There’s something sustainable happening every day for the rest of the week. Doubt me? Submitted for your consideration:
Tuesday: The May installment of Green Drinks Savannah happens at Cha Bella, located near the corner of Broughton and East Broad streets. The events starts at 5:30 p.m. More information is available here.
Wednesday: SCAD’s chapters of the The […]

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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,” […]

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To my way of thinking, Savannah’s lanes are one of the most ingenious components of Gen. James Oglethorpe’s city plan. I’m thankful that they were replicated in my 20th century neighborhood. Lanes — or alleys are as they are called most everywhere else — aren’t very glamorous but they fill a number of important roles. […]

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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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According to a story in today’s Savannah Morning News, the Chatham County Commission has voted to explore the cost of securing LEED certification for a $109 million jail expansion. The funding source for the project is the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. Christian Livermore reports that if the jail project does indeed go green, […]

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