Rising Currents
Profiles of WAWA's Brightest Emerging Leaders Volunteers that provide critical support, capacity and believe healthy environment = a healthy community ...
Read MoreProfiles of WAWA's Brightest Emerging Leaders Volunteers that provide critical support, capacity and believe healthy environment = a healthy community ...
Read MoreRain Barrels are a great way to use rain water in a productive way, keeping it from becoming stormwater! Water use from rain barrels helps us reduce our dependency on our municipal water supplies. Saving rain water in rain barrels can be used...
Read MoreOn June 23, 2012, the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, National Wildlife Federation, and REI are hosting a FREE community camping event at the Outdoor Activity Center in Southwest Atlanta. This Campout is a part of NWF’s nation-wide Great American Backyard Campout, which aims to engage...
Read MoreJoin WAWA on Saturday, June 2nd for National Trails Day! Roll up your sleeves in service with volunteers of all ages to help restore the 26-acre Outdoor Activity Center urban forest by delineating and maintaining trails, identifying and removing invasive plants, helping with indoor cleaning projects, and helping to maintain the community...
Read MoreJoin WAWA for our first "Toddler Time" program at the Outdoor Activity Center on Wednesday, April 4th at 11:00 am! We have partnered up with the Alliance's Theatre for the Very Young production of the "The Tranquil Tortoise and the Hoppity Hare. The race is on...
Read MoreHow would you like to watch in your children take a hike through one of Atlanta’s oldest untouched forests? Watch them listen to stories while trees bud and flowers bloom around them. By calling now these activities and so many more are theirs to experience!...
Read MoreJoin WAWA, Keeping It Wild, and the National Wildlife Federation's Earth Tomorrow Program to prepare the OAC's Pollinator Habitat, Bioponica Sustainable Farming System, and UGRO Community Garden for spring planting and to mulch the trails, remove invasive plants, and spruce up the nature center. This activity is family friendly and a...
Read MoreWest Atlanta Residents Restore Proctor Creek, Conserve Water, and Revitalize their Neighborhoods The West Atlanta Watershed Alliance and partners are hosting a Rain Barrel Workshop for residents in the English Avenue/Vine City communities on January 22, 2011 followed by a citizen-led clean-up of a tributary of...
Read MoreNancy Stoner, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Assistant Administrator for Water made a visit to West Atlanta and the Outdoor Activity Center during a recent trip to Atlanta. Stoner and EPA Region 4 Deputy Administrator toured the OAC and met with WAWA Board members and community partners to learn...
Read MoreJoin WAWA and Keeping It Wild, Inc. for an evening with Rue Mapp, Founder of the California-based organization, Outdoor Afro. Rue will speak on "The Future of Partnerships to Support Diverse Outdoor Engagement". The event will take place on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 @ 7:00 pm at the...
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