RCE Greater Atlanta's primary work is to offer broad-based, multi-stakeholder educational and training programs to support regional sustainable development efforts. As shown by many of our priority SDGs, we focus on equity and justice issues related to sustainable development. We aim to create a new regional model for collective impact, by harnessing higher education capacity and knowledge for regional benefit – and in the process, better preparing our students to be sustainable development changemakers, in Greater Atlanta and beyond. 

Greater Atlanta Geographic Area 
The Atlanta Metro region, the geographic scope of this RCE is the ten-county area that makes up the inner Metro region as defined by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), our Metropolitan Planning Organization. These ten counties - Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale counties - as well as the City of Atlanta, comprise the most densely populated area of the state of Georgia, with a population of 4.4 million people. However, the participation in RCE Greater Atlanta is broader than this area. For example, the University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia, which is outside of the 10-county area, but it serves all of Georgia and runs the agricultural extension services and provides other statewide resources that make it appropriate for inclusion in RCE Greater Atlanta.