The coming week will bring plenty of sustainable transportation news and events. While there are connections between the groups and individuals behind these developments,  a pleasing element of serendipity can be found in the fact that they are all happening within the next seven days.
First, the Savannah Bicycle Campaign will mark its official launch with […]

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A story by Mary Landers in today’s paper reports on Savannah’s membership in Cities for Climate Protection, its efforts to determine its carbon footprint and Alderman Larry Stuber’s attendance at the Climate Communities summit in Washington this week.
In some quarters, it’s standard operating procedure to paint those who are serious about addressing climate change as […]

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Two Savannah College of Art and Design student organizations that have environmental focuses now have new Web sites.
Project Green grew out of SCAD’s School of Building Arts to include students from all academic majors. Last year I wrote a profile of the group’s leader, Paul Schwartzkopf for SCAD’s now defunct faculty/staff newspaper. You can read […]

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Mary Landers checks in on Chatham County’s progress toward the goal of becoming the greenest county in Georgia, in a April 4 Savannah Morning News story called “How green is my county?” Landers points out just a few of the significant obstacles in the county’s path:
Chatham has no curbside recycling, only average public transportation and […]

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In the wake of Wilmington Island tree defenders’ protest last week came additional media attention:
Branch out to protect trees (Savannah Morning News)
Is anyone listening to tree protests? (Savannah Morning News)
Residents Vow to Save Trees (WTOC)
While we are on the topic of trees, what about the kind that comes in a bag. Wander around you […]

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