Greater Greener Georgia

Greater Greener Georgia

Greater Greener Georgia is a short biweekly podcast where we talk about current event issues in Georgia, especially issues around climate change and the environment. We know it can be hard to focus on important news in today’s society, especially with the flood of information that comes at us from all directions. We want to help simplify things and highlight the problems and successes that matter.

Episodes

September 16, 2024 25 mins

Today, our host Mia Delamar talks with Ashwin Ramaswami, Candidate for Georgia State Senate district 48. Find out his background and his stance on some of the most important issues facing our state. (please forgive audio quality)

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Today, our host Mia Delamar talks with Ruwa Romman, House Representative for district 97 in West Gwinnett. Find out everything from her favorite food to how she plans to tackle the issues affecting our state.

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Today, our host Mia Delamar talks with Devin Barrington - Ward, candidate for Atlanta City Council, and finds out how he plans to tackle some of the most pressing issues of our time.

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We are back with the second episode of our Meet the Candidate series, where you get to meet the candidates running for office in the state of Georgia. In this episode, we talk to Susie Greenberg: candidate for State House District 53.

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After a brief hiatus, we are back with our Meet the Candidate series, where you get to meet the candidates running for office in the state of Georgia. Host, Mia Delamar, dives deep into their platforms to uncover what they stand for, what they believe in and how they plan to tackle the most pressing issues of our time. In this first episode, we talk to JD Jordan: candidate for State Senate District 56.

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June 4, 2024 31 mins

With Patty Durand, candidate for Georgia's Public Service Commission and author of Plant Vogtle: The True Cost of Nuclear Power in the U.S.. Read the report at gcvedfund.org/plant-vogtle

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May 14, 2024 15 mins

Today we are here with Aisha Bussy, Chief Business Officer at Capital Good Fund, and she’s here to help shine a light on solar energy. We here at GCV are committed to reaching 100% clean, renewable energy by the year 2050 and Aisha, along with the good folks at CGF are here to help us do just that

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April 30, 2024 14 mins

Today we're shining a spotlight on a fundamental pillar of our civic duty: voting. Grab your ballot and join us in a conversation with GCV EdFund's, Chassidy Malloy as we explore the importance of making your voice heard in the primary elections.

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In this episode, we explore the intersection of environmental stewardship and community advocacy with our guest, Tamara Zacks. Tamara shares with us her journey to preserve a historical community park and reminds us that, regardless of background, anyone can be an advocate for environmental change.

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Georgia Conservation Voters and its partners are committed to reaching 100% clean, renewable energy in the state of Georgia by the year 2050. One of the ways we can achieve that is through legislation. Here to tell you more about that, is GCV’s very own, Jesus Rubio in an exclusive interview with Lobbyist, Doug Teper.

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Can you imagine a world powered solely by clean, renewable energy? So can we. Join us as we kick off the 100% campaign with Mia Delamar and Jesus Rubio and relaunch the Greater Greener Georgia Podcast.

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The Georgia Legislative session is over for this year - so what happened? In this episode, we got to speak with Doug Teper, GCV's Policy Manager, to get a recap of the most important environmental bills from this year.
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March 24, 2023 6 mins

Join us for this episode to hear our Director Brionté McCorkle's commentary on Georgia Power's mismanagement of Plant Vogtle.

** correction: our Earth Day After Party is on Saturday, April 22!

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In this episode, we talked to Chy Kellogg (@sociallychy) about her work in the agriculture industry and got into the details of composting for our GCVEF composting challenge.

We are also mourning the sudden passing of our colleague, Rep. Tish Naghise, who worked with us at GCV before recently being sworn in as a State Representative. We miss her deeply and are sending our love and support to her family and friends.

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Tune into this episode to hear our interview with Vicki Weeks who's on the Steering Committee of the Climate Reality Project in Coastal Georgia. They're working to get funding from the Inflation Reduction Act for state climate policy along the coast of Georgia.

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In light of recent tragedy in the Weelaunee Forest, GCV released a statement in opposition of the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center (also known as "Cop City"). We send our condolences and strength to Tortuguita's community and encourage listeners to check out stopcop.city for more information.

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January 13, 2023 13 mins

New year, new episode! Tune in this week to hear Chassidy, GCV Community Organizer, explain the ins and outs of what Electric Membership Cooperatives (EMCs) really are and how YOU can help us hold them accountable. RSVP to attend our EMC Scorecard Launch and get involved with us! bit.ly/emc-launch

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December 16, 2022 29 mins

Tune into our final episode of the year to hear clips from Alexis and Miles's favorite episodes from 2022. See you next year!

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In our second to last episode of the year, we're talking about how individuals can make a big impact in their communities, from voting to taking big polluters to court.

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There's been lots of news out of Georgia recently and we're covering it all! Tune in to hear about how the 2022 election went (so far) in Georgia; learn more context around the Senate runoff; a Superior Court Judge overturned Georgia's 6 week abortion ban; Georgia is getting lots of funding for Electric school buses.

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