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
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
2024
Capital B Atlanta
West Atlanta’s Watershed Alliance Wants More Black People to Connect with Nature
Reckon South
The alliance taking on Atlanta’s water crisis
Villa Albertine
Atlanta: Reflections on Beholding, Protecting, and Dismantling
Secret Atlanta
How To Experience The Total Solar Eclipse In Atlanta: Your Ultimate Eclipse Guide
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Gwinnett selected for global heat mapping as Earth breaks records
Fox 5 Atlanta
Eclipse 2024 Guide: Viewing parties in metro Atlanta
Rough Draft Atlanta
UPDATE: Atlanta’s water crisis continues to impact major events, businesses
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Atlanta water outage: Boil water advisory remains as repairs continue
2023
Capital B Atlanta
Black Neighborhoods Burdened by Industrial Air Pollution Will Finally Get Answers
Saparta Report
Celebrating Black History Month: Honoring Juanita Wallace, a Local Watershed Warrior
Arts ATL
“Cassie’s Ballad”: A walk in the woods addresses impact, legacy of Child Murders
Saporta Report
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw State collaborates on community projects to address global issues at the local level
Atlanta Magazine
Boil water advisory continues even as Atlanta’s water crisis eases
Anthropocene
Alliance
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
Student Conservation Association
The Conservation Fund
Investing in the Next Generation of Urban Conservation Leaders
National Wildlife Fedration
The Earth Tomorrow Summer Institute Brings Environmental Justice to Youth
2022
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Inspire Atlanta: West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
Georgia State News Hub
Points of Light
True Reward of Success is Giving Back to Community, Says Atlanta Volunteer
Atlanta Journal Constitution
As heat risk grows, researchers hunt for Atlanta’s hotspots
American Federation of Teachers
How Pollution Is Ruining Our Planet and Our Health—and What We Can Do About It
American Rivers
Teaming Up to Take Care of Urban Streams
Inside Climate News
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Na’Taki Osborne Jelks Pushes for Environmental Justice on Climate Change
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Atlanta Creek League hopes friendly competition can revive waterways
Inside Climate News
Kresge Foundation
Kresge’s climate change funding to BIPOC-led organizations more than triples in last decade
National Wildlife Federation
River Network
Connecting People, Saving Rivers: Darryl Haddock
Published Articles
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Green Gentrification and Health: A Scoping Review (MDPI)
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Mapping the Hidden Hazards: Community-Led Spatial Data Collection of Street-Level Environmental Stressors in a Degraded, Urban Watershed (MDPI)
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A Scoping Review of Capacity-Building Efforts to Address Environmental Justice Concerns (MDPI)
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Improvising against the racial state in Atlanta: Reimagining agency in environmental justice (Politics and Space)
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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
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Frontline groups play a critical role in the fight for climate justice (Saporta Report)
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UrbanHeatATL Is Mapping Atlanta's Temperatures To Help Those In Danger Of The Heat (WABE)
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WAWA's Darryl Haddock and Dr. Na'Taki Osborne Jelks talk about our newest research collaboration, UrbanHeatATL (Atlanta Magazine)
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Policy Forum Article on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Citizen Science co-authored by Dr. Na'Taki Osborne Jelks (Science Magazine)
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WAWA-Community-Georgia Tech Collaboration to Innovate on Proctor Creek Trash Trap (Digital Journal)
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2021 Atlanta Music Festival explores confluence of arts and environmental justice through a week-long feature on the West Atlanta Watersheds (AMF)
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After change, Atlanta Black Crackers now city’s first Major League Baseball team (AJC)
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Helping to Engage Proctor Creek Community Members as Stewards of Their Watershed (EPA)
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Proctor Creek Turns to Green Innovation (NRPA)
Reports
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2020 Survey Analysis (WAWA)