ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
PROTECT + PRESERVE OUR GREEN SPACES
Atlanta, the City in the Forest, is home to 447 local parks and dozens of nature centers, urban farms, and other greenspaces. Learn how you can protect and steward these natural environments to ensure all community members can live healthy lives.
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the problem
Greenspaces are more than a visual appealing part of our city’s landscape – they’re crucial to our existence. It’s simple: a healthy environment means healthy people. Our greenspaces are home to native plants and trees, which produce the oxygen we breathe and shelter the small creatures that keep our ecosystem in balance.
Greenspaces serve as gathering spots for community members, places where families can picnic and where children can attend meaningful programming. Parks, nature centers and public spaces are used daily by millions of Metro Atlantans, and unfortunately our normal human behavior leaves a negative impact on them. From trampled plants to pervasive litter to pollution, the natural systems struggle to succeed and will ultimately fail without our nourishment.
In addition, nearly 25% of Atlanta residents are without easy access to local parks and greenspaces, and there are neighborhoods and communities which face disproportionate negative environmental effects of our human behavior. We find this unacceptable, and our nonprofit partners do too.
The good news is that you can use your human behavior to make a positive impact. From tending to native plants, to collecting litter, to working a shift at the recycling center, there are so many ways you can help our nonprofit partners who are working to keep Atlanta a sustainable place for all.
Join us today to support their work.
2023 Environmental Sustainability IMPACT
Here are some highlighted impact numbers from our last fiscal year (Aug. 1, 2022 - Jul. 31, 2023). pride. In partnership with organizations like Piedmont Park Conservancy, Park Pride, Grant, Park Conservancy, and others, we mobilized over 4,000 volunteers with our environmental sustainability partners! Check out how you can help and sign up for a project today.
165 greenspaces
Goal: PROTECT OR PRESERVE 300 GREENSPACES
4,000 volunteers
Goal: Engage 5,000 volunteers
7,000 hours
Goal: Serve 10,000 hours
“You don’t have to be a tree nerd to appreciate the park.””
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Partners
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FEATURED PARTNERS
Volunteer with Park Pride or one of their “Friends of the Park” groups.
Support and/or maintain multiple community gardens + greenspaces.
Help the City of Atlanta keep roadways clear of litter and debris.
Get your hands dirty + help mulch, weed and maintain this unique Westside land.
Beautify one of Atlanta’s landmark greenspaces that hosts 6M visitors per year.
Join a special series of work sessions in select, Atlanta, greenspaces.
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Need help?
With so much need from our community, navigating the perfect project to fit your schedule, interests and accessibility can be tough. Luckily, we’ve got your back!
You can explore our Knowledge Center, reach out to a Hands On Atlanta teammate using the blue chat box on every page of our site OR email info@handsonatlanta.org and a member of our team will follow up as soon as possible.
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