Today on Athens News Matters, a Georgia-based activist discusses how widespread methane gas leaks are a health equity issue. Plus, what happens when sustainability becomes trendy.
Georgia’s natural gas pipelines are due for repair, says activist group
When people think about greenhouse gases, usually CO2 comes to mind. As it turns out, methane gas is considered a far more potent contributor to climate change. Almost 50,000 miles of pipeline run underneath Georgia soils, transporting this natural gas, and, sometimes, leaking it.
Almeta Cooper is the National Manager of Health Equity at Moms for Clean Air Force, a national advocacy group with a chapter in Georgia that works to protect children from air pollution and climate change. WUGA’s Alexia Ridley spoke with Cooper earlier this week.
“Capitalism at thrift stores:” UGA fashion professor weighs in on Tiktok’s underconsumption core
In Athens, a second hand economy thrives, buoyed in part by the ever changing landscape of social media. Lately, videos of thrift store bounties and the so-called “underconsumption-core” aesthetic have flooded the online world. But what does it mean when “underconsumption” becomes trendy?
WUGA’s Emma Auer sat down with Dr. Sha’mira Covington, an assistant professor of fashion at the University of Georgia’s College of Family and Consumer Sciences to discuss the trend-ification of sustainability practices—and whether these behaviors are really helpful at all.
Keep calm and carry on: UGA launches new program in crisis communication
This fall, the University of Georgia launched a new initiative– a graduate certificate in crisis, risk and disaster communication to prepare the next generation of professional communicators.
This new initiative combines the academic and career-preparation strengths of three UGA programs – the Crisis Communication Think Tank in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Risk Management and Insurance Program in the Terry College of Business and the College of Public Health’s Institute for Disaster Management.
The goal of the certificate is to give students who complete the program the communication knowledge, skills, and experience to guide organizational leaders, corporate executives, community partners, and other key stakeholders.
Terry College Professor James Carson, head of the Department of Insurance, Legal Studies and Real Estate and one of the driving forces behind this initiative, talks with WUGA’s Greg Trevor in the latest episode of our series, “A Few Minutes With …” exploring UGA’s initiatives and their benefits to the state of Georgia and beyond.
Carson and his fellow faculty are already discussing how to scale this initiative to better prepare crisis, risk and disaster communicators worldwide. More information can be found at grady.uga.edu/news.
