Hello, My Name is…
Welcome, glad to have you with us. For those of you who have been following Profile Savannah Green since early Spring, please accept my formal apology for not introducing myself. Where are my manners?
I’m Summer Teal Simpson, coastal programs and outreach coordinator with the Georgia Conservancy. We’re a statewide environmental non-profit that aims to protect Georgia’s natural resources and heritage through education, advocacy and stewardship. Though our office is headquartered in Atlanta, we’ve had a presence on the Georgia coast for nearly 40 years. Throughout that time we’ve been engaged in some of the most pressing fights to preserve these 100 miles of coastline, including work to:
- Designate Cumberland Island as a national seashore and wilderness area
- Defend Little Tybee from phosphate mining
- Create the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Oppose oil and gas leasing off the Georgia coast
- Stop titanium mining near the Okefenokee.
- Designate Cumberland Island as a national seashore and wilderness area
- Defend Little Tybee Island from phosphate mining
- Create the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Oppose oil and gas leasing off the Georgia coast
- Stop titanium mining near the Okefenokee Swamp
Enough about us. Why are you here? Why are we blogging and why should you plug in?? All great questions. To start, we recognize that Savannah - and the greater Georgia coastal region - has alot of eco-news to talk about. But we don’t want to smooth the brain with policy wonk or scientist speak. We want to get folks like yourself jazzed about what’s happening in the enviroworld and connected to the eco-community around you.
But that’s not all. We want to get you engaged in conversation. Tell us your thoughts. Let us know what you want to hear about. I pride myself on being pretty regionally savvy but even my purview is limited. So speak up!
Lastly, I’ll tell you a little bit about myself. The internet and social media can be so impersonal so let me break me down. I’ve worked for five years in the eco-sphere for the Georgia Conservancy and, before that, for the Georgia Conservation Voters. I went to Auburn University for undergrad (War Eagle) and American University for grad school, which legitimized my love for the environment by way of two masters degrees in natural resources and sustainable development. I am a resident of Savannah, a lover of the great outdoors, and a social creature that can’t sit still. Oh, and I’m a writer. My online pursuits include pieces published with the Connect Savannah, TheMusicFile.com and the blog for The Creative Coast Alliance.
Fun stuff. I hope you’ll agree. Thanks again…
