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News & Events

Stay up-to-date with the watershed happenings!

Read our blog posts, press features and register for events led by West Atlanta Watershed Alliance and our Allies. 

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WAWA Blog Posts

WAWA Events

West Atlanta Watershed Alliance offers a wide range of programming for community members aged K to grey. Find an event for your friends, family and coworkers to attend within our environmental education, justice and stewardship programming. 

This Month's Events

May 2025
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Geology Night Hike
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Proctor Creek Restoration Day
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Reading Nature, Nature Writing Us
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WAWA Wednesdays: Homeschool Meet Ups
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Proctor Creek Stewardship Council Meeting
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Silent Earthing Hike
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UrbanHeat ATL Trainings
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5th Saturday Hike
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O-Littles Camp
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O-Littles Camp
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O-Littles Camp
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Service Saturdays -- Outdoor Activity Center
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Register for our annual WAWA events:

MLK Day of Service

"State of the Watersheds" Metro Atlanta Urban Waters Symposium 

Campout

Press Features 

& News

West Atlanta Watershed Alliance has worked diligently within west Atlanta communities for decades. Read some of our press features outlining our justice, stewardship and educational research and accomplishments. 

WAWA in the Headlines
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2024
2023
2022
Published Articles
  • Green Gentrification and Health: A Scoping Review (MDPI)

  • Mapping the Hidden Hazards: Community-Led Spatial Data Collection of Street-Level Environmental Stressors in a Degraded, Urban Watershed (MDPI)

  • A Scoping Review of Capacity-Building Efforts to Address Environmental Justice Concerns (MDPI)

  • Improvising against the racial state in Atlanta: Reimagining agency in environmental justice (Politics and Space)

  • Exploring the Association Between Health Disparities and Neighborhood Characteristics: The Case of Diabetes Mortality in DeKalb and Fulton Counties, Georgia (Handbook of Quality of Life and Sustainability)

In the News
  • Frontline groups play a critical role in the fight for climate justice (Saporta Report)

  • UrbanHeatATL Is Mapping Atlanta's Temperatures To Help Those In Danger Of The Heat (WABE)

  • WAWA's Darryl Haddock and Dr. Na'Taki Osborne Jelks talk about our newest research collaboration, UrbanHeatATL (Atlanta Magazine

  • Policy Forum Article on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Citizen Science co-authored by Dr. Na'Taki Osborne Jelks (Science Magazine)

  • WAWA-Community-Georgia Tech Collaboration to Innovate on Proctor Creek Trash Trap (Digital Journal)

  • 2021 Atlanta Music Festival explores confluence of arts and environmental justice through a week-long feature on the West Atlanta Watersheds (AMF)

  • After change, Atlanta Black Crackers now city’s first Major League Baseball team (AJC)

  • Helping to Engage Proctor Creek Community Members as Stewards of Their Watershed (EPA)

  • Proctor Creek Turns to Green Innovation (NRPA)

Reports
  • 2020 Survey Analysis (WAWA)

WAWA x GT VIP Outdoor Classroom
  • "Rooted in the Past and the Future: The Story of the WAWA Outdoor Classroom" Podcast (Spotify)

  • Georgia Tech Students Construct Community-Inspired Outdoor Classroom (Youtube)

  • GT WAWA Final Project Video (LINK)

Videos/ Photos
  • West Atlanta Watershed Alliance (LINK)

  • Cascade Springs Nature Preserve - Historical Pump House (Youtube)

  • Urban Forest Festival 2013 (YouTube)

  • Unlikely Environmentalists (YouTube)

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