Open Atlanta’s doors to sustainable buildings with Southeast Green’s inaugural Green Real Estate Summit in February 2010!
Southeast Green and Building Owners and Managers-Atlanta present the inaugural GREEN Real Estate Summit for property owners of all types to learn how to implement sustainable, green practices in every day business. February 16-17, 2010 at the Emory Conference Center Hotel.
Find local food near you in Atlanta restaurants, Georgia farms, and CSAs with Georgia Organics google map
Georgia Organics has assembled an extensive google map as a local, organic directory. This wonderful resource identifies with colored balloons our Georgia growers, farmers, and CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture); farmers’ markets (and not just in Atlanta, but also other major cities in Georgia); restaurants that sustain farm-to-table practices; and grocery stores and specialty shops that support local Georgia farmers.
Calling all Georgia [farm to table] schools! The USDA wants to visit with their Farm to School Tactical Team in support of local food systems.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making a national push for farm to table programs in schools and is accepting applications from schools across the country who already have sustainable food programs underway in their local communities. The goal is to study the start-up, struggles, and success stories of current programs in order to develop a model for others to follow. The long-term goal is to then help school districts implement their own farm to school programs with assistance reaching out to local farms, communicating with stakeholders, and identifying and overcoming obstacles.
This makes me nervous… Next public meeting scheduled to further Mason Mill Park redevelopment plans
We want your opinion regarding the Mason Mill Park redevelopment plans! The public is invited to attend an information session with DeKalb County Parks and Recreation on February 2, 2010.
Another BeltLine walk, this time to begin planning for the huge BeltLine public arts project and exihibition debuting along 8 miles of trail this summer and fall!
On our Atlanta BeltLine walk this morning, we saw the railroad cross tied pulled up in preparation for the mulch hiking trail coming this spring. We also worked on planning for the first BeltLine public arts project, which will range from sculpture to performance art to horticulture, coming this summer to 8 miles of open trail!
Get your orchard growing with a grow-it-yourself tree sale (and support the Atlanta Local Food Initiative!)
The 2010 Atlanta plant sale season begins with the Incredible-Edible-Grow-It-Yourself Fruit Tree, Vine and Berry Bush Sale, presented by the Atlanta Community Food Bank with proceeds benefiting the Atlanta Local Food Initiative! Saturday, January 23, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Food Bank in northwest Atlanta.
Swiss Consulate presents a Sustainable Transportation Forum addressing the future of Atlanta’s traffic and transit
Join Atlantans and the Swiss Consulate General for a free, three part Sustainable Transportation Forum covering the future of traffic capacity and our transportation grid in Atlanta and taking cues from Switzerland’s leading rail transit.
“Beyond Bricks and Sticks” showcases Atlanta as the city with the most LEED certified eco-friendly buildings
Through this Friday, January 15, 2010, the Museum of Design Atlanta will be staging a traveling exhibition that showcases Atlanta as the city with the most LEED certified eco-friendly buildings. “Beyond Bricks and Sticks” is sponsored by the Kendeda Fund and will be traveling throughout Atlanta to such locations such as the World of Coke Museum, the Woodruff Arts Center, the CNN center, and the Cobb Galleria.
Artichoke Bliss: an underground urban gardening experiment in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward
Atlanta community garden Artichoke Bliss is putting down roots in this vacant lot near the corner of Edgewood and Boulevard Avenues. Thanks to Angel Poventud, Eli Dickerson, and Atlanta volunteers, the vibrant Old Fourth Ward is becoming a little greener!
Even your Christmas tree can give back during the “Bring One for the Chipper” program from Keep Atlanta Beautiful!
Recycle your Atlanta Christmas tree into mulch with Keep Atlanta Beautiful’s “Bring One for the Chipper” program in 2010! You can also request a pile of free mulch generated form all of the recycled trees.
