Posts by Marci Reed
Tiny Houses, Big Possibilities in Atlanta
People across the country are joining the Tiny House movement in an effort to minimalize their impact on the environment, their financial burdens and the limitations on their time and freedom. Southface supports that agenda, and we recognize that Tiny Houses can also address many community needs.
Read MoreHelp Us Make History At The 2016 Summer Solstice
Join us at the Summer Solstice to celebrate Dennis and the Southface History Project. Reunite with generations of Southfacers. Together, we can make history.
Read MoreLord Aeck Sargent Wins Six Preservation Awards
Congratulations to Eco Office architects Lord Aeck Sargent for winning six preservation awards from the Georgia Trust.
Read MoreInaugural Fulcrum Award Winners Announced
Imagine a simple awards program that could transform the market and shape the conversation. Southface, through creative thinking and provocative collaboration, created such a program with the inaugural Fulcrum Awards.
Read MoreSouthface Presents Argon Award for Leadership in Sustainability to Cox Enterprises
October 8, 2015 – Southface, the Southeast’s nonprofit leader in promoting sustainable homes, workplaces and communities, presented its 2015 Argon Award for leadership in sustainability to Cox Enterprises for its Cox Conserves sustainability program. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed presented the award at the Southface Visionary Dinner
Read MoreSteve Curwood Headlines Visionary Dinner
Recently, Southface staff examined our vision, mission and core values in the context of creating the organization’s next strategic plan. One of the most profound insights we gained from this exercise was the widespread commitment of our staff to the equity aspect of triple bottom line economics.This recent focus was part of the inspiration behind inviting Steve Curwood to speak at our upcoming Visionary Dinner.
Read MoreSteve Curwood on our Relationship to our Environment
Thirty years ago, when the first Earth Day rallies got underway, I was slow to get in line. But over the next 20 years things changed, and I changed, too. As a society, we made a lot of progress on many of the problems of 1970…Meanwhile, I became a journalist and a parent…Of all the issues Americans marched about in 1970, only the environment has gotten worse…life as we know and love it is changing profoundly.
Read MoreSimple Measures Can Really Add Up
Recently at Southface, we tried an experiment to limit water use. Challenged to reduce our water consumption by 20 percent in order to meet the requirements of the Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge, we decided to monitor our behavior in an easy, low-tech way.
Read MoreMarci B. Reed joins Southface leadership team
Southface is pleased to announce that Marci B. Reed will be joining the organization as chief development and communications officer beginning May 1, 2014.
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