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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.
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 MoreFrom bullet trains to green buildings: Innovators take cue from nature through biomimicry
By Jill Baker - Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters.
As Janine Benyus wrote in her seminal book "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature", released in 1997: ”Unlike the Industrial Revolution, the Biomimicry Revolution introduces an era based not on what we can extract from nature, but on what we can learn from her.”As nature-based solutions gain greater prominence, amid the deepening climate change and biodiversity crises, 66-year-old Benyus believes the movement she created will be even more critical.
Read MoreRay of Hope Accelerator Demo Day
The Biomimicry Institute will host a Demo Day on February 12 for the current cohort of climate tech startup companies participating in the Ray of Hope Accelerator.
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 MoreHear Jaime Lanier on the "Faith & Sustainability" Podcast
Jaime Lanier's "Faith and Sustainability" interview with Leonard Robinson and Kat Doyle is now available on your favorite podcast app.
Read MoreBiomimicry Institute Unveils New Report Highlighting Ray of Hope Accelerator Success
Innovative Startups Inspired by Nature Drive Sustainable Solutions Worldwide
The Biomimicry Institute, a not-for-profit organization that empowers nature-inspired solutions for a healthy planet, today shared the Ray of Hope Accelerator Impact Report, showcasing the remarkable achievements of the program over the past five years. Since its inception, the Ray of Hope Accelerator has distributed $750,000 in non-dilutive funding to 49 impactful startups, 35% of which are women-led.
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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