Sustainable Newton

Growing food sustainably is an essential element of climate action, and there are many ways we can facilitate positive change. For a limited time (4 days), the folks at Food Revolution Network are...

Current president Nancy Schulz and past president Maurice Carter were at McIntosh Trail Early Childhood Development Council's Newton County campus this afternoon to christen the solar energy system...

We've updated our website with the latest initiatives we're working on to help Newton County households, businesses, and governments implement climate solutions like #homeelectrification, #energye...

Landfill methane is a core issue causing climate change, which is why Solid Waste Diversion is one of Sustainable Newton's three top focus areas this year. Home composting can help, and Drawdown Ge...

Have you planted your Robin's Fleabane yet? What about your Spotted Horsemint or your Whitewood Aster?? If you don't have any idea what we're talking about, then you must have missed our convers...

From the The New York Times, a simple, easy to follow summary of the home energy federal tax credits available now to homeowners under the #InflationReductionAct, as well rebates coming later this ...

We're so happy to see Newton County Schools pursuing rebates for 10 electric school buses under the US EPA's Clean School Bus program! Thanks to Chief Operations Officer Dr. Michael Barr and his s...

Covington residents: Effective today, you now have a convenient, free option for recycling household glass and cardboard. https://maps.app.goo.gl/PeZQU7HbzvjCD42J7 Please, please, please make no...

We encourage local businesses, neighborhoods, and civic groups to join Keep Newton Beautiful on Saturday, March 23 for the #GreatAmericanCleanup. Sustainable Newton will be organizing an event whe...

Wondering what the buzz is all about!? It's almost 🌷🪻🌹🌺🌸🌼, and the 🦋🐝🪰🐛are coming! Listen to the replay of Becky Griffin's presentation to our members last night, and you'll be excited too!

Eliminating tailpipe emissions by transitioning to #electricvehicles is important for addressing #climatechange. But is also an immediate way to reduce the number of health issues and premature de...

Like Larry Heiman, at Sustainable Newton we believe in leading by example. So we've been implementing #cleanenergy solutions in our own lives, while also helping friends and neighbors take advanta...

Bigger is not better, and all farming is not the same. Scientists with Project Drawdown associate 24% of humanity's greenhouse gas emissions with the food, agriculture, and land use sector. Drawdo...

We learned about this in our conversation with Becky during last night's Sustainable Newton members meeting. Over $635M in economic impact from pollination. Those are some busy bees, indeed! 🐝

More great work by our friends at Cherry Street Energy and Georgia Interfaith Power & Light, featured in SaportaReport.