TENNESSEE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL

The Sunrise Movement Nashville invites you to a quick webinar this week, on Friday Sept. 6 from 6:30 to 7:15 pm Central/ 7:30 to 8:15 pm Eastern to learn more about TVA’s gas plans and how it’s affecting communities across Tennessee and why you should join this fight for a just, renewable, and affordable energy future in the Tennessee Valley! Webinar sign up link below: https://lnkd.in/gBd63bU9...

Apply to be a presenter at our Annual 2024 Policy & Practice Forum on November 1st, 2024 from 9 am to 4 pm at the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee 3421 Belmont Blvd. Nashville, Tennessee! The Policy & Practice Forum is a public gathering that invites Tennesseans to participate in meaningful conversations and learn from Tennessee's environmental leaders. Topics include but are not limited to solid waste, recycling, composting, water, air, energy, land conservation and development, environmental justice, food systems, food systems & agriculture. Do you have expertise in one of these fields that you would like to share with our 2024 participants? Please apply with the link below by September 23, 2024: https://lnkd.in/gDWCksbj

Meet our new compost partners Compost Nashville Don’t let your food scraps go to waste, let Compost Nashville collect them and turn them into compost while supporting the Tennessee Environmental Council at the same time! When your household subscribes to Compost Nashville’s residential pickup services, you will receive $5 off your first month, free compost, and TEC will receive a $5 donation to support our mission. Use the code “TEC” at checkout to take advantage of this offer, and join us in keeping food out of the landfill and providing compost to local farms and gardens. Learn more by clicking the link below: https://lnkd.in/eredE7gu

RUTLEDGE RECYCLING ROUNDUP this Saturday, September 7th! For each Roundup, TEC teams up with with different businesses (vendors or recyclers) to recycle the materials you bring! Check out the amazing partners for the Rutledge Roundup this weekend! For more info: https://lnkd.in/eiuWM6xD

We are thrilled to announce that Tennessee Environmental Council has won the 2024 Governor's Environmental Stewardship Award in the category of "Environmental Education & Outreach" for our Recycling Roundups! This award celebrates TEC's first 10 roundups that resulted in more than 233,000 pounds of materials recycled in communities across Tennessee in 2023. Thanks to our Recycle Tennessee Program Director, Abby Schneider, and her support staff, including Recycling Roundup Assistant, Ginger Reasonover (and more recently Recycle Tennessee Program Coordinator, Rebekah Garrett, and Recycling Roundup Program Assistant, Camila Palmer) for building our Recycling Roundup events and leading the effort into an award-winning program. Our success is only possible with some key ingredients; the grant from EPA, the hundreds of volunteers who have assisted at the events, program partners (including S3 Recycling Solutions, Tennessee Recycling Coalition, and TDEC), and all the people of Tennessee who cleaned up, drove through, and dropped off. We are so grateful for this honor and will continue to serve the great state of Tennessee in our mission to help people and communities improve our environment! We are organizing 35 more roundups in the next 3 years (including six this fall). Learn more about the other winners here: https://lnkd.in/eik3Cerv Learn more about roundups here: https://lnkd.in/eiuWM6xD Want to sponsor a roundup? Email tec@tectn.org to inquire.

Check out this video of one of our busiest recycling roundups yet! TEC, volunteers, and partners helped divert over 51,000 pounds of materials from the landfill and back into the circular economy! Will you be dropping off, volunteering, or both at one of our next roundups? Next Up: RUTLEDGE ROUNDUP on September 7th: https://lnkd.in/etErKXWf https://lnkd.in/eYDrTnDR

Volunteers Needed for Ashland City Recycling Roundup on September 21st 2 Lucky winners will be picked to receive a Patagonia Nashville prize pack or a The Good Fill $25 gift card! Please sign up and share with your friends. We can only do this with YOUR help! Click the link below to sign up: https://lnkd.in/gaMigbRP

Next Creek Cleanup! Hickman Creek! We're getting back in the water on September 14th from 10am to 2 pm, and we need your help Click on the link below to sign up and share with your friends! https://lnkd.in/eVfQq5ZS

TEC native wildflower seed mixes are NOW LIVE! 😍 Click the link below to get yours! https://lnkd.in/gdavr22Y

Roundups are back! Next Up: Rutledge, TN on September 7th! We are diverting incredible amounts of materials from the landfill through these events. We'd love for you to be a part of this event, whether you come to drop off, volunteer, or both! Stay tuned for volunteer opportunities coming soon! We promise you'll leave feeling so good about the work you did! Guaranteed! More info with the link below: https://lnkd.in/etErKXWf