The 2018 Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund Awards More Than $1.7M for Climate Change Projects in Six Southeastern Communities
The Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund (SSCF) is pleased to announce that it will invest a total of $1,798,400 to support six sustainability projects in the Southeast.
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Grantees will implement projects that build equitable local solutions to climate change.
Read MoreSSDN Members are Ready for 100
Despite a reversal in policies around fighting climate change at the federal level, cities and counties across the nation are declaring that they are still committed to clean energy.
Read MoreGreen Minds Think Alike
In these peer-to-peer interviews, Kris Stenger, Sustainability Director at the City of Winter Park, Florida, has a series of conversations with SSDN members at the 2017 Annual Meeting in Durham, NC.
Read MoreEquity and Energy Collaboration
This project provides a library of resource materials that address the issues, challenges and opportunities of energy equity for our low income communities.
Read MoreCASE STUDY: Innovation in Equity and Energy Efficiency
SSDN members participated in a project that used energy efficiency as a framework to more deeply understand how to incorporate equity goals into sustainability programs and initiatives.
Read MoreCommunity Based Social Marketing
The Community-Based Social Marketing (CBSM) method of outreach and education was created to produce lasting and sustainable changes in the actions people take everyday.
Read MoreSustainable Fleet Management
Department directors are familiar with choosing operating and capital options that represent cost savings, but not necessarily with making choices that also consider environmental and community health. These basic steps outline how to approach your Fleet Director, and develop a mutually beneficial relationship:
Read MoreCommunity Engagement
Good relationships with community stakeholders, such as neighborhoods and community development groups, can improve local government decision-making, legitimacy and overall community competitiveness.
Read MoreSustainable Funding
Securing funding for sustainability projects can be a daunting task. Local government too often must devote the bulk of its resources to projects that are long overdue, leaving little or nothing for proactive projects.
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