GFWC Georgia - Environment CSP

09/04/2026

🍯 September is National Honey Month! 🍯

Join us in celebrating the hardworking honeybees that help pollinate our plants and produce the delicious honey we enjoy year-round.

Ways to celebrate National Honey Month: 🐝 Support your local beekeepers by purchasing local honey
🌻 Plant pollinator-friendly flowers in your garden
🍯 Try a new recipe featuring honey
☕ Sweeten your tea or coffee with honey instead of sugar
📚 Learn more about the important role bees play in our ecosystem

🐝Raise funds to give the gift of Honeybees through Heifer International: https://www.heifer.org/give/gift-catalog/animals/gift-of-honeybees

Let's give a little appreciation to the tiny pollinators that make a big impact. Happy National Honey Month! 💛

A Heifer honeybee gift donation includes a bee package, hive, box and training in beekeeping techniques.

07/16/2026

"The origins of today's GFWC Environment Community Service Program can be traced to the early 1900s, even before the introduction of the GFWC Department of Forestry in 1906." To learn more, read the GFWC post from WHRC Wednesday.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ZXoJokc87/

It's WHRC Wednesday! Most of our members know that GFWC has been a stalwart supporter of environmental conservation for over a century: advocating for state and national parks, protecting animals, and supporting legislation to ensure our communities have safe water, soil, and air. But did you know that the bedrock of this work can be found in the forest?

The origins of today's GFWC Environment Community Service Program can be traced to the early 1900s, even before the introduction of the GFWC Department of Forestry in 1906. Our forestry efforts have included land preservation through both advocacy and direct action, as well as related concerns like forest fire prevention. In 2025, GFWC renewed its commitment to wildfire prevention and safety through the introduction of Resolution 160-130, which asks our member clubs to support education, awareness, emergency planning, and funding to prevent such disasters, and to help affected communities recover.

Left: Smokey Bear trophy, awarded to GFWC for "Outstanding Public Service in Forest Fire Prevention" by the National Association of State Foresters and the US Department of Agriculture - Forest Service, 1964.
Right: GFWC President Louise Graham Brown (1970-1972), on the right, receiving a Smokey Bear stuffed animal at an unidentified event.



PS: Want to learn more about this aspect of GFWC history? Check the comments for a link to an article about clubwomen and forestry in the early 20th century!

09/03/2024

It's almost fall but our pollinators are still hard at work....

06/02/2023

http://millionpollinatorgardens.org/

Help build on the Million Pollinator Garden Movement We surpassed our goal to register a million gardens and landscapes to support pollinators. Learn more about the garden networks that made this possible. 1 out of 3Pollinators Still Need Your Help Pollinators are responsible for 1 out of 3 bites of...

05/01/2023

May is AMERICAN WETLANDS MONTH!

Contact, and request, a local water treatment facility in your area.

Many people view wetlands as “wastelands,” having few virtues. But it is now known that wetlands provide many useful services, from improving water quality to providing habitat for important fish and wildlife. These kinds of benefits would be costly to create, so maintaining natural wetlands is ...

01/30/2023

https://www.wetlands.org/blog/world-wetlands-day-2023/

World Wetlands Day is celebrated on 2 February every year. It also marks the anniversary of the Convention on Wetlands, which was adopted as an […]

01/22/2023

https://www.energystar.gov/

ENERGY STAR makes it easy for consumers and businesses to save money and protect the environment.

12/14/2022

MONARCH WINTER SIGHTINGS
Learn about monarchs and how to report monarch sightings at

Estela Romero provides a description of monarch activity in Mexico. If you live in the Southeastern U.S., please participate in our targeted winter monarch monitoring project.