sustainability
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Environment
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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Northeast Georgia News
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…
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Athens-Clarke County
Local Farmer Uses Community Garden to Fight Food Insecurity
Syndey Buffington, the community director of agriculture for Athens Land Trust, is not like most farmers. Now in her 11th year of farming, Buffington made the switch from commercial farming to community farming, hoping to reduce food insecurity in Athens-Clarke County. Food insecurity is defined as the limited or uncertain…
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Northeast Georgia News
Swap Shop at UGA: Turning Trash to Treasure
Picture a mountain of discarded material, towering as big as the University of Georgia’s 200,000-square-foot Miller Learning Center, destined for the landfill. That is the size of the 10 million pounds of materials UGA sends to the landfill each year. But through the doors of that same building is a…
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Environment
Tackling Food Waste With Farmers Markets
Grocery stores play a significant role in the staggering amount of food waste generated annually. With over 63,000 of them scattered across the United States, they contribute to the disposal of 16 billion pounds of food each year. Thirty percent of all food in these establishments ends up…
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Education
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 power of education. The program brings residents of Metro Atlanta together and helps them gain the knowledge and skills needed to advocate for equitable development. Through the use of training modules and a six-month course, students…
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Athens-Clarke County
Lyndon House Art Exhibit Promotes Reducing Environmental Waste
In a gallery room in the Lyndon House Arts Center, piles of trash currently hang on the walls, from the ceiling and scattered across the floor. However, this isn’t the typical trash you might take down to the dumpster everyday. Arranged as mosaics, sculptures and more, these compiled pieces of…
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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
Watermarked: How Georgians Are Making a Difference One Drop at a Time
Across North Georgia, rivers and streams battle waste pollution. This documentary highlights innovative solutions driving the conservation of these crucial waterways. Despite obstacles, the progress made can inspire more sustainable practices throughout the region. Students in the sustainability capstone journalism course at the University of Georgia.
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Environment
From Trash to Dirt: What To Do With Your Leftover Food
Banana peels, coffee grounds, cardboard and egg shells. These items get automatically tossed into the depths of kitchen trash cans everyday, not to be thought of again until they begin to produce a foul odor. However, these, and many other pieces of trash, could be used to help slow the…