Articles about Climate Change

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.

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$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.

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Seen 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.

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Melanie 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?

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Thomasville 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.

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English 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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Five Climate Justice Initiatives Receive $1M in New Grant Funding from Drawdown Georgia

2025-26 Climate Solutions & Equity Grants Advance Climate Solutions that Prioritize Equity in Georgia

Five Georgia nonprofit climate justice initiatives have been awarded a total of $1 million in funding for programs that advance climate solutions and prioritize equity based on the framework of Drawdown Georgia’s climate solutions.

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Brightening Our Corner - November 2024

Our quarterly newsletter has been published.

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Electric School Buses Drive Progress on Climate Solutions in Georgia

A Drawdown Georgia Climate Solutions & Equity Grant Success Story

Electrifying transportation in Georgia is a powerful climate solution, and the benefits of upgrading to electric school buses go beyond carbon. The transition to electric buses supports the local economy and can positively impact our kids' health, too. Drawdown Georgia recently spoke with Mothers & Others for Clean Air regarding their grant.

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Dr. Mildred McClain on Environmental Justice as a Lifetime Commitment

A Climate Digest Video Interview from Drawdown Georgia

Drawdown Georgia is honored to share a special Georgia Climate Digest video interview with environmental justice pioneer Dr. Mildred McClain. Dr. McClain is the founder and executive director emeritus for the Harambee House/Citizens for Environmental Justice.

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