By Hannah E. Jones The case for parks is an easy one to make — increased physical activity within the community, lower levels of stress and a healthier urban environment. But in a city with ...
If you had to carry your waste around for one day, could you? What about one week or even a month? The average American accumulates about 4.9 pounds of waste each day, so your bag ...
It’s pretty typical these days to toss your plastic container or glass bottle in the recycling bin, but other items likely don’t get the same treatment. Before you throw your styrofoam cooler or bin of ...
Want to take a walk on the wild side? Head down to South Georgia, home to one of Georgia’s Seven Natural Wonders. The Okefenokee Swamp — 428,000 acres of wetlands — hosts 424 animal species ...
Thanks to a $23.6 million gift from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Georgia State University (GSU) and Grady Hospital have established a partnership to strengthen the pipeline of education to employment for nursing students. Currently, ...
When taking a walk through Zoo Atlanta this summer, visitors will notice some animals that weren’t there before. But unlike their furry and feathered neighbors, these animals are crafted from tens of thousands of LEGO ...
The folks at The Highlander — an eclectic punk bar in Midtown — just rang in the joint’s 30th anniversary with a birthday bash that left owners closing shop around seven in the morning. At ...
By Hannah E. Jones The Atlanta-based Peachtree Arborists are on a mission to protect the city’s tree canopy with the help of Trees Atlanta and the Arbor Day Foundation. On Friday, April 29 — the ...
Instead of your usual walk or run with music blaring, what if you listened to the birds chirping and the leaves rustling? What else would help you be more present and integrated with nature? That’s ...
By Hannah E. Jones For over five decades, Earth Day has been reserved for going outside, showing love for Mother Earth and, through small acts and large-scale efforts, serving as a steward and champion of ...
Florida’s manatees — a big, slow-moving aquatic mammal so unique that the species inspired mermaids — are dwindling in population, rapidly. In 2021, a record-breaking 1,101 manatees in the state died. A group of animal ...
Atlanta wants to live up to its nickname — the city in the forest — and local park organizations, city officials and residents are ready to help. On Monday, March 28, Atlanta-based nonprofit Park Pride ...
By Hannah E. Jones Your phone buzzes. Car horns blare. A new email in your inbox. The responsibilities of daily life can make it difficult to carve time out for creative endeavors, but in the ...
By Hannah E. Jones After decades of work, the City of Atlanta has officially secured nine acres bordering the Chattahoochee River in Riverside, creating Atlanta’s newest natural oasis — Lower Paul Park. Any chance to ...
By Hannah E. Jones In the late 1970s, an Atlanta man named Wayne Smith envisioned connectivity from every pocket of the world, creating a global sense of friendship. He wanted to foster citizen diplomacy, giving ...
By Hannah E. Jones On Saturday, March 26, the Islamic Speakers Bureau (ISB) Atlanta will host its annual gala to spotlight influential Muslims in Georgia. This year is extra special because the organization is also ...
If you need to know the time, where do you look? Likely your phone, maybe a watch or even the clock on the microwave. But what if we instead centered our concept of time around ...
By Hannah E. Jones Highly intelligent, always curious, a voracious reader and a lover of all things art — this is how family and friends describe Bill Lowe. For three decades, he spearheaded the Bill ...
By Hannah E. Jones The youngest generation, Generation Z, is serious about protecting the environment. After growing up with rising sea levels, wildfires and animals going extinct, it’s easy to see why. The Atlanta-based Captain ...
By Hannah E. Jones During a typical school day, most kids spend their time inside and under fluorescent lighting. But, just 12 miles west of downtown Atlanta, a new kind of school is in the ...
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