State/local strategies
Sustainable Communities Project, Community Partnership Center
"A template for sustainable development in Cocke County, Tennessee" [pdf] - Report to Appalachian Regional Commission and People of Cocke County. University of Tennessee Community Partnership Center and Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, January 15, 2003."Participatory planning for sustainable development in Cocke County, Tennessee" [pdf] - Report to Appalachian Regional Commission and People of Cocke County. University of Tennessee Community Partnership Center and Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, February 28, 2002.
East Tennessee Progressive Network - A volunteer, grassroots, multi-issue collective dedicated to strengthening the progressive community in East Tennessee by advancing a movement of relationship building that fosters a community culture of peace, justice, inclusivity, and a sustainable future.
Appalachian Resource Conservation & Development Council (RC&D Council) - To conserve natural resources and improve rural economies through community leadership and enhanced educational opportunities.
Tennesseeans for Fair Taxation - "Works to create a more fair and progressive tax structure that ensures adequate revenues for the benefit of all Tennesseans. TFT works through education, coalition building, and grassroots organizing among diverse groups and individuals."
Community Shares - "Formed in 1985 to give employees a choice in how they spend their charitable dollars in workplace giving campaigns. Funds 50 nonprofit, grassroots organizations, all of which work to address the root causes of problems that we as individuals and communities face. Community Shares groups work on issues such as hunger, health care, domestic violence, education and environmental issues."
Education
Foundation for Global Sustainability - An educational group whose mission is " to preserve and protect the natural environment for the benefit of the general public, to inform and educate the public about actions and practices which lead to the long-term health and well-being of the environment, to inform and educate the public about actions which adversely affect the Earth's environment and lead to unsafe situations for future generations, and to facilitate research in and perpetuate global understanding of and aid in the formation of a society which assures a vital, healthy environment for present and future generations."
Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center - Aims "to provide experiential learning of Earth Literacy based on the cornerstones of spirituality, sustainability and community."
Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE), University of Tennessee
Center for Sustainability, Aquinas College
"Environmental sustainability and compliance," conference for Tennessee Higher Education (March 2006). Tennessee Pollution Prevention Roundtable Committee on Higher Education.
Economic security
Energy/climate
ISEE Energy and Environment Policy Program - Will foster critical thinking about what policy options can be used to address the nation's energy challenges.
Small Wind in Tennessee - Information specific to buying and installing a small wind turbine in Tennessee.
Renewable energy businesses in Tennessee
Environment
Tennessee Envirothon - "To develop knowledgeable, skilled and dedicated citizens who are willing and prepared to work towards achieving and maintaining a natural balance between the quality of life and the quality of the environment."
Sierra Club, Tennessee Chapter
Food
Sustainable agriculture in Tennesee, Tennessee State University
"Perceptions and attitudes of small farmers in Tennessee toward sustainable agriculture and some survival strategies," Tennessee State University
Appalachian Spring Cooperative
Buy Local - Appalachian RC&D Council
Landuse/transportation
Lands of Boone and Crockett - Project of the Land Trust for Tennessee
Tennessee River Gorge Trust - "Protects the ecological diversity, scenic beauty and historic past of the nationally significant river canyon."
Water
Harpeth River Watershed Association
Little River Watershed Association
Appalachia
Mid-Atlantic
Midwest
Rocky Mountains
New England
Pacific Coast
South
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