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Get Your GREEN CARD
From Cumberland Island to the Blue Ridge Mountains, Georgia is home to a wealth of natural assets. Georgians who believe in a cleaner, greener Georgia can make a smart and sound investment by becoming an Earth Share Holder. Earth Share Holders donate $1000 or more annually to support the member organizations represented by Earth Share of Georgia. As an added benefit, Earth Share Holders receive a GREEN CARD, an annual passport to environmental events, field trips and centers. For a complete list of benefits visit www.earthsharega.org/shareholder [back to top]
The List Keeps Growing
As more and more Georgia businesses recognize the link between a healthy environment and a healthy economy, they will continue to add Earth Share of Georgia to their employee payroll deduction campaigns. We are proud to announce the addition of three new workplaces that are allowing their employees to give green at work. Our thanks go to Chevron, Grady Health System and City of Roswell. As a choice alongside United Way, Earth Share is a natural complement to smart community investment. To find out how easy it is to add Earth Share of Georgia to your workplace campaign, contact Polly Sattler, Director of Corporate Partnerships, 404-873-3173.
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Time To Dig In: Fall Planting Season is Underway
The green thumb knows that fall is a time of rebirth, despite all the metaphors to the contrary. Seasonal conditions make fall the ideal time to start planting just about anything. Plentiful rains soften the soil to make it easier to work with. There is less transplant shock. The air is cooler so plants don't need as much water. The soil is warmer allowing the roots several months to get established so they can provide plenty of water and nutrients for above ground growth in the spring.
With that in mind green thumbs and novices alike are invited to check out the plant sales going on this month. Each offers an array of unusual and native plants at reasonable prices with proceeds benefiting great environmental groups. Gardening experts will also be on hand to answer questions.
Trees Atlanta, 4th Annual Tree Sale - Saturday, October 18th, 8am-2pm at Piedmont Park. Details at www.treesatlanta.org
Chattahoochee Nature Center, Native Plant Sale -Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 2-4, 9am-5pm, 9135 Willeo Rd. in Roswell. Details at www.chattnaturecenter.com
State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Fall Plant Sale - Saturday, October 11, 8am-2pm, 2450 South Milledge Ave. in Athens in the Visitor Center. Details at www.uga.edu/~botgarden [back to top]
Get a Bike: Atlanta Bicycle Campaign Offers Effective Cycling Classes
Let's face it. For the inexperienced, biking in Atlanta can be hazardous to your heath. But for many, the determination for a clean commute and the exhilaration of this freewheelin' lifestyle is reason enough to brave the hostilities of Atlanta's roadways. Blaze a trail and come learn how to ride safely and comfortably in Midtown Atlanta traffic at the Effective Cycling Classes! Class instruction is provided by the Atlanta Bicycle Campaign, in partnership with the Downtown, Midtown and Buckhead transportation management associations. Class is taught over a two-day period, Saturday, October 4th & Saturday, October 11th. Each class runs from 9am to 1:30 pm at Piedmont Park Conservancy Community Center, 1071 Piedmont Ave. There is a one-time fee of $10. For a registration form via email, contact Kenny Ragazzino at kenny@midtownalliance.org. Or, for more information, call 404.892.9185. Class size is limited, so act now!
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PARC 911
Imagine a future where every child lives within a ten-minute walk of a park, where children and adults can recreate safely and tree cover is restored to mid 20th century levels. This is the vision begun by Park Pride Atlanta and now sponsored by hundreds of individuals and organizations including Mayor Shirley Franklin and City Council President Cathy Woolard. Alarmed by Atlanta's substandard park acreage and increasing environmental problems, PARC 911 (Parks Atlanta Rescue Coalition) set out to restore Atlanta to a world-class park system. Join them October 9 from 7:30 to 9 am at the Grant Park Conservancy. For more information visit www.parkpride.org.
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For the Birds: First Ever Coastal Birding Festival
From shorelines to woodlands, diverse habitat will be the showcase for bird life in Georgia's Colonial Coast Birding and Nature Festival to be held October 10-12 on Jekyll Island. Join Earth Share member groups and festival sponsors, Georgia Ornithological Society and Atlanta Audubon Society for three days of field trips and seminars, including an appearance by author and expert field guide, Kenn Kauffman. To register, visit www.shrike.net/ccbf/.
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Happy Birthday Elachee!
During the past twenty-five years nearly one million students have come through the doors of Elachee Nature Science Center in Gainesville to learn about the surrounding woodland habitat of the Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve and how to protect it and other habitats for future generations. Saturday, October 25th from 11am-1pm Elachee will host a birthday celebration. Highlights of the day include free admission to the blockbuster Giants of the Past: Dinosaurs and Ice Age Mammal Exhibition with nine roaring robots, flighted live raptor shows with high speed action of hawks, eagles and owls, animal-costumed naturalists, children's activities, and cake and ice cream for all. For more information visit www.elachee.org or call, 770-535-1976.
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