Articles about Climate Change
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.
Read MoreEmpowering 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.
Read MoreDrawdown 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.
Read MoreNourishing 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.
Read MoreSupporting 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.
Read More$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.
Read MoreSeen these solar-powered posts in Georgia among I-85 wildflowers? Here’s what they do
By: Margaret Walker, The Telegraph
There’s an 18-mile stretch of I-85 in west Georgia that serves as a testing ground for a number of sustainable transportation technologies. One of those 13 projects is what The Ray calls their Landscape Lab, and just last year, the PheNode was incorporated in the project, too.
Read MoreMelanie 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?
Read MoreThomasville 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.
Read MoreEnglish Avenue tree project gets statewide climate funds
By Delaney Tarr, The Saporta Report
A community-led team project is tackling climate through English Avenue’s struggling tree cover, kicking off a research and planting project thanks to an influx of funding from Drawdown Georgia.
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