Foundation News
Drawdown Georgia Announces $1.2 Million in New Climate Solutions & Equity Grants
Six two-year grants of $100,000 per year have been awarded to: Community Farmers Markets, Concerned Citizens of Cook County, ECO-Action, Groundswell, Mothers & Others for Clean Air, and Sustainable Georgia Futures.
Read MoreNextGen Committee Grants $94,000 to Women’s Earth Alliance for Reforestation Efforts in Indonesia and Kenya
The Foundation’s NextGen Committee has awarded a $94,000 grant to Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) for two of their Women in Forests programs in Indonesia and Kenya.
Read MoreHow To Reduce, Reuse, And Recycle: A New Toolkit From Drawdown Georgia
Drawdown Georgia’s “How to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” Toolkit explains the benefits of recycling and reducing waste at home, answers common questions about how to make sure the materials you place in your recycling actually get recycled, and offers creative ways to reduce and reuse more at home, too.
Read MoreLeading Transportation Partnership Deploys Agrela’s Vegetation Monitoring Technology on The Ray Highway - First for Interstate Roadside
The Ray and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), in partnership with Agrela Ecosystems and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, announce the deployment of Agrela’s powerful plant and soil monitoring technology, PheNode®. A first-of-its-kind project launched on a highway roadside, PheNode will be used to collect air and soil data and monitor wildflower meadow plots at three locations along The Ray in West Georgia.
Read MoreRay of Hope Prize® Awarded to Sparxell for Plant-Based Alternative to Toxic Colorants
Biomimicry Institute announces Sparxell as top nature-inspired startup for 2023; Anodyne Chemistries recognized as Runner-Up
The Biomimicry Institute has awarded the 2023 Ray of Hope Prize® to Sparxell, a UK-based startup creating the next generation of colors and effects with vibrant, metal-like pigments, all from plant-based cellulose.
Read MoreJohn Lanier is Named to Georgia Trend's 2023 Georgia 500
John A. Lanier has once again been named to Georgia Trend's Georgia 500
Read MoreDrawdown Georgia Funders and Advisors Present at Philanthropy Southeast's Annual Meeting
Funders and advisors from the Drawdown Georgia Climate Solutions & Equity Grants program shared best practices at the Philanthropy Southeast Annual Meeting in Montgomery, Alabama.
Read MoreTruly Living Well In Atlanta Through Urban Agriculture And Composting
Truly Living Well, Think Green Inc. and Historic Westside Gardens are addressing food injustice and improving lives in West Atlanta communities through education and access around urban agriculture and composting.
Read MoreSerenbe Paves Georgia's First Residential Rubber-Modified Asphalt Project.
Net-zero partnership diverts nearly 1,300 scrap tires from landfills.
Serenbe, in collaboration with The Ray, Baldwin Paving and Liberty Tire, announces a first of its kind construction paving project using Liberty Tire’s SmartMIX™ to pave Serenbe’s newest neighborhood, Overlook. In line with The Ray's net-zero mission, the use of Liberty Tire's SmartMIX™ technology has helped divert 1,291 tires from Georgia's landfills, integrating them into pavement and actively contributing to waste reduction and resource circularity.
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