Articles about Drawdown Georgia

Community Farmers Markets Growing Climate Solutions in Georgia

A Georgia Climate Digest Interview

Community Farmers Markets (CFM), an Atlanta-based nonprofit, is scaling several of the 20 Drawdown Georgia climate solutions in the neighborhoods that need it most. Their team recently shared how they are reducing emissions, fighting food insecurity, and creating a sense of community.

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How to Make Your Event More Sustainable in Georgia

A Drawdown Georgia Toolkit

Georgia's event planning community has an opportunity to lead by example. The toolkit provides a comprehensive list of Georgia-specific resources, from the Atlanta Community Toolbank for borrowing event supplies to specialized sustainable event production companies and vendors.

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Empowering Women of Color to Lead on Climate

A Georgia Climate Digest Interview

Diamond Spratling of Girl + Environment shares how her organization empowers women of color to take action on climate and environmental justice—by meeting communities where they are and centering culture, health, and grassroots leadership.

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Drawdown Georgia Launches Solutions Tracker to Accelerate Equitable Climate Action Across the State

This new interactive tool allows users to explore where climate solutions are scaling in Georgia, alongside markers of equity

With the launch of the Drawdown Georgia Solutions Tracker in April 2025, we are able to identify the best-performing solutions and the "bright spots" around the state where adoption of sustainable practices is scaling or emerging, and where co-benefits such as public health and environmental improvements, job creation, and greater equity are evident. This report offers a snapshot of Georgia's best-performing climate solutions and the communities where they are scaling.

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Nourishing Community and Lowering Energy Burdens in Dewey City

A Climate Digest Interview from Drawdown Georgia

With deep community roots and an eye toward climate justice, Thomasville Community Development Corporation is doing more than just improving housing or access to local produce—they're restoring a neighborhood's spirit.

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Ray C. Anderson Foundation to Sunset by the End of 2030

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation will sunset by the end of 2030.

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Supporting Georgia Farmers with Climate-Smart Agriculture Solutions

A Georgia Climate Digest Interview

Practicing climate-smart agriculture can help Georgia farms be more productive and build soils that can absorb more carbon from our atmosphere at the same time. A groundbreaking partnership is giving Black and Brown farmers in coastal Georgia accelerate climate-smart agriculture practices.

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$200k Drawdown Georgia grant revitalizes Thomasville’s Dewey City with housing and food initiatives

The grant will help repurpose the old Douglass High School into 52 senior apartments with solar energy, and a new plant-based food program will provide meals and education about plantbased diet to up to 40 families.

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Melanie Allen on Philanthropy and Climate Justice: A Georgia Climate Digest Interview

How can a more engaged, participatory approach to philanthropy help make a real impact on climate solutions and equity in Georgia?

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Thomasville Community Development Corporation receives Drawdown Georgia grant

Thomasville Community Development Corporation has received a two-year Drawdown Georgia Climate Solutions & Equity Grant of $100,000 per year for plant-based diet and residential rooftop solar installations.

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