The Georgia Department of Transportation was all over the news last week. According to the new commissioner of the agency, the place is like Thunderdome. An Atlanta Journal-Constitution story cuts right to the chase:
“The state Department of Transportation is a mess, its new leader said Wednesday, after learning over the past month that no one […]

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The map at localharvest.org still doesn’t show much happening in community gardening or Community Sustained Agriculture in Savannah or Chatham County.
Nonetheless, there are people around here who are and who have been bringing organic farm products to their families and this community all the while. They are working on the community garden thing and even […]

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Summer Teal Simpson writes about Tommy Linstroth’s new book, “Local Action: The New Paradigm in Climate Change Policy” in the Dec. 11 issue of Connect Savannah. Linstroth is head of sustainability Initiatives at Melaver, Inc. and president of the Savannah Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.
“Linstroth’s book transcends the traditional dialogue on […]

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[ February 28, 2008; ] The theme of the Georgia Organics Annual Conference is “Quantum Leap: Taking Food and Farms back to the Future.” The event will be held at the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center in Dalton. The Keynote presenter is George Siemon, CEO of the nation’s largest organic dairy cooperative, Organic Valley. The conference continues through March […]

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[ January 10, 2008; 1:00 pm; ] The January PACE meeting will be held at 420 Mall Blvd. (Oglethorpe Office Park) in the Environmental Health Department/Safe Kids Savannah office - conference room. For more information, contact Alison Gramza at 912-691-7445.

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