| May Issue
Welcome to the RCE Greater Atlanta's monthly newsletter. Each issue includes updates on important events and highlights the projects of network members.
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RCE Greater Atlanta 'Business Engagement' Action Group Seeks Student Co-Leads for Two Projects
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1) KNOWLEDGE HUB:
The ‘Knowledge Hub for Sustainability’ aims to become a web-portal that brings relevant and actionable information to those who seek sustainable solutions to the problems they are tasked to resolve. The project is looking for a student co-lead to help with such tasks as organizing the development of an initial version of the internet platform, evaluating its performance and defining needs for improvements.
2) SPEAKERS BUREAU:
The Speakers Bureau organizes panel discussions on the subject of sustainability. The project is looking for a student co-lead who could help with such tasks as connecting with potential audiences, promoting the Speakers Bureau to these audiences as a resource, and maintaining records of its activities.
Read more about both of the projects here.
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How Georgia is doing its part to fight climate change, and how you can aid the effort
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Dr Kim Cobb is a Drawdown Georgia researcher, a member of the Georgia Climate Project Leadership Team, and Director of the Global Change Program at Georgia Tech. In her recent interview with 11Alive News she discusses how you can take action on climate change.
"People think about climate change as something that's far off in space and far off in time, impacting somebody else somewhere. Maybe it's impacting me in my lifetime, maybe my grandkids, but it's really not considered a here and now issue," said Georgia Tech professor Dr. Kim Cobb. "And it really is a here and now issue for Georgia."
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RCE Greater Atlanta Member Uwanna Etuk's Journey in Sustainability
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Unwanna Etuk has been involved with RCE Greater Atlanta since her time in the Youth Engagement group when she was a student at Georgia Tech. She is "one to watch" in sustainability and is currently working at The Ray Highway as a partnership coordinator & research analyst.
Read about her journey in the article "Alumna Profile: For Unwanna Etuk, Sustainability is a (Literal) Journey", written by Jennifer Holley Lux and published by Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business - Scheller College of Business - Georgia Tech on March 14, 2022.
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Charlotte King Reflects on Her Experience as a Sustainability Judge at The Triton Innovation Challenge
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RCE Greater Atlanta Member Charlotte King was a judge at the Triton Innovation Challenge, a business competition of the most promising, environmentally focused technologies generated by the finest minds at UC San Diego. She had the opportunity to ask students questions that were a direct extension of the RCE focus on the SDGs and on environmental justice.
"My perspective and questions for contestants were combined with those of judges who came from a venture capital background. We were judging innovative products at the intersection of public policy, innovation, sustainability, science, data, equity, and the United Nations SDGs. The ideas shared by contestants were gamechanger innovations for escalating meaningful climate solutions. I asked, 'How does this concept's viability translate from a Western lens to places where Indigenous populations are experiencing greater harm?'
The winning concept dealt with a bio replacement for plastics and already has early adopters. Another breakthrough was an extraordinary stormwater approach that addressed the impacts of pollution, contaminants, and high cost. Consider this, driving climate change innovation that is relevant to your neighbors next door, to a climate investor, and that addresses global goals is a tall order - but we're long past the easy remedies. Now water sources are becoming limited, weather is an existential threat, and the planet is fighting back with pandemic viruses. We need the big guns, we have to make the tough choices, and we hope to find the 'all of the above' silver bullet. "
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Atlanta Studies Symposium
May 6th, 8:00am-6:00pm (In Person at Georgia State University, College of Law)
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The pandemic has kept us at home, shifting our spatial imaginaries and how we experience the city. It has also shined a new light on the roles of essential workers and those not privileged enough to work from home. And as we come out of lockdown, there’s an opportunity to see the city (past, present, future) with new eyes. This could be a frame for thinking about novel methodologies to study Atlanta, a forum for exploring the diverse disciplinary perspectives that the Atlanta Studies Symposium brings together, as well as a loose umbrella that could bring together a variety of empirical studies, such as seeing from the perspective of marginalized communities/lost histories/stories from the periphery rather than the center.
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The Climate Reality Project's May Meeting with Jon Ossoff and Daniel Blackman
May 9th, 6:00pm (In Person at the Southface Institute)
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Senator Jon Ossoff will join in virtually from Washington D.C. to speak about how the Biden Administration's Build Back Better plan will benefit Georgians, especially our most vulnerable.
EPA Region 4 Administrator and Climate Reality Leader Daniel Blackman will speak about the EPA's climate action goals for the Southeast (Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida.)
Participants will have the opportunity to speak to Senator Ossoff and Administrator Blackman directly. Please send any questions beforehand to contact@climaterealityatlanta.org or on this form.
Register>
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Networking and Planning Session for RCE HELC's New Community of Practice
May 12th, 11:30am-12:30pm (Virtual)
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We are excited to invite you to the launch of a new community of practice (CoP) about teaching with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in higher ed. This is a community of educators from multiple institutions in the greater Atlanta area and beyond--UGA, Georgia Tech, and KSU are co-organizers, and instructors in southern and coastal Georgia expressed interest at a recent USG conference. Many of us are working on this topic in our own institutions and this CoP will help us expand our work by sharing our resources, providing networking opportunities, and advancing peer learning.
We will host a networking and planning session on Thursday, May 12 from 11:30am-12:30pm via Zoom. We will spend the first part of our meeting networking, giving you the chance to connect with other college educators engaging their students with the UN SDGs in their courses. We’ll then spend the second half of the meeting planning activities for the CoP in the coming academic year. Please contact Rebecca Watts Hull with questions (rwattshull@gatech.edu).
Sign up>
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Save the Date: RCE Americas Meeting
October 3rd-5th, 2022
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RCE Salisbury will host the 11th Americas Regional Meeting under the theme 'Now, More than Ever! The RCE Network as a Peace Leader!' in Salisbury, Maryland (USA). This is the first in-person RCE Americas Meeting since 2019.
Please save the dates on your calendars for October 3rd-5th, 2022. Also, please keep an eye out for opportunities to contribute to the meeting, details will be shared in the coming months.
For more information on the regional meeting, please access this link.
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Partnership for Southern Equity Seeks New Members for their Climate Change, Health and Equity Advisory Board
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Help support their Climate Change Health and Equity Project to advance environmental justice and health equity in Southwest Atlanta.
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Emory Civic and Community Engagement is Hiring for Two Roles
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- Coordinator: Reporting to the Associate Director for Civic and Community Engagement (CCE), the Program Coordinator is a dedicated, passionate, and motivational leader, who inspires and works well with students, colleagues, alumni and community partners to embrace the mission of Emory University and the CCE by collaborating to better the world through our civic and community engagement programs. Working under RCE member Johannes Kleiner (jkleine@emory.edu).
- Assistant Director, Atlanta Urban Debate League: The Assistant Director of the Atlanta Urban Debate League (AUDL) is a full-time, professional staff member employed by Emory University. The Assistant Director works with the Director to coordinate and supervise the daily operations of the AUDL. The Assistant Director of the AUDL is also a staff member in the Center for Civic and Community Engagement (CCE) and is expected to support department and university-wide events and initiatives. Working under Johannes Kleiner's colleague Christy Bradley.
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Partnership for Southern Equity is Hiring Just Energy Director
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PSE seeks a thoughtful, dynamic and courageous leader to serve as the Director of Just Energy. This position is responsible for leading, building, and maintaining a strong energy team at the Partnership for Southern Equity that includes the direct supervision and development of full-time staff.
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AASHE's 2022 Sustainability Leaders Impact Accelerator
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This year’s Impact Accelerator is an immersive, interactive virtual program designed to equip you with change management tools to engage diverse campus stakeholders in today’s fast-paced, hybrid work environment and an opportunity to establish and strengthen relationships with your peers.
Explore emerging topics in change leadership, build skills to advance sustainability and build buy-in across your institution, and recharge your battery as we cover topics such as Transformative Leadership, Racial Justice, Achieving Zero Carbon, Scope 3 Emissions, Online Dashboards, and Change Management.
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| RCE Youth Engagement Slack
If you are a college student, senior in high school, or 2-3 years removed from college or in graduate school, join the RCEGA Youth Engagement Slack Workspace! Find out the way to get plugged into our Action Groups and leadership opportunities.s!
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| RCE Membership Directory
A membership directory has been added to the website. It includes the option for a keyword search, as well as a drop down menu that organizes the list by action group.
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| RCE Calendar: Submit Your Events
The RCE Greater Atlanta Calendar is located on the Events page of the RCE website. Be sure to visit the page, and press "Submit an Event" to have your event included in the monthly calendar.
If you would like additional assistance promoting your event through RCE channels, please contact us at rcegreateratlanta@gmail.com. The more time we have, the better we will be able to help get the word out. Please get us the information one month in advance of the event date, if possible.
The RCE newsletter is sent out on the 1st Thursday of every month. Content is sourced from the Google Group, but RCE Members can also send projects, events, and stories to include! Please email rcegreateratlanta@gmail.com by the end of the previous month to be included in the following month's newsletter.
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RCE Resources
The Wiki includes ESD, SDG, and other RCE resources not only for Greater Atlanta, but also for the entire regional RCE community. Check out the RCE Americas Wiki page and the RCE Greater Atlanta Wiki page and feel free to contribute with resources.
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