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Going local

Alabama has more to do to fully support local food, says Edwin Marty

By Weekly Staff
Edwin Marty’s article is the latest in a special series of pieces written for Green Space during the month of January by area green activists. Marty is the executive director of Jones Valley Urban Far
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Environmental groups request federal takeover of ADEM

Fourteen Alabama environmental groups took a step last Friday that ought to send a chill up the spine of polluters

By Madison Underwood
A BOLD MOVE BY ALABAMA ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS: Fourteen Alabama environmental groups took a step last Friday that ought to send a chill up the spine of polluters that benefit from the state’s lax enforc
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Environment on defense during Alabama legislative session

Adam Snyder provide Green Space with updates regarding the status of key bills related to the environment during the current session of the Alabama legislature

By Weekly Staff
Adam Snyder, executive director of Conservation Alabama, will provide Green Space with updates regarding the status of key bills related to the environment during the current session of the Alabama le
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Share the road, save a life

Bike riders have the same rights and responsibilities as other drivers

By Weekly Staff
By Jenny Dorgan Dorgan is the latest in a series of Birmingham environmental activists who are contributing articles to Green Space this month. Many of us have happy memories of our first bike,
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Smart kids make green easy

By Jesse Chambers
AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD US: According to a news release from the Friends of P.S. 166, that public elementary school on New York’s Upper West Side is one of 128 schools in 21 states enrolled in the
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Stuff your face & fight hunger

Several Alabama groups are Fed Up With Hunger

By Jesse Chambers
The Birmingham Jewish Federation, Alabama Possible, and civic group Catalyst are teaming up on Thursday, Jan. 21, for Fed Up With Hunger, an event designed to help raise awareness of hunger on two con
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Forever Wild forever?

A coalition of Alabama business, conservation, and environmental leaders have stepped forward to protect the successful program

By Jesse Chambers
A coalition of Alabama business, conservation, and environmental leaders have stepped forward to urge that Forever Wild, the state’s public lands preservation program, be reauthorized. The Protect For
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How green is my legislature?

Adam Snyder of Conservation Alabama updates Weekly readers on the status of current bills

By Weekly Staff
To find an answer to that important question—over the course of the new session of the Alabama legislature—turn to Green Space. Adam Snyder, executive director of Conservation Alabama, will provide us
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Moving ahead or stuck in traffic

Birmingham needs transportation system that doesn't rely on cars

By Weekly Staff
Environmentalist Pat Byington shares his thoughts regarding the need for better mass transit in Birmingham in this piece, one of a series of green features written for us during the month of January b
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Live green, vote green

The greenest thing you can do is also the easiest: vote.

By Weekly Staff
Snyder’s piece is the second in a series of articles by Alabama environmentalists who will serve as guest writers for Green Space over the next few weeks. On Jan. 14, look for a discussion of the need