We are excited to participate with HERCULES as they present the Community Forum: Environment, Health, and Action” on October 11th. Please mark your calendars and look forward to receiving more information!! The Emory Health and Exposome Research Center: Understanding Lifetime Exposures (HERCULES) is a joint Emory and Georgia Tech project funded in in May, 2013 […]
ATLANTA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it is awarding over $179,000 to three organizations for the restoration of the Proctor Creek Watershed in Atlanta, Ga. Nationally, $2.1 million was awarded to 36 organizations in 17 states and Puerto Rico to help protect and restore urban waters, improve water quality, and […]
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 […]
No one organization can effectively address a large and complex environmental problem alone. A multifaceted environmental problem may take years to totally resolve and may engage hundreds of people, a number of government agencies and multiple non profit stakeholders. One of ECO-Action’s core strategies has been to assemble and coordinate efforts of communities and partner […]
Proctor Creek originates in downtown Atlanta and runs westward to the Chattahoochee River. Before 1927, Proctor Creek carried raw sewage from most of downtown Atlanta directly to the Chattahoochee River. In 1927, a combined sewer system was constructed which installed large combined sewer trunk lines partially above ground in the midst of low-income neighborhoods. Three […]
