Rachel Usher

Climate nerd. Bike obsessed. Catch me snacking on pickles and boiled peanuts.

[Rachel Usher @Rachel_Usher2]

Great news for expanded bike infrastructure in ATL: https://t.co/FCjcZT8h0h

[GT Global Change Program @GT_GlobalChange]

@cityofsavannah @MayorJohnsonSAV The #GeorgiaClimateConference underscores the importance of collaborative #ClimateAction- we're thrilled to be a part of it.

P.S. for more collaborative, inspiring work on sustainability & climate action, check out @drawdownga and @GAClimateProj (and learn how to get involved!).

[Rachel Usher @Rachel_Usher2]

The forestry session speakers are giving us a metric southerners understand, ‘the forestry industry is 3x bigger than Chick-fl-A.’ #GeorgiaClimateConference

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What an honor to present on this climate comms panel with @hood_naturalist, @jillgambill Chelsea Sawyer, and Ashby Nix Worley! (Also, wow—who runs this fabulous twitter account @GAClimateProj 🧐)

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‘Climate change isn’t an environmental issue. It is an intersectional human rights issue.’ -Dr. Fatemeh Shafiei from @SpelmanCollege at the #GeorgiaClimateConference

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‘Equity means you have to take care of the cheating that has been done in the past. We have to set that straight first before we get to well-being.’ -Felicia Davis

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‘We need to design our economy around maximum well being instead of maximum growth.’ -Felicia Davis, Managing Director HBCU Green Fund at the #GeorgiaClimateConference

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“Just because it’s clean, doesn’t mean it is just.” -Chandra Farley from @PSEquityMatters on energy production at the #GeorgiaClimateConference

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I’m here on Jekyll with the @GAClimateProj! First panel of the day, ‘What does a changing climate mean for equity and justice in Georgia?’

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@ga55project Do you need any more volunteers tonight?

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Hey @ga55project, if I wanted to donate some packaged snacks and water around 4:30 today, could I do this?

[Rachel Usher @Rachel_Usher2]

I am a RSPH staff member (former student), and saw all of the awesome volunteering students are doing today!