Ecosphere

On Friday, April 16th, the White House sponsored the America’s Great Outdoors conference which was promoted as a way to “address the challenges, opportunities and innovations surrounding modern-day land conservation and the importance of reconnecting Americans to the outdoors.” Here is a video of President Obama’s remarks at the conference or you can read them here.

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March 26, 2010

Obama Administration Officials Announce White House Conference on America’s Great Outdoors
WASHINGTON –– Obama Administration Officials announced today that they will host a White House Conference on America’s Great Outdoors on Friday, April 16, 2010.  Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, [...]

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Urban Agriculture or City Farming is not a new concept, but it certainly is one that has been gaining momentum and exposure in recent years. What is Urban Agriculture you ask? The RUAF Foundation Resource Centers on Urban Agriculture and Food Security has a pretty good explanation for you. The short of it is growing [...]

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Kasim Reed was sworn in as the newest mayor of Atlanta today and we look forward to his promise to open all of the City’s community centers and improved funding for the City’s parks. Over the weekend the mayor-elect was in Renaissance Park in midtown taking part in a volunteer clean-up in partnership with Park [...]

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As the only state park planned and designed from scratch in the past 40 years in Georgia, Chattahoochee Bend State Park in Coweta County had its official ground breaking last week.  After years of planning, construction of the 3000 acre park is now underway.  When it opens in summer 2011 it will be Georgia’s fifth largest [...]

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