Five Nature-Inspired Climate Change Solutions Advance to Entrepreneurship Accelerator Regenerative Design Southface Staff | July 13, 2017 Five teams of entrepreneurs from around the world have been chosen to participate in the newest cohort of the world’s only business accelerator program dedicated to bringing nature-inspired solutions to market. Over 100 teams entered the 2017 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, answering the call to apply biomimicry, or nature-inspired design, to develop solutions to reverse or adapt to climate change. Read More Tags: Biomimicry
Innovation Through Collaboration In The Fight Against Climate Change Climate ChangeGreen BuildingPolicy Southface Staff | July 10, 2017 Within the reality of climate change, major themes emerge: changes to our global community health; changes in our food, water and energy systems; changes in the global economy and supply chain – the list goes on. While all of these changes do not affect everyone all of the time, as a global community, we must care about the current state of the planet because it is vital to our existence, our ability to thrive as a nation and as a … Continue reading “Innovation Through Collaboration In The Fight Against Climate Change” Read More Tags:
Alumnus Feature: Conor Sosebee About Us Dayna Thompson | June 26, 2017 Southface’s staff represents a diverse group of leaders in the fields of sustainability, equitable community development, environmental science, health, high performance building and sustainable design. Each day, staff members work hard to create a healthy built environment for all, and Southface is invested in the good work that each employee carries out within the organization and beyond. By keeping in touch with former employees, Southface is able to celebrate the accomplishments that alumni make and keep up to date with … Continue reading “Alumnus Feature: Conor Sosebee” Read More Tags: Staff
Meet a Southfacer: Ingrid Irby About Us Dayna Thompson | June 26, 2017 Ingrid Irby works at Southface as a Residential Sustainability Services Administrator. In her spare she likes to march around Atlanta with her daughter. Read to find out more about Ingrid and her love for Southface! Read More Tags: Staff
Southface Corporate Member Highlight: SuperGreen Solutions Green BuildingGreen Technology Dayna Thompson | June 22, 2017 SuperGreen Solutions seeks to save customers money on energy bills by providing comprehensive, customized energy efficient products and solutions. Read to find out why SuperGreen Solutions became a Southface Corporate Member. Read More Tags:
Project Safe Flight Atlanta And Lights Out Atlanta Spring Wrap Up Green Building Dayna Thompson | June 15, 2017 Volunteers with Atlanta Audubon Society’s Project Safe Flight Atlanta have been patrolling the streets during bird migration this spring looking for birds that have been killed or injured after colliding with buildings. During the spring 2017 monitoring season, volunteers collected 138 birds, representing 46 different species bringing to total birds collected since the program began in fall 2015 to 627 birds of 83 different species. Cedar Waxwing was the most common bird species collected during spring monitoring. Eighteen Atlanta Audubon … Continue reading “Project Safe Flight Atlanta And Lights Out Atlanta Spring Wrap Up” Read More Tags:
Southface Elects New Board Member About Us Dayna Thompson | June 14, 2017 Nikki Walker joins Southface as Board Member in the continued support of creating a culture of operational excellence Southface is pleased to announce that Nikki Walker has joined its Board of Directors, bringing extensive technical and sustainability capabilities, in depth knowledge of policy and more than fifteen years of diverse leadership experience to the organization’s efforts to strive for a more sustainable future. Ms. Walker has spent the last five years with The Coca-Cola Company, where she co-lead the Global … Continue reading “Southface Elects New Board Member” Read More Tags: Staff
Meet a Southfacer: Kelly Herman About Us Dayna Thompson | June 8, 2017 Kelly Herman works at Southface as a Commercial Sustainability Services Coordinator. In her spare time she likes to cook, run and watch Auburn football. Read to find out more about Kelly and her love for Southface! Read More Tags: Staff
June 2 SART Recap Events Dayna Thompson | June 7, 2017 The Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable convenes one Friday per month to discuss the region’s current environmental issues – from water to energy, urban planning to government policy and much more. Following the administration’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement, last Friday’s Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable was a packed house. Stephanie Stuckey, Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, began moderating the roundtable discussion with a statement that resonated with many attendees in the room, … Continue reading “June 2 SART Recap” Read More Tags: SART
Southface JUST Certification About Us Dayna Thompson | June 7, 2017 The JUST Program is a social equity transparency platform from the International Living Future Institute. Organizations can use the voluntary disclosure tool to disclose their operations, including how they treat their employees and where they make financial and community investments. The JUST scorecard has six categories: Diversity, Equity, Safety, Worker Benefits, Local Benefit and Stewardship. Organizations report on each of the indicators and receive recognition with one, two or three stars, based on their performance in each category metric. Southface … Continue reading “Southface JUST Certification” Read More Tags: