Nashville’s Partnership with Goodwill Industries Leads to Green Jobs for the City
Resilience is the result of sustainability being the driving force of a community’s growth. With this in mind, SSDN’s Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund (SSCF) provides governments in the Southeast with the financial capacity to foster tangible, resilient growth in their communities. Equipped with a $300,000 grant from SSDN, Tennessee homeowners are now able to rely…
Read MoreKnoxville’s Energy & Sustainability Initiative and Chattanooga’s Build it Green Program Announced Winners of the 2020 Tennessee Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Awards (GESA)
The Tennessee Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Awards (GESA) are presented annually to recognize outstanding achievements by individuals, local governments, businesses, organizations, educational institutions, and agencies for successful environmental projects and conservation measures. This year, two projects of the Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund, the Built it Green Program of Chattanooga and Knoxville’s Energy & Sustainability Initiative. Congratulations…
Read MoreGREEN LIST: SSDN Annual Meeting Summary; SSCF Project Highlights- New Orleans, LA and Duck Hill, MS; Member Highlight- Grace Levin, City of Knoxville, TN; Orlando joins Cities with Nature Initiative;
Network updates, news, and resources.
Read MoreSSDN 2019 Annual Report
2019 was a year of building, a year of trying new things, and experimenting with creative opportunities to meet the network’s strategic planning goals.
Read MoreCANCELLED: 2020 Annual Meeting Savannah, Georgia
The SSDN 2020 Annual Meeting will be held in Savannah, Georgia, from May 4th to 6th, 2020.
Read MoreGREEN LIST: SSDN Announces New Fiscal Sponsor, USDN; IECC Voting Efforts Made an Impact, Orange County, FL Hires New Resilience and Sustainability Officer; Erin Gill of Knoxville, TN Receives a Promotion;
Network updates, news, and resources.
Read MoreThe Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund (SSCF) Awards Five New Sustainability Grants in the Southeast
Projects are focused on creating innovative, equitable, and scalable solutions to climate change, related specifically to water and/or energy.
Read MoreGREEN LIST: Deadline Round 2 Peer Learning Charrettes, All Network Call, Website Updates
Network updates, news, and resources.
Read MoreRequest for Proposals (RFP) SSDN 2019 Peer Learning Charrettes
SSDN’s Peer Learning Charrettes (PLC) program offers a limited number of small grants to support SSDN members to share, develop, and learn about specific sustainability or resilience practices that can be spread widely throughout the South.
Read MoreGREEN LIST: Extended Deadline Peer Learning Charrettes, TVA, Seeking Volunteers
Network updates, news, and resources.
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