Sustainable Newton

In the fall of 2024, Western North Carolina was exhibit A for just how devastating and life-altering a super-storm fueled by climate change can be -- even almost 400 miles from the ocean. But toda...

What a great experience for these Oxford College of Emory University students volunteering with Global Growers Network and learning from farmers who come to our country from all over the world.

"The project is crucial for helping the state meet a deluge of new electricity demand, as Virginia is at the center of the nationwide boom in data-center construction. CVOW will provide a huge amou...

"More than 100 countries have cut their dependence on fossil-fuel imports and saved hundreds of billions of dollars by continuing to invest in renewables, according to the International Energy Agen...

This fall, every registered voter in Georgia has a vote on who will fill two seats on the five-member Georgia Public Service commission. The PSC sets rates for investor-owned utilities in our stat...

When you consider all that's at stake -- rising electricity rates, data center electricity demands, and the climate-polluting fossil fuel buildout the PSC recently approved for Georgia Power -- and...

There has never been a more pivotal time for utility regulation in Georgia, and two of five seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission are up for grabs now. Early voting starts today and runs ...

We met Elizabeth Beak, founder & lead farmer of Joy to the Earth Trees, when our tents were next to each other at the Love is Love Farm Spring Plant Sale. We think their live tree rental approach ...

An excellent interactive visual story from the Financial Times showing how grid-connected battery storage is transforming the electricity marketplace and driving down reliance on gas for nighttime ...

So far in 2025, we've breathed a sigh of relief for each rapidly intensifying major hurricane that has formed in the Atlantic and veered away from the US mainland, safely into open waters. But, as...

On Monday, October 27, at 6 PM, Sustainable Newton is co-hosting an Oxford Community Campus event with Oxford College of Emory University and City of Oxford, Georgia featuring a presentation by Joh...

Before we even incorporated as a formal non-profit, the first event Sustainable Newton hosted in 2018 was a screening of the documentary film "Chasing Coral," before a large crowd at Oxford College...

At Sustainable Newton, we support the Drawdown Georgia goal of eliminating 2.5% of car trips in Georgia to reduce climate pollution by 1 million metric tons by 2030. And #biketoberatlanta is a gre...

Not coal. Not gas. Not other fossil fuels or nuclear. The world now generates more electricity from renewables than from any other fuel source.

Join us on October 27 for an Oxford Community Classroom event with Johns Hopkins MS Candidate Larry Heiman, delivering a talk about #climatechange impacts & solutions as part of his Capstone projec...