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• 01.03.12
  Telluride film festival screening scheduled for Jan. 21 in Savannah Advocacy, Events, Recycling, Transportation, Water | (0)

  Savannah is a long way, both horizontally and vertically, from the peaks of Telluride, but that won't stop films from the Mountainfilm in Telluride festival from making a tour stop at Trustees Theater on Saturday, Jan. 21. Titles, with a sustainability theme, to be screened in Savannah include: With My Own Two Wheels: "The story of four people whose lives have been deeply changed by bikes." One Plastic Beach: A pair of artists "have collected plastic trash along a one-kilometer stretch of beach near their home in Northern California". They make art from the debris, which they collect at a rate of ...
• 05.31.11
  You don’t have to take it with you, but please don’t leave it in the lane Neighborhoods, Recycling | (0)

  It happens in every college town at the end of the academic year. As students move out of their apartments for the summer, possessions that are no longer needed or that won't fit in the car are left on the curb. Or in Savannah's case, in the lane. While some of these items will be claimed by passers-by, a summer showr can render upholstered furniture, electronics and other things pretty much useless. A program underway now will help divert some of what's left behind from the landfill to a more beneficial destination "In coordination with the City of Savannah and Keep ...
• 04.22.11
  Savannah Earth Day Festival assembled of popular components Advocacy, Education, Energy, Food, Government, Green Building, Neighborhoods, Public Space, Recreation, Recycling, Transportation | (0)

  Forsyth Park will be home to the City of Savannah's annual Earth Day Festival again on Saturday, April 23. The long-running features individual events and programs that have become immensely popular. The Savannah Bicycle Campaign's Earth Day Wheelie Bike ride, which attracts hundreds of cyclists, departs from the park at 4 p.m. Earlier in the day, the RecycleRama begins at 8 a.m. and offers drop off service for folks who want to recycle paint, batteries, cooking grease and other materials. Last year's RecycleRama collected 8,500 pounds of paint and 1,000 tires. It ends at 11 a.m. on the dot. More ...
• 04.26.10
  Islands Elementary School to host Recycled Art Festival, April 27 Advocacy, Education, Recycling | (0)

  The students at Islands Elementary School are holding a Recycled Art Festival, which will include an art exhibit, performances by a recycled band, a recycled pre-K marching band and a chorus, and a fashion show. Doors open for the exhibit at 5:30 and the fashion show begins at 6 p.m. The concert starts at 6:30 p.m. The school is located at 4595 US Highway 80 East on Wilmington Island.
• 01.05.10
  One year later: Savannah’s curbside recycling program Conservation, Government, Neighborhoods, Recycling | (3)

  To mark the one year anniversary of curbside recycling for residential customers in the City of Savannah, WTOC and WSAV aired approving segments on the program. It's reached 50 percent participation, a level that surpassed expectations. Early in the program there was considerable grumbling about everything from missed pick ups, to the size of the containers to the color of the container lids. While curbside recycling (and recycling in general) still has critics, plenty of Savannah residents have found that the city's system delivered on it's promise. It's made recycling easy. WTOC's story hinted that the next area of expansion would ...
• 09.29.09
  Mr. Jalopy vs. the culture of disposability Business, Conservation, Economics, Recycling | (0)

  I ride my bike past Scott TV repair just about every workday. Sometimes there are television carcasses sitting out front on the sidewalk. Sometimes I can see people moving around inside. Sometimes it's open. More often it's not. A bigger mystery than Scott TV's business hours is this: Who takes a television in for repair anymore? And perhaps an even more important question: Can a modern television set even be repaired by a local shop? When ride past Scott TV, I usually think of Mr. Jalopy, who I wrote about last year on my other blog. A leader in the "Makers Movement," ...
• 06.03.09
  Savannah Tree Foundation to mark National Trails Day with new signage at Bacon Park Advocacy, Conservation, Energy, Land Use, Public Space, Recreation, Recycling | (1)

  The Savannah Tree Foundation has been working with its partner, the City of Savannah, to help install back-country style natural walking trails in Bacon Park Forest. According to a press release: “We’ve been working with the city on developing natural walking trails at Bacon Park Forest for years,” said Diane Houston, President of the Savannah Tree Foundation.  “While this day marks the beginning of the trail installation process, it’s also the culmination of a great deal of time spent by our organization and staff from the city’s Leisure Services Bureau to develop the concept and design.  This is a great moment ...
• 04.06.09
  The next step in local recycling Economics, Recycling | (0)

  While the city's new curbside recycling program has made plenty of news this year, today's announcement of a new partnership between the City of Savannah and St. Joesph's/Candler represents a significant step in a new direction. In a press release, hospital President and CEO Paul P. Hinchey said, “If a system our size can do it, anyone can, I would like to officially challenge Savannah businesses and every other large commercial waste customer to join the city’s single stream recycling effort." Hospital officials credit employees with originating the idea and asking management to create a recycling program. By partnering with the city, ...
• 01.30.09
  Great expectations for single stream recycling Government, Politics, Recycling | (0)

    Even before the City of Savannah began disclosing the details of its single stream curbside recycling program late last year, the complaints started rolling in. Additional grumbling ensued after the launch of the program earlier this month. From insistence that the program should pay for itself to griping about the color and size of the carts to fretting about the environmental impact of the trucks that would collect the materials, Vox Populi callers and message board posters and letter to the editor writers took their shots. Most of these critics, it appeared to me, were subjecting the recycling program to rigorous ...
• 01.12.09
  Yard Clipping Collection Recycling | (2)

  From today's Savannah Morning News . . . Along with the start of curbside recycling, Savannah also initiated its yard clipping collection last week. By state law, yard waste cannot be commingled with household waste in a landfill. Separating it allows the city to compost yard waste. Yard waste is collected on the day after recycling and household garbage collection. It can be placed in a container of up to 32 gallons in volume, stacked in neat bundles of no more than 4 feet in length, 12 inches in diameter, and 40 pounds, or placed in yard bags. A city survey indicated the bags ...

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