust,” said Brendan Sweeney, a Danish Institute for Study Abroad Copenhagen Faculty…
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Athens-Clarke County
One Man’s Trash: Athens Junk Removal Service Gives Back to Community
The term “junk removal” leaves little to the imagination. Junk haulers clean out homes, businesses and commercial properties, loading up whatever items or materials the customer no longer has a use for, and take it all to the landfill. Most services throw everything in altogether, not sorting recyclables or…
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Athens-Clarke County
Solutions Spotlight — A Show About Constructive Responses for Sustainability
Grady Newsource students report on local sustainability efforts at the University of Georgia and in the Athens community.