Sustainable Sumter

03/21/2020

While many know April 22 as International Earth Day, the first Earth Day occurred 50 years ago on March 21, 1970, predating the inaugural April environmental celebrations by a few weeks.

02/11/2020

Americus, GA – Koinonia Farm , a Georgia based intentional Christian community non-profit organization that serves as a working farm and house of hospitality, is set to receive power from a new...

01/19/2020

Silicon Ranch is partnering with White Oak Pastures and employing its flock of sheep and holistic grazing methods to manage vegetation, remove carbon and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and store them long-term in the soil, restore overall ecosystem function and strengthen the rural economy.

A partnership between White Oak Pastures and Silicon Ranch will encourage regenerative practices on solar farms. In 2020, this partnership will bring holistic planned livestock grazing and regenerative land management practices to nearly 2,400 solar farm acres in Southwest Georgia to create carbon s...

12/22/2019

Solar road in GA!

TROUP COUNTY, GA. (WRBL) – Troup County is now home to a major technological innovation, the first solar road in America. The Ray, the Georgia Department of Transportation, and international …

10/20/2019

An Unusual Alliance: Sierra Club + Tea Party

The gains of the last five years were made in part because people who are not normally political allies have worked together, or at least rowed their separate boats in the same direction.

The state has plenty of sun, but little support for solar power in the legislature. Here’s how a Republican who goes by ‘Bubba’ changed the energy landscape.

10/16/2019

Sumter County Commissioners approved all 8 parcels for the Americus Solar project unanimously!

10/04/2019

Do you support solar? Check these out! We need you to wear them at the Commissioners meeting. Ask me how!