By Walt Harrison Riding or walking around Atlanta you may have noticed trees planted along our streets and roadways in town. According to Mid-Georgia Nursery’s Bill Inabinet, the life expectancy of a street tree in a typical urban environment is about 15 years. This is due to a number of factors: mechanical damage (getting hit […]
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The Water War
By Sally Bethea Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper For more than two decades, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida have waged a legal war over the use of water in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin stemming largely from the operation of Lake Lanier’s Buford Dam by the Corps of Engineers. Lanier lies within the Chattahoochee’s headwaters, just upstream of […]
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Perspective in Architecture: The Art & Science of Building
By Melody Harclerode Architecture can be defined as the “art and science of building.” A design by an architect may express one aspect of that definition more strongly than the other. The historic Candler Building in downtown Atlanta by architects George Murphy and George Stewart and Fox Theatre by architect Olivier J. Vinour embody the […]
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10 Tips for Water Conservation
By Farmer D & Tyson Deal Even though it comes from the tap on demand, clean, potable water is one of the most precious things on Earth, and irrigation claims highest usage of water in the U.S. How can we conserve water in our landscapes? Let us count the ways: 1. Organic matter matters. Adding […]
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Filling the Water Gap: The region’s pressing needs
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s report, Filling the Water Gap, released last month. The information for the report was compiled and analyzed by Laura Hartt, UCR’s Water Policy Director. Hartt wrote the report with the assistance of other UCR staff including Mary O. Harrison, Bonny Putney and Sally Bethea. […]
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Eco-Briefs
Fashionable Notes is offering its hugely successful line of Jute Market Bags in a variety of new colors. Now, along with the natural color, the bags are available in tangerine, lime green, brown, pink, and violet. The bags are created by designer Aubrey Lenyard and feature quotes like Eco-Chic, It’s a Green Thing, and Recycle Reduce […]
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Turn off the lights: Earth Hour is tonight at 8:30 p.m.
In observance of Earth Hour tonight (March 26), an event the World Wildlife Fund organized to create awareness of climate change, landmarks, businesses and homes across the world will be going dark for an hour beginning at 8:30pm. Starting at the International Date Line, Paris’ Eiffel Tower, London’s Big Ben and Rome’s Colosseum followed Sydney’s […]
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Decatur Old House Fair is March 19
On Saturday, March 19, the City of Decatur, in partnership with the DeKalb History Center, will hold the third annual Decatur Old House Fair. This day-long celebration features new ideas, practical advice, innovative materials, and quality services for owners of older homes. Homeowners attend how-to seminars and workshops on restoring old windows, historic landscapes, researching […]
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RuPaul’s Drag Race: Red, White and Ru
By Mike Fleming Project Q Atlanta We feel so patriotic after the Yankee Doodle drag queens devote their Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent to America’s troops abroad on this week’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Not. Figuring that our brave men and women in the military need the pick-me-up, Ru—inexplicably dressed in a cowboy getup—asks the remaining […]
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Live, work, play living
By Shandra Hill Smith With shifting views of homeownership reshaping the housing industry – as pointed out from one report to the next these days – mixed-use communities are gaining some attention from varying age groups and demographics. Intown living presents a host of such developments, which allow residents the opportunity to live, work and […]