The outcome was predictable. Decades of unrestrained development in North Georgia + prolonged drought conditions = not enough water for floating pleasure craft in Lake Lanier, irrigating residential landscapes, washing cars and other important uses like, um, drinking.
And it’s not likely to get better up there anytime soon, according to an Oct. 25 report from […]

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Like the bumper sticker says, “Historic Preservation is the Ultimate Recycling,” or as the National Trust for Historic Preservation puts it, “recycling on a grand scale.” It’s easy to see the green advantages to be derived from rehabilitating a historic structure. To quote the National Trust again, “reusing existing buildings is itself a green building […]

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Via email from Stacey Kronquest, as of Nov. 11 some 4,000 signatures were still needed on the curbside recycling petition before the Nov. 29 deadline. A display ad in today’s Savannah Morning News listed businesses at which citizens may sign the petition and posters are visible in shop and restaurant windows all over town. The […]

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Thomas Wheatley of Atlanta’s Creative Loafing has an interesting post on the publication’s “Fresh Loaf” blog. In it he takes issue with a report on Georgia’s transportation infrastructure issued late last month by a non-profit organization called TRIP. Wheatley’s first order of business is to identify TRIP’s major source of funding as “businesses who have […]

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The polls have been closed for 24 hours and the winners of local elections have been announced. However, surveying Savannah’s front yards (and quite a few pieces of public property) one could get the impression that candidates are still campaigning.
What’s the most environmentally responsible way to dispose of campaign signs? The paper-based variety can, […]

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