Sustainable Newton

We had a tremendous turnout for Monday evening's Home Composting workshop hosted by Sustainable Newton, UGA Extension & 4-H in Newton County, Newton County Young Farmers, and Keep Newton Beautiful....

"In the first half of 2025, investment globally in renewable technologies and projects reached a record $386bn, up by about 10% on the same period last year. Investment in energy around the world i...

Our fall newsletter has the latest dirt on our home composting workshop -- including how you can take home a composting tumbler for free! Learn too about October's Oxford Community Classroom event...

Register early to reserve your free compost bin. See https://events.sustainablenewton.org/Oct-6-2025 for details & to sign up.

A small but vocal minority want you to keep quiet about your #climatechange concerns. You may feel outnumbered -- or even alone. They want you to think that. But those of us working for #climateact...

From the very beginning, we founded Sustainable Newton with a hyper-local focus on bringing climate solutions to life in our own community, taking action where we live, work, and play. But our coll...

When you compare the relative emissions of fossil fuels and renewable energy, it's not just about the emissions associated with the burning of the coal, oil, or gas. You have all of the emissions ...

Climate scientist Dr. Kimberly Nicholas and the team at Project Drawdown have created a very cool tool called SHIFT -- short for Super High-Impact Initiative for Fixing Tomorrow. Based on five res...

If you're one of the first 25 to register for & attend our #HomeComposting workshop with UGA Extension & 4-H in Newton County & Newton County Young Farmers, you'll assemble & take home a free #comp...

Here's a great example of #ClimateAdaptation right here in Georgia, in Vine City. We're already seeing how #climatechange supercharges rainfall and leads to more intense #flashflooding. "Sponge p...

Register now to reserve your free compost tumbler. https://events.sustainablenewton.org/Oct-6-2025

Our Fall Newsletter has it all. Read at https://news.sustainablenewton.org/Fall25

The folks at Project Drawdown have taken a huge step forward in providing insightful, relevant, actionable data about over 100 #climatesolutions with their #DrawdownExplorer -- https://drawdown.org...

"Cycling isn’t just good for the planet, your wallet and your fitness. Choosing this form of transportation for your errands instead of driving or taking the train may also help you prevent cogniti...

We love seeing students learning about sustainable farming and the importance of local food.