Activity:  Indigenous Tree and Bush Planting and Sales

This activity is led by city leads in our 14 cities quarterly for a total of 56 times annually in multiple venues. Time allocated to this activity is 7% of the operating budget.  Each event is funded by a combination of contributions and tree and bush contributions by local nurseries resulting in an overall expenditure of less than 3% of our overall expenses.  This event contributes to several of our objectives, 1) reforestation of trees and bushes with indigenous species; 2) educating the public on the value of using indigenous species; and 3) improving the tree canopy in our green spaces, easements and barriers between building zones.

Activity:  Education - Nature Hikes 

The leads for this activity will be volunteers that are subject matter experts on the particular focus of the hike.  i.e. arborist would lead the hikes focused on trees and plant life and a Georgia wildlife biologist would lead the wildlife walks. CGG plans on conducting 56 hikes each for wildlife, trees and plantlife and for endangered species for a total of 168 annually .  The time allocated to this activity is 10% and it is funded by contributions.  The percentage of overall expenditures is approximately 5%.  This activity furthers our purposes by educating our public on the importance of maintaining our wetlands and forests that support our indigenous plants, trees, wildlife and amphibians that make up our diverse ecosystems.  

Activity:   Workshop  - Safe Beekeeping

CGG has identified three Beekeeper Partners to conduct classes in bee keeping.  The plan is to conduct 2 classes in each of our counties annually  (6 total).  Each county will conduct 2 classes annually (6).  The time allocated to the activity is approximately 5 percent as is the overall expense.  The purpose of the activity is to educate the public about the importance of pollinators and  how bee keeping can help the environment, as well as, improve their plant production.  We will also include a discussion of invasive plants and how they harm the indigenous plants and disrupt the ecosystem.  

Activity:  Education - Seminars on: Wetlands & Wildlife Preservation 

This activity will be led by our city leads in our 14 cities monthly for a total of 168 time annually.  They are taught to groups online or in person and are applicable to audiences from mid teens through adults.  The time allocated to a city team is approximately 5%, the training materials are reusable from course to course and the length of each session is between 1 and 1.5 hours.  The overall expense is 1% due to the reuse of the materials.  The activity is funded by contributions.  The activity is intended to educate the public about the importance of wetlands, their contribution to fresh water and how the aid in flood prevention and support wildlife and Flora.