News
EIOG Presents Update on Fairburn Preserve
The Environmental Institute of Georgia presented its plans and
progress for the Fairburn Nature Preserve at the Fairburn City Council work
session on September 14.
The Preserve is the vision of the city of Fairburn to create a multipurpose eco-center that includes a Mitigation Bank, Nature Center, Environmental Education Center, and Conference Building on 310 acres of protected and preserved land. Read More.
EIOG Co-Sponsors Rivers Alive Events
Environmental
Institute of Georgia has teamed-up with partners in Fayette County,
Fayetteville, and Tyrone to sponsor five Rivers Alive events this fall.
Rivers Alive is Georgia's annual volunteer waterway cleanup event that targets all waterways in the State including streams, rivers, lakes, beaches, and wetlands.
For more information and the schedule of events, Read More or download theEvent Flyer.
Adopt-A-Stream Students in 7th Year
On
a humid August afternoon, four teams of students dressed in knee-high rubber
boots followed their instructors down a wooded path to an outdoor
classroom near a stream in the Peachtree City Nature Center.
These students joined the ranks of 155 other McIntosh High School students who
have become certified over the past seven years through the Georgia
Adopt-a-Stream Program.
For more information, Read More.
Karen Raymer Joins EIOG Board
Environmental
Institute of Georgia welcomes Karen Raymer to its Board of Directors. Karen
is an eco-design consultant and co-founder of
Waldenour, an eco-friendly
interior design studio.
Working in mainstream interior design for many years, Karen realized that her private lifestyle of using organic products is directly connected to being mindful of one’s personal decisions in connection to the environment. Read More.