CASE 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 MoreWorkplace Challenge
The concept for the municipal workplace challenge stems from the Mayor Karl Dean’s Mayor’s Workplace Challenge started in Nashville.
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 MorePROFILE: Brian Blackmon, Sustainability Officer, Knoxville, TN
Brian spent his year implementing community gardening programs with homeless and disenfranchised populations, and became interested in community development and social movement building.
Read MorePartnership for Resilience and Planning (PREP)
This project launched the Partnerships for Resilience and Empowered Planning (PREP) program to provide education on community resilience planning, promote network collaboration and to developed an online Community Resilience Planning Handbook for communities across the Southeast.
Read MoreGreen Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure (GI) is more than just the laundry list of sustainable applications, like green roofs, bigger tree planters, and frequent curb cuts.
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