Alternative Spring Break Students Help Push for Okefenokee Protections
Six college students active with the Student PIRGS traveled to Atlanta to team up with Environment Georgia and hit the streets instead of the beach to fight for the Okefenokee.
The students spoke with hundreds of Georgians about the threats facing the swamp, gathered dozens of petition signatures (on top of the 12,000+ comments Environment Georgia and our national network have already collected on the draft permits for the mine), and even hosted a honk-a-thon across from the Georgia Capitol building, complete with alligator costumes and handmade signs.