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Workplace Challenge
The concept for the municipal workplace challenge stems from the Mayor Karl Dean’s Mayor’s Workplace Challenge started in Nashville.
Read MorePROFILE: Nick Deffley, Sustainability Officer, Savannah, GA
Despite growing up and going to school in the Midwest at the University of Minnesota, Savannah has always felt like a home away from home for Nick Deffley. Much of Nick’s family relocated to Savannah over the years and Nick even lived in Savannah for short period of time in the late 1990s.
Read MorePublic Engagement Tools
The “Charge Ahead Durham” initiative increased community awareness and involvement in sustainable activity by engaging the public in weekly online challenges, or “charges.”
Read MoreUrban Agriculture
Urban agriculture can range from rooftop gardens to large-scale brownfield site or vacant lot reuses.
Read MoreEducation vs. Social Marketing
A team from Mecklenburg County’s Land Use and Environmental Services Agency (LUESA) put Doug McKenzie‐Mohr’s behavior modification theory to the test by developing a “lights out” campaign for County employees. McKenzie‐Mohr’s “Community Based Social Marketing” (CSBM) is considered an attractive alternative to information‐based campaigns.
Read MoreBetter Buildings Challenge
In 2012, the President challenged all sectors to commit to an energy savings pledge, a showcase building, and sharing progress. Two communities in the Southeast signed on.
Read MoreRenewable Energy Planning
Generating electricity from Renewable Energy (RE) sources can play a significant role in advancing cities sustainability goals and reducing carbon outputs.
Read MorePublic-Private Partnerships 101
The term “public private partnership” is elusive, because it can take many contractual forms, address any number of local initiatives, and be subject to local guidelines like procurement, zoning, and tax increment finance arrangements.
Read MoreLEDs: The New Normal
In February 2015, an LED Street Light replacement project was completed in the City of Fayetteville’s Entertainment District.
Read MorePROFILE: Emily Barrett, Sustainability Officer, Cary, NC
Emily Barrett of Cary, NC is big on collaboration and sharing to advance southeast sustainability.
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