Posted by Our Green Atlanta on June 13, 2010
Looking for a summer event for young professionals that combines your love of Atlanta parks with your love for local SweetWater beer? Of course you are. Join fellow greenspace-lovers for Pints for Park Pride, a special event supporting Atlanta’s only nonprofit working with communities to improve parks all over Atlanta.
- When: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 from 6 – 9 p.m.
- Where: SweetWater Brewery at 195 Ottley Drive Atlanta, GA 30324
- How much: $21 (prices go up to $30 after June 14th)
- Sign me up: click here to RSVP
You can also view the PDF invite here. I’ll be out there and I’d love to meet you, so come out and say hi!
You can read more about Park Pride and their mission to green Atlanta on their website: www.parkpride.org. And become a fan on facebook at: www.facebook.com/parkpride!
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Posted by Our Green Atlanta on April 30, 2010
Trees Atlanta invites you to join them for their second annual "City in the Arboretum Conference" this year with a theme of "Bringing the Arboretum Home." Click the image above to register!
Atlanta is known as “The City of Trees” thanks to our canopy of ancient oaks and mature trees, but we still have work to do to expand our greenspaces and plant and preserve native tree species. At this second annual “City in the Arboretum Conference: Bringing the Arboretum Home,” Trees Atlanta will share with guests how to do just that. 25 years ago, Trees Atlanta began their mission to plant trees throughout the city and, as a part of that, have developed seven neighborhood arboreta for educational, scientific, and aesthetic purposes.
Here is more information about the goals of both the Arboreta Program and the Arboretum Conference:
The goals of the Arboreta Program:
- To educate the public about trees and tree species.
- To increase the biodiversity of our urban forest.
- To create new citizen advocates for trees.
The goals of the Conference:
- Share information, tools, and resources to implement arboreta projects and support Trees Atlanta’s mission.
- Connect citizens, neighborhood arboretum leaders, and city leaders through facilitated discussion and networking. We will create a cohort of tree advocates and supporters!
The objectives of the Conference:
- Provide background and accomplishments of BeltLine Arboretum and Neigborhood Arboreta programs.
- Discuss opportunities for getting involved and upcoming events (such as tree walks, maintenance days, and more).
- Learn how to leverage a neighborhood arboretum as a neighborhood asset and attraction.
- Understand arboreta themes and collections, and how to properly document them.
- Discuss the importance of biodiversity.
- Learn basic tree care needs.
- Hear from keynote speakers and professional horticulturalists.
- Facilitate learning, dialog, and feedback that address current and future program needs. Arboreta leaders will exchange successes and challenges in an open forum.
- Take a walking tour of the Inman Park arboretum.
The Arboretum Conference will take place on May 22nd, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. You can get all the details and register online right now on the Trees Atlanta website!
Thanks to Robby Astrove with Trees Atlanta for sending this along!
Posted in Education, Events, Trees, Volunteer | Tagged: Arboretum Conference, BeltLine arboretum, Georgia native trees, Trees Atlanta arboretum, Trees Atlanta events, urban forest, West End arboretum | Leave a Comment »
Posted by Our Green Atlanta on April 27, 2010
Art on the BeltLine needs your help on May 1st and 2nd in clearing and preparing artists’ installation sites on trails on the east and west sides of Atlanta! In addition to clearing artists’ specific sites, we will also pick up general trash as we prepare to launch temporary public art projects in June and to introduce people to newly opened sections of the BeltLine. We will meet at the intersections listed below on each day to be divided into teams and get tools before spreading out along the trail.
Please bring a reusable water bottle and gloves; tools will be provided.
- The clean-up on the west side will be on Saturday, May 1st at 9 a.m. – meet at Gordon White Park.
- The clean-up on the east side will be on Sunday, May 2nd at 1 p.m. – meet at the intersection of Somerset and the BeltLine.
Please visit the Hands on Atlanta site here for full details, directions, and to RSVP. You can also email me, Jenny, at jenny.p@mac.com.
Thanks so much to Gina with the Atlanta ToolBank, Kim with Hands on Atlanta, Keep Atlanta Beautiful, and the BeltLine team for helping to make these two Art on the BeltLine clean-ups happen!
About Art on the BeltLine:
Join us May through October 2010 as we celebrate the reawakening of old railroad corridor as Atlanta’s new public place with a kick-off arts event staged from late spring through summer. This spring, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. plans to open nearly 8 miles of the future BeltLine corridor to pedestrians and off-road bicyclists via an interim trail. Visual arts, performing arts and historic site interpretation will direct the public’s attention to this amazing resource that encircles downtown Atlanta! Potential projects are expected to include temporary sculptures and visual installations, environmental art, murals, transformations of building facades that border the corridor, public performances and more. There also will be a series of historic markers and way-finding signs to orient and introduce the public to Atlanta’s new linear greenway.
Posted in Atlanta BeltLine, Environment, Events, Volunteer | Tagged: Atlanta volunteering, Atlanta BeltLine, BeltLine volunteering, Keep Atlanta Beautiful, BeltLine clean-up, BeltLine art project, Art on the BeltLine, Hands on Atlanta, Atlanta ToolBank | Leave a Comment »
Posted by Our Green Atlanta on March 23, 2010
The Georgia Conservancy is welcoming spring and celebrating Earth Month one beer at a time with “Save Water, Drink Beer!” at Atlanta’s favorite local brewery, Sweetwater! Next Monday, join the Georgia Conservancy and Generation Green members for a beer tasting, cookout, live music event to kick of another year of green Atlanta events. And it won’t break the bank – it’s just $10 for members!
Not yet a Georgia Conservancy member? No worries – it’s just $15 for friends and you get a one-year membership. Information will be available to sign up for Generation Green events and trips for 2010.
- What: Save Water, Drink Beer!
- When: March 29th, 2010 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
- Where: Sweetwater Brewing Company (map it!)
- How much: $10 for Georgia Conservancy members and $15 for non-members (includes a one-year membership)
Click here for full event details on the Georgia Conservancy website (and look for it on facebook!) and register today!
If you would like to pay by check, you can also contact Bryan Schroeder, membership coordinator, at (404) 876-2900 x 110 or bschroeder@gaconservancy.org.
Posted in Donate, Environment, Events | Tagged: atlanta green movement, environmental events, Generation Green, Georgia Conservancy, save water drink beer, Sweetwater Brewery Atlanta | 1 Comment »
Posted by Our Green Atlanta on March 14, 2010
Every year, Atlanta’s Park Pride hosts its Parks and Greenspace Conference with speakers and continuing education covering a wide range of topics related to best practices for our parks. Now in its ninth year, the Parks and Greenspace Conference is offering conference-goers four tracks, Design, Build, Manage & Community, during the one-day seminar on March 22nd, 2010. Events will take place at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens – read all about it on Park Pride’s website here! Move quickly, though – registration ends Wednesday, March 17th!
To kick off this green Atlanta event, Park Pride is offering two tours the weekend before the conference. On March 20th, explore the Bellwood Quarry Reservoir (future home to Atlanta’s 300+ acre Westside Park on the Atlanta BeltLine) and Clayton County’s Newman Wetlands Center with the Green Infrastructure Tour.
On Sunday, March 21s, 2010, take a relaxing tour of Atlanta’s community gardens with an overview of how four neighborhoods are discovering sustainable gardening and self-supported agriculture. You can get info on the Community Garden Tour and the Green Infrastructure Tour schedule on the Parks and Greenspace Conference webpage.
Register online right now!
Posted in Events, Gardening | Tagged: Atlanta BeltLine, Atlanta Community Supported Agriculture, DeKalb greenspace, Atlanta community gardens, green educational seminars, Park Pride, Parks and Greenspace conference, Westside Park Atlanta GA, Bellwood Quarry Reservoir, Newman Wetlands Center | Leave a Comment »
