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RECYCLE THIS ISSUE: Welcome to Flagpole’s first Green Issue! Saving the planet starts at home. Read on for lots of local sustainability-related info,
including a composting primer, recycling FAQs, a look at Athens’ budding youth eco-army and more.
Feature
Green Advice From Local Experts
...6
Feature
Terrapin’s Brewing Operation
Goes Solar
. 11
2 Grub Notes
Local Vegan Burger Roundup
. 13
Feature
How to Have a Sustainable
Spring Break
. 14
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CARTOONISTS Lee Gatlin, Missy Kulik, Jeremy Long, David Mack
PHOTOGRAPHER Whitley Carpenter
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ISSUE NUMBER 5
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CIRCULATION
City Dope 4
This Modern World 5
Street Scribe 5
Greensplainer 9
The Locavore 12
Threats & Promises 15
Radio Report 15
Kiddie Dope 17
Movie Dope 19
Flickskinny 19
The Calendar 20
Local Comics 25
Bulletin Board 26
Art Around Town 26
Classifieds 28
Adopt Me 28
Puzzles 29
Guest Pub Notes 30
comments section
“Please let this project be inclusive. There
are churches. Families and generational
residents that can bring light, information and
a historical perspective of what West Broad
School means to [the community].”
— Marilyn Joan
From “West Broad School Plans Start to Take Shape,” at
flagpole.com.
flagpole’s First Annual
Look at these advertisers
for their green initiatives
AGG Recycle p. 9
AGG Recycle p. 10
AGG Recycle p..p. 31
Athens Transit 16
Cine p. 19
Community ...p. 7
Five Points Bottle Shop ....^....p. 9
Hendershot’s Coffee Bar p. 27
Keep Athens Beautiful p. 2
Oconee River Land Trust p. 17
Peachy Green Glean Go-op p. 18
Republic Salon p. 13
Royal Landscape and Gardens ..p. 18
Terrapin Beer Go p. 32
UGA Discover Abroad p. 16
Urban Sanctuary p. 8
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