| November 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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From an SDG Futures Fellow
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The SDG Futures Fellowship Program has been off to a great start with in-person and virtual experiences.
One fellow speaks about her experience thus far and her hopes for the fellowship moving forward:
"The most I got out of this was meeting new people and being exposed to diverse viewpoints. It’s encouraged me to refine my understanding and approach to sustainability while keeping in mind everything we have covered, Through this fellowship, I hope I can apply everything I’ve learned to the real world and actually go through the trials and errors for myself in order to grow and reach further."
- Maya Hasan, an SDG Futures Fellow
Learn more about the Fellowship on our website.
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RCE Greater Atlanta at RayDay 2022Sunday, October 16, 2022 | Serenbe
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RCE Greater Atlanta was at Ray C. Anderson Foundation’s RayDay 2022 on October 16th. In the photo are Claire Horn and Nancy Larson, members of the network who volunteered to table for RCE Greater Atlanta alongside Jay Bassett, Kayti Ducheine, Suzanne Haerther, and Charlotte King.
RayDay is an annual celebration that brings people together, encourages conversations and connections, and spreads word about sustainability. The event was held outside in a Serenbe country meadow with many sustainability-focused learning booths. RCE Greater Atlanta’s booth focused on spreading awareness of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Read about a personal account by Claire Horn:
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Equitable Dinners Interview
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Two RCE Greater Atlanta members recently stepped up to facilitate a dinner for Equitable Dinners Atlanta on September 18, 2022: Norah Sinclair and Carolyn Aidman. The event was hosted by Out of Hand Theater, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, the Fulton County Remembrance Coalition, and many other community partners and provided breakfasts, lunches, and dinners across Atlanta. The goal of the event was to mark the 116th anniversary of the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre as a community. To learn more about the events that happened and the conversations that can spur social change, Norah gave us details about the Equitable Dinners event.
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Updated Link for New M.S. Program in Global Development at GT
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The M.S. in Global Development is a one-year (12-month), 33-hour program designed to prepare professionals for sustainable development work in governments, private development firms, and NGOs in developing countries, primarily in Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, and Latin America. The program responds to the substantial challenges of rapid urbanization, climate change, and growing inequality in cities of developing regions and draws on concepts and skills from economics, politics, city and regional planning, and international affairs. Students will gain multidisciplinary knowledge and training needed to help address challenges in anything from infrastructure provision to poverty reductions. The program is hosted jointly between Georgia Tech’s School of City and Regional Planning, School of Economics, and Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.
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Park Pride Call for Presentations
Deadline: November 21, 2022 by 5:00 p.m.
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The past three years have reaffirmed the importance of parks and greenspace to our physical and mental well-being. The healing power of parks, however, goes beyond our personal health. Public greenspaces are also where we build strong community bonds, experience diverse ideas, and grow more culturally rich.
We also look to parks to heal and strengthen the urban environment—to manage stormwater, reduce flooding, cool and filter the air, and provide natural habitat. The good news is that a healthy park system has the capacity to fulfill all these roles—creating resilient urban ecosystems while simultaneously offering the health benefits we all seek. In this way, parks can be thought of as part of a natural healthcare system, which ensures that cities and all a city’s inhabitants thrive long into the future.
At the 2023 Parks & Greenspace Conference, local and national thought leaders will come together to explore the healing power of parks.
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Westside River Rendezvous
Deadline: November 19, 2022 by 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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It's time for the Annual Watersheds Check-up!
Join WAWA, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, the Proctor Creek Stewardship Council, community members, and volunteers in collecting water samples from Proctor, Utoy, and Sandy Creeks in Northwest and Southwest Atlanta Neighborhoods. Help us get a 1-day “snapshot” of water quality in these Westside streams to fuel future stewardship and improvement activities.
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USGBC Georgia + GAASLA NE Presents: Fall Social Thursday, Nov. 10, 5-8 pm ET | Creature Comforts Brewery, Athens, GA
The NE Section of the Georgia Chapter of Landscape Architects and USGBC Georgia would like to reconnect with the Greater Athens area! We hope to see you at the fall social at Creature Comforts. First beer on us! Come connect, build, learn and inspire with people of the same craft. Chat about what you’re working on, meet old friends, and make new ones. Free entry.
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USGBC Georgia Presents: 2022 Chrysalis Awards - Tuesday, Nov. 15, 6-8 pm ET | Interface HQ downtown Atlanta, GA
You’re invited to join USGBC Georgia as they celebrate their 2022 Chrysalis Awards event on November 15 at Interface HQ in Atlanta! Join building professionals and sustainability advocates from across the state to learn from the extraordinary projects and people contributing to a more sustainable built environment in Georgia and across the South. Keynote by Blair Beasley from Drawdown Georgia. Registration includes complimentary hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, program/speaker, networking opportunities and an awards presentation.
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USGBC Georgia Presents: 2022 Chrysalis Awards - Tuesday, Nov. 15, 6-8 pm ET | Interface HQ downtown Atlanta, GA
You’re invited to join USGBC Georgia as they celebrate their 2022 Chrysalis Awards event on November 15 at Interface HQ in Atlanta! Join building professionals and sustainability advocates from across the state to learn from the extraordinary projects and people contributing to a more sustainable built environment in Georgia and across the South.
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United Nations Association of Atlanta Events
November 11 and 12 | Virtual
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1) United Nations Day celebration: We're celebrating the 77th anniversary of the United Nations with the theme, Empowering Youth to Nourish Peace (November 11 starting at 5:15 PM EST), exploring the interrelatedness of food security with the Global Goals, youth engagement and youth empowerment. We have a stellar list of speakers, including Nadi Albino, Deputy Director Partnerships at UNICEF; Jamal Hill, American Paralympic Medalist, 2022 UN Young Leader; AY Young, singer/entrepreneur and creator of "Battery Tour," 2020 UN Young Leader, and more!
Learn more>
2) UNA-Atlanta partnered with Harvard Alumni in Healthcare and CARE to bring you a youth-led global health summit, Innovation to Action (November 12 starting at 11AM PST, that's 2 PM EST). The students created a SDG Competition with a prize of $500 USD where individuals can collaborate with their teammates across the globe. Last year, we had participants from over 30 countries! The organizers are in need of speakers to join their youth innovation roundtable (working in the health, including mental health, field) and a speaker for the Health Economics, Health Policy, and Healthcare Management roundtable (we currently have Laura Meizen-Dick, Shafi Bhuiyan, PhD, MD, MPH, MBA, Alexey Youssef, MD MS MBA ). This year's topics of discussion include pathogens, poverty & food, health technology, maternal health, health inequities, Indigenous health, and health economics. If you are interested in speaking, or know someone that I should contact, please let me know.
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COP27 Action Hub Event - Beyond Classrooms: Education as a Mechanism for Community Climate Action
November 15, 2022 | Virtual
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This side event of the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (UNFCCC COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, will discuss transformative community-based climate action and the importance of local solutions to global issues. Organized by UNU-IAS, it will share examples of education for sustainable development (ESD) projects implemented by the global network of Regional Centres of Expertise for ESD (RCEs).
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Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business Events
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Business Alumni
November 15 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Virtual
Join Scheller undergraduate and MBA sustainable business alumni and career advisors for this virtual drop-in event to chat about sustainability in your career field and discuss methods to increase your competitive advantage in the job market.
"Tracking" Climate Solutions in Georgia Seminar Series
November 17 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Virtual
Don't miss this series of seminars aimed at informing the development of a climate solutions tracker for Drawdown Georgia and assisting members of the Business Compact in their climate strategies. We will discuss:
- Innovative ways to track solution adoption
- People and places in Georgia that are demonstrating progress
- Critical infrastructure and enabling policies
- Characterizing market penetration and equity issues
- The potential for accelerating progress
- Business and advocacy leaders who are making a difference
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Park Pride is Hiring for Two PositionsDeadline: November 21, 2022
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Park Pride is HIRING two positions to help deliver our mission to engage communities to activate the power of parks.
Director of Education - Park Pride seeks a culturally competent, detail-oriented, thoughtful, self-motivated individual to join the team as Director of Education. This is a new position at Park Pride, reporting to the Executive Director, whose primary responsibilities include the development and implementation of a new community leadership development program, oversight of the annual Parks & Greenspace Conference, as well as other educational offerings that include thought-leadership Roundtables and Friends of the Park workshops and training.
Volunteer Program Associate - Park Pride seeks a Volunteer Program Associate. This position reports to the Director of Community Services and works closely with the Development team, as well as other program staff. The right individual for this position is comfortable with hands-on outdoor activities and enjoys working with community groups and other volunteers.
Learn more>
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| RCE Greater Atlanta Linktree
The RCE Greater Atlanta Linktree is up-to-date with resources about the new Fellowship Program as well.
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"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. 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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