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Play is a human right: Park Pride’s roundtable highlights importance of inclusive play spaces
Play spaces with innovative designs have triple the physical activity compared to non-inclusive spaces.
A Month for Celebrating Native Plants and Birds
By Jared Teutsch, Executive Director September has arrived and it is safe to say that we are all eagerly anticipating some a break from the summer heat in the weeks ahead. Fall is a great time to add native plants to your landscape, and once again Georgia Audubon and Georgia Native Plant Society are joining…
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SaportaReport is proud to present the latest in Thought Leaders from across Georgia. Designed as a general forum where experts may host discussions about their respective fields, SaportaReport Thought Leadership is sponsored by various industry leaders from the Atlanta area. Atlanta is known as the City in the Trees! Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, Georgia Audubon, Georgia Conservancy, Park Pride, The Conservation Fund, The Nature Conservancy and Georgia Native Plant Society contribute stories on the rich history of Atlanta’s nature scene, conservation and how we can create a better Atlanta one greenspace at a time.
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Seeing the forest through the trees: Urban forests as repositories of Biodiversity, but only if we manage them as such
By Andrew White, Director of Park Visioning – Park Pride It has been well established that the tree canopy in Atlanta needs to be protected, and there is a lot of public dialogue and discourse in protecting our City in the Forest. That being said, my recent travels to other parts of the state make…
Plant Native for Birds: Georgia Grows Native for Birds Month Returns for September 2023
By Jared Teutsch, Georgia Audubon Executive Director This September, Georgia Audubon will celebrate the sixth annual Georgia Grows Native for Birds Month, a celebration of Georgia’s native plants and the key role they play for birds and other wildlife. This year’s celebration will include a variety of workshops and events designed to help Georgians learn…
Meet Me at The Park: Reflecting on 10 Years at Park Pride
By Michael Halicki, Executive Director This month marks my 10-year anniversary as Park Pride’s executive director. Prior to Park Pride, I was somewhat of a rolling stone gathering no moss, moving from one environmental nonprofit to the next, learning from each but never staying put for too long. I attribute my staying power in large…
Watch the Video: Voices of the Heroic Freedom Riders
Article written by Phillip Howard Video by Marika Gray Taylor The stories of our nation’s Civil Rights heroes run deep through the city of Atlanta and across the South. But we seldom get to hear those stories straight from the heroes themselves. Atlanta resident, Mr. Charles Person, along with Dr. Bernard Lafayette, are two such…
Open Access to Levels of Fitness Classes for Everyone
By Kellie James, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership Free Fitness Program Manager As my daughter began a new life stage heading off to college, I embarked on my own journey. I was trying out different fitness programs when I attended my first spin class. I was hooked! The music, the adrenaline, the camaraderie, the amazing feeling of…
July: Creating the Next Generation of Conservation Professionals
By Jared Teutsch, Executive Director Georgia is a diverse state, both in terms of its habitats and its people … from the mountains to the coast and everywhere in between. Georgia is also one of the fastest growing states in the nation, and metro Atlanta is at the epicenter of this growth. As people continue…
A Turning Point: New Beginnings, Inspiration, and Hope
Eli Dickerson, Park Pride’s new Director of Education, has been at the organization for six months. In this contribution to People, Places, and Parks, he reflects on why he’s excited to have joined this team that has been low-key making a huge impact in Atlanta for decades.
Building a Conservation-minded Georgia … Through the Lens of Birds
By Jared Teutsch, Executive Director The recent smoke plumes in New York City and the northeastern United States from the Canadian wildfires have driven home the evidence that we are all connected. What happens in someone else’s backyard may well spill over into our own. Across the world, climate change is making wildfires, flooding, and…
Doing Things Differently for Parks
By Park Pride’s Executive Director, Michael Halicki, and Director of Communications & Policy, Rachel Maher Einstein defined “insanity” as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. For far too long, this has been the story of the chronic, longstanding underfunding of Atlanta’s park system and those who sought a higher standard…
10 Surprises from the River Inside the Airport
By Hannah Palmer Each year, I’m overwhelmed by the dedication of our community and the growth of our “Finding the Flint” Earth Day clean-up. What started with a dozen people in 2018 has snowballed into our biggest volunteer event of the year, drawing over 100 employees from the world’s busiest airport out to experience and…
An Unprecedented Opportunity to Align Parks and Affordable Housing
By Rob Brawner, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership Executive Director Many of us have heard the adage, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” This is truer than ever about the opportunity to align investments in parks and affordable housing in Atlanta. In the past few weeks, there…
Native Plants are Good for Birds and People, Too
By Jared Teutsch, Executive Director Millions of people enjoy watching birds every day. From those who enjoy birds at their backyard feeders to those who attend birding field trips in our parks and greenspaces, to the more hardcore birders who travel the U.S. and the world adding to their “life lists”, birdwatching is accessible to…
A Golden Age of Parks in Atlanta? Maybe.
There is a lot of momentum within the parks movement in Atlanta right now, so much so that it’s had me wondering whether we’re on the brink of a “golden age of parks.” For me, that manifests as having city parks that are maintained equitably and to a higher standard, well connected to communities, and…
Creating the Solutions for Today’s Challenges
Michael O’Reilly, Director of Policy & Climate Strategy, The Nature Conservancy – Georgia Reading the news each day can raise mixed emotions for me, but I always appreciate the frequent stories describing the new jobs being created in Georgia to meet our state’s emerging opportunities. As Governor Brian Kemp has said, “With a focus on…
Experiencing the Okefenokee
Atlanta high schooler learns to love the swamp By Zain Khemani, student at The New School Every year, the Okefenokee Swamp receives more than 600,000 visits from Georgia and beyond – all from people looking to experience the wonders of the Swamp. Those tourists prop up local businesses and keep a steady flow of income…
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