Green Infrastructure Plan (map)

The following map locates proposed greenways, cisterns and detention vaults identified in the nine Conceptual plans developed as part of the Green Infrastructure at the Atlanta University Center Initiative between 2015 and 2016. A pdf of this Green Infrastructure Plan can be downloaded here

ECO-Action Completes Green Infrastructure at AUC Project

ECO-Action recently completed a project that established a collaborative, educational framework for Green Infrastructure (GI) within the Atlanta University Center (AUC). From June 2014 through August 2016, through workshops, field trips, community forums, and classroom instruction, more than 350 students contributed to plans to alleviate pervasive storm water flooding around AUC. With the assistance of […]

Green Infrastructure Conference

Join us on April 21st for an event highlighting green infrastructure options at the AUC.

April 5, 2016 Lynne Young Intergenerational Learning, Land, Organizing Communities, Water AUC, green infrastructure

AUC and Community Together Promote Green Infrastructure at Community Forum 2

ECO-Action and its partners (The Conservation Fund, Park Pride, CIA, WAWA and MAUWI), continue to engage the impacted under-served communities of English Avenue and Vine City in the Proctor Creek watershed through its Green Infrastructure for the AUC Initiative. The 2nd Green Infrastructure Community Forum held on November 14th at the Lindsay Street Baptist Church […]

ECO-Action Hosts First Green Infrastructure Community Forum at Spelman

On March 17th, ECO-Action hosted its first community forum on green infrastructure at Spelman College. About 80 students, faculty, staff and community members attended the forum that was held at the Manley Center. The 4-hour forum shared information about green infrastructure itself, current green infrastructure projects at Spelman, in Atlanta and at colleges across the […]

Inspiring Youth

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Youth Environmental Leadership and Learning Initiative

This youth educational program for high school youth trains environmental advocates/ambassadors to promote environmental protection in NPU-V community. The curriculum covers the following areas: • Place Matters; • Solid Waste; • Brownfields and Remediation; • Non-renewable and Renewable Energy, • Toxic Chemicals and Human Health; • Urban Waters and Toxic Chemicals; • Air Pollution and […]