City of Atlanta hosting sustainability initiatives for Earth Month

The Atlanta Mayor s Office of Sustainability and Resilience MOSR communicated that it will host a series of initiatives throughout April in commemoration of Earth Month With a focus on sustainability resilience and setting action the educational and community-focused events aim to address Atlanta s biggest conditions challenges extreme heat drought and flooding Already taking place on April was the city of Atlanta s pledge to join the UN-backed Race to Resilience a global campaign to strengthen circumstances resilience with the goal of building a resilience of billion people to setting risks by The event put a spotlight on various local sustainability efforts including the expansion of Atlanta s tree canopy the city s boost to solar vigor access along with its overall reduction in food waste On April for Earth Day s th anniversary MOSR will highlight the next generation of circumstances leaders by announcing the latest grant recipients for the city s Youth Situation Action Fund This year the city will award to local youth-led projects aimed at tackling setting challenges in their communities The grant announcement will be followed by the Atlanta Youth Circumstances Action Summit at city hall where young leaders will gather following the official Earth Day proclamation from Atlanta City Council Later in the month on April Atlanta s city hall will host Sustainability in Action Day a day-long event dedicated to sustainability initiatives with a focus on local food systems and urban agriculture according to MOSR The event will inform the masses about initiatives like AgLanta which repurposes vacant city land for local growers and other projects that sponsorship Atlanta s ecological systems Public partners will also be in-attendance to provide informational booths workshops along with a showcase for locally-sourced foods In the end the month will conclude with the launch of the Conditions Resilient ATL Plan Atlanta s first comprehensive setting resilience blueprint According to MOSR the initiative developed through months of public input research and planning will outline strategies to help the city prepare for adapt to and respond to weather change impacts The post City of Atlanta hosting sustainability initiatives for Earth Month appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta