Green Capitals Study Tour June 2019: by Laurel Creech, Nashville, TN
Climate change is considered a crisis in the cities we visited and the level of urgency, passion and commitment was contagious. As the Mayor of Oslo said, “Climate change can not be left to someone else, somewhere else, for some other time.”
Read MoreGREEN LIST: Florida Project, Dutch Dialogues, Single Use Plastics
Network updates, news, and resources.
Read MorePROFILE: Rebecca Harvey, Sustainability Coordinator, Boynton Beach, FL
Coming from an interdisciplinary environmental background, she entered the sustainability field after launching herself into climate activism in response to the November 2016 election.
Read MoreGREEN LIST: RFP Peer Learning Charrettes, Climate Resilience Guide, Dump the Cart Waste
Network updates, news, and resources.
Read More2019 Annual Meeting — Sarasota, Florida
Attended by more than 50 sustainability officers from the Southeast, the SSDN 2019 Annual Meeting was held in Sarasota, Florida.
Read MorePROFILE: Lindsey Nieratka, Sustainability Manager, Boca Raton, FL
My first main task has been to assess the sustainability work already being done across the City and work with staff, advisory boards, and the public to develop the City’s first Sustainability Action Plan.
Read MoreGREEN LIST: Annual Meeting Recap, BIG Chattanooga, Florida Fundamentals Academy
Network updates, news, and resources.
Read MoreRequests for Proposal (RFP) 2019 Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund (SSCF)
The Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund (SSCF) announces a third round of funding for local communities in the southeastern United States.
Read MoreConnections Create a More Sustainable Tennessee Valley
Tennessee and Alabama local governments are building relationships with TVA to improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and work toward alternative power sources.
Read MorePROFILE: Brennan Bouma, Sustainability Coordinator, Orange Co., NC
I support all of the County’s work on Energy Management, Climate Change mitigation and resilience, greening the fleet, and ADA accessibility.
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