What We Do

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Awareness

Our environment beckons our care and attention. By nurturing awareness and fostering understanding, the Southern Sustainability Institute celebrates the power of community. We’re here to inspire sustainable practices and cultivate local leadership, ensuring a brighter, prosperous, and inclusive future for all.

About the Institute

Awareness

Our environment beckons our care and attention. By nurturing awareness and fostering understanding, the Southern Sustainability Institute celebrates the power of community. We’re here to inspire sustainable practices and cultivate local leadership, ensuring a brighter, prosperous, and inclusive future for all.

About the Institute

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Education

Education is crucial for an organization’s mission and objectives. It empowers individuals, promotes sustainable practices, and drives positive change in communities, leading to a more sustainable future. The Southern Sustainability Institute educates and equips local governments, businesses, and communities with the tools and expertise needed to implement sustainable solutions. This creates a region that sets an example for others to follow.

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Education

Education is crucial for an organization’s mission and objectives. It empowers individuals, promotes sustainable practices, and drives positive change in communities, leading to a more sustainable future. The Southern Sustainability Institute educates and equips local governments, businesses, and communities with the tools and expertise needed to implement sustainable solutions. This creates a region that sets an example for others to follow.

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Grassroots Initiatives

The Southern Sustainability Institute is dedicated to providing fact-based, unbiased, and inclusive policy advocacy to empower local communities in developing and implementing sustainable solutions, with a focus on renewable energy, fostering a more sustainable future at the community level.

The Institute’s mission is to educate, collaborate, and support local governments, businesses, and communities in their efforts to create a sustainable South, fostering concrete solutions and serving as a model for communities nationwide, ultimately contributing to a more sustainable country.

Community Involvement

Grassroots Initiatives

The Southern Sustainability Institute is dedicated to providing fact-based, unbiased, and inclusive policy advocacy to empower local communities in developing and implementing sustainable solutions, with a focus on renewable energy, fostering a more sustainable future at the community level.

The Institute’s mission is to educate, collaborate, and support local governments, businesses, and communities in their efforts to create a sustainable South, fostering concrete solutions and serving as a model for communities nationwide, ultimately contributing to a more sustainable country.

Community Involvement

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Community Involvement

Learn more about how the Southern Sustainability Institute is working to make a difference in the community. View all initiatives >

silhouette of Scout students showing help to each other Hold hands and pull each other up from the cliff to explore the beautiful forest in the evening as the sun sets.

Sustainability Merit Badge – Boy Scouts of America

The Sustainability merit badge is a sprawling project to take on, covering everything from energy and food waste to climate change and housing.

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Rooftop Solar for Athens Habitat Homes

Rotary’s Habitat Solar initiative is passionately committed to equipping Habitat for Humanity homes with clean rooftop solar energy.

Educational Energy Collective – Clarke County School District

The mission of the Educational Energy Collective is to create paths to transition school systems to clean and renewable energy.

Allied Organizations

These allied organizations convey a sense of alignment and shared goals between the Southern Sustainability Institute, emphasizing the collective effort in pursuing environmental and sustainability objectives. View allied organizations >

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