By Laura Turner Seydel
When our country celebrated the first Earth Day 42 years ago, we were at an environmental tipping point: our factories spewed black clouds of toxic emissions without apology and it was commonplace …

By Han Vance
It was a bright and sunny early spring day at the Atlanta Botanical Garden in Piedmont Park, the site of the 11th Annual Parks and Greenspace Conference. This big event of the year …

The Global Growers Network of Refugee Family Services will celebrate the grand opening of Decatur’s Kitchen Garden with a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, March 14, from 8:30 to 9:30 am. This market garden is a …

The Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeepr’s fifth annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival will be held Sunday, March 11, at the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema starting at 1 p.m. The program offers a mix of films addressing …

By Laura Turner Seydel
When Senator Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day 42 years ago, it was his belief that Earth Day’s success would come from the collective effort of individual communities doing their part to improve …

By Laura Turner Seydel
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just released its most recent waste and recycling facts and figures, and reported that in 2010 Americans generated about 250 million tons of waste. Break it down …