Education
Curious about bicycle commuting? Join your neighbors and give it a try on Friday
Bicycle commuting offers many benefits and not the least of them is a closer connection with changing seasons, a relationship with the world that is available these days mostly to farmers and others who spend the majority of their time outside. Except in the case of the bicycle commuter, he or she is able to … Continue reading
Sustainable Seafood
Some friends of mine went fishing this past weekend near Darrien. Over two solid days on the water they caught nothing but sharks. Having recently heard similar stories from other recreational fisher-folk I know, seemed to be a good time for a post on sustainable seafood. The worldwide depletion of ocean fisheries is not new … Continue reading
Imagination
Last night, creative city making champion Charles Landry spoke to a packed house. I had the pleasure of being in the audience along with most of the usual suspects (govt., real estate development, business, downtownies, a few artists & SCAD folk) . . . you were probably there too. He was worth standing up for, … Continue reading
It’s a super Tuesday!
Some days the sustainability-related events seem to stack up. Today is one of those days. From 10-11 a.m., Preserving Savannah Neighborhoods is staging a protest at the corner of Abercorn Street and DeRenne Avenue. The purpose? To highlight the Georgia Department of Transportation’s counterproductive decision to go ahead with construction of a right turn lane … Continue reading
Erik Writes, I Get Schooled
Erik Blachford, CEO of TerraPass, saw my post on carbon offsets and wrote to ask if he could help us better understand the wonderful world of carbon offsets –Of Course!, I replied. Talking to him helped me realize how complex the carbon finance world is AND got me motivated to learn more. The following is … Continue reading
SCAD student groups launch new Web sites
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 … Continue reading
Know how to pull a crank or true a wheel? Cog needs you!
Cog, Savannah’s bicycle cooperative, needs volunteer mechanics to staff its shop on Tuesday from 4-7 p.m. and Saturdays from noon until 5 p.m. Cog volunteers don’t actually repair bicycles, but rather have the much more important assignment of teaching the co-op’s customers how to fix their own bikes, guiding them through the process of getting … Continue reading
SCAD sustainability council makes AASHE Bulletin
The Savannah College of Art and Design’s Sustainability and Eco Practices Council was featured in the Jan. 10 issue of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education bulletin. The AASHE bulletin linked to a story in The Chronicle, the faculty/staff newspaper at SCAD. Here’s a snip from “SCAD forms eco practices council,” … Continue reading
