Sweetwater Creek State Park is a peaceful tract of wilderness near 6 Flags Over Georgia. A wooded trail follows the stream to the ruins of the New Manchester Manufacturing Company, a textile mill burned during the Civil War. Beyond the mill, the trail climbs rocky bluffs to provide views of the beautiful rapids below. Additional trails wind through fields and forest, showcasing ferns, magnolias, wild azaleas and hardwoods.
Georgia State Parks
Visit one of the many parks that the state of Georgia has set aside as places for you to see nature and appreciate the environment. I suggest Tallulah Falls and Amicalola Falls.
Arabia Mountain
For more than 10,000 years, people have lived here. The area is rich in natural wonders that drew Native American travelers and traders, settlers looking for new land after the Creek succession, freed slaves, and a group of Trappist monks. The people who came here forged interesting tales and the evidence they left behind illustrates the complexity of Native, African-American and Anglo communities
Chattahoochee Nature Center
The Center's mission is to provide a local place for learning experiences, volunteerism, and outdoor family activities that strengthens the environmental stewardship commitment within the community.
Stone Mountain
Listed in Frommer’s 500 Places to Visit with Your Kids Before They Grow Up and cited by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as one of “35 Natural Wonders in Georgia You Must See Before You Die,” Stone Mountain Park is located just 16 miles east of downtown Atlanta. The five square mile park is Georgia’s most visited attraction. It is also home to the world’s largest piece of exposed granite,
Yellow River Game Ranch
Stroll along a mile-long trail on 24 wooded acres and encounter over six hundred highly sociable birds and animals indigenous to the state of Georgia. White-tailed deer, bunnies, buffalo, sheep, kid goats, black bears and a bevy of new-born animals are waiting to be fed, admired and petted on a "nose-to-nose" basis. We specialize in "people-friendly" wildlife
VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME
SoulShine Farm Camp
This is a summer camp for children that teaches sustainable practices and instructs attendees on methods of farming.
Life Cycle Building Center
The LIFECYCLE BUILDING CENTER (LBC) project is a collaborative effort between many Atlanta area stakeholders. The idea is to reduce solid waste disposal, promote resource efficiency, stimulate economic development, and empower every citizen to improve their own built environment
Trees Atlanta
Founded in 1985 by Central Atlanta Progress, the Junior League of Atlanta, Inc. and the Atlanta Parks Commissioner, Trees Atlanta has been a prime force in addressing Atlanta's tree loss, creating increased green space, and conserving the city's trees.
Trees Atlanta has: -Planted and distributed more than 88,000 shade trees. -Cared for more than 100,000 trees -Educated an average of 2000 children and adults annually about the importance of urban trees and how to plant and properly care for them.
Atlanta Beltline
The Atlanta BeltLine is the most comprehensive revitalization effort ever undertaken in the City of Atlanta and among the largest, most wide-ranging urban redevelopment and mobility projects currently underway in the United States. This sustainable project is providing a network of public parks, multi-use trails and transit by re-using 22-miles of historic railroad corridors circling downtown and connecting 45 neighborhoods directly to each other.
PARTICIPATE IN CONSERVATION
Aware One Wildlife Rescue
Located just 20 minutes from downtown Atlanta in the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, the center is surrounded by 3000 acres of forest, streams and wildlife. AWARE is a federally recognized, tax-exempt, non-profit organization of volunteers working to preserve and restore wildlife and its habitat through education and wildlife rehabilitation.
Kangaroo Conservation Center
The center's kangaroo collection, the largest outside of Australia, is valuable in saving kangaroos. The killing of Australia's kangaroos, both legally and illegally, constitutes the biggest land wildlife massacre in the world, surpassed only by the decimation of the American bison in the last century. The center has a primary role in the protection of kangaroos thru captive breeding and this is why these animals must be conserved for the future.
Noah's Ark Animal Rehab Center
This place is awesome. Check it out!
Atlanta Humane Society
The AHS is the oldest private charitable organization in Atlanta. The animal charity was originally chartered to protect women, children, and animals and remained a child protection and animal welfare society for 79 years. The Shelter, now a widely recognized pet adoption center, clinic, and educational program provider, was originally located on Marietta Street and moved to its present location at 981 Howell Mill Road in the 1930s. AHS does not euthanize for time or space
CHANGE THE WAY YOU EAT
Serenbe Farms
Serenbe Farms is a certified organic farm nestled in the sustainable Serenbe community, Southwest of Atlanta, Georgia. They offer over 350 varieties of vegetables, herbs, flowers, fruits, and mushrooms. All of their produce is distributed within 40 miles of the farm.
Truly Living Well Center for Urban Agriculture
Since 2006, Truly Living Well has been providing the local Atlanta community with organically grown vegetables and fruit direct from their certified natural Atlanta farm. Their vegetables, fruits, and herbs are grown without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and other substances which have been proven harmful to one’s health and the earth that sustains us.
Yeah! Burger & Green Restaurants ATL
This site provides a directory of restaurants that practice sustainability. Support these local restaurants and not TGI Fridays.
Shop at Co-ops and Farmer's Markets
Local Co-op Grocery Stores:
Life Grocery (Marietta) Sevananda (Little 5 Points)
This site provides a list of the farmer's markets that you can find in Georgia.