Overview
Concerned citizens brainstorm during the 2017 Sustainable TN Meeting.
Tennessee Environmental Council works on a broad range of projects related to the conservation and improvement of land, air, water, energy and transportation. Click the links below to learn more about our current project work and click here to learn about past Council initiatives.
Sustainable Tennessee
The goal of the Sustainable Tennessee Program is to develop and implement a statewide Sustainability Agenda. The Sustainability Agenda is developed with the input of citizens, conservation groups, environmental policy experts, elected officials, and representatives of private businesses, industry, and educational institutions. These groups meet once each summer to provide input, develop and determine how to implement next year's Agenda. If you would like to be involved in this meeting please click here to join our email list.
Tennessee Tree Program
Our goal is to plant or care for 1 million native trees in Tennessee. Tree planting projects are among the most popular programs we offer at the Tennessee Environmental Council, and they bring terrific publicity and community relations opportunities for our partners.
Watershed Support Center
The Council’s Watershed Support Center takes challenges and turns them into opportunities for Tennessee rivers, streams, waterways and the wildlife and people who enjoy them. Our Watershed Support Center is currently working on the Duck River Opportunities Project and restoring Lytle Creek in the Stones River watershed.
Watershed Support work includes:
Come, Post Your Compost
Through our Come, Post Your Compost campaign, the Tennessee Environmental Council will serve as a central resource for food waste reduction across Tennessee by helping residents keep tons of food and yard waste out of our landfills and put it back into our community’s hands and gardens. Here we provide county-specific food recovery resources (local food banks and gleaning services) as well as information on how to backyard-compost.
Recycle Right Tennessee
Although many people are recycling, there is currently a high degree of contaminants in the recycling stream that can negate the benefits of recycling. It's important to note that what's accepted for recycling varies depending on where you live. This program will help you understand how to recycle right in your area so we can keep recyclables out of the landfill and in our economy.
Radioactive Waste Education Project
Although this is not one of our core programs we like to keep the public informed on the status of radioactive waste in TN. We inform communities most impacted by the Department of Energy (DOE) disposal and remediation of nuclear waste to ensure that they are aware of and actively participating in DOE’s decision making process concerning nuclear cleanup in Tennessee.
Sustainable Tennessee
The goal of the Sustainable Tennessee Program is to develop and implement a statewide Sustainability Agenda. The Sustainability Agenda is developed with the input of citizens, conservation groups, environmental policy experts, elected officials, and representatives of private businesses, industry, and educational institutions. These groups meet once each summer to provide input, develop and determine how to implement next year's Agenda. If you would like to be involved in this meeting please click here to join our email list.
Tennessee Tree Program
Our goal is to plant or care for 1 million native trees in Tennessee. Tree planting projects are among the most popular programs we offer at the Tennessee Environmental Council, and they bring terrific publicity and community relations opportunities for our partners.
Watershed Support Center
The Council’s Watershed Support Center takes challenges and turns them into opportunities for Tennessee rivers, streams, waterways and the wildlife and people who enjoy them. Our Watershed Support Center is currently working on the Duck River Opportunities Project and restoring Lytle Creek in the Stones River watershed.
Watershed Support work includes:
- Planting trees to reforest the stream banks and planting live stakes to stabilize the soil and help improve water quality.
- Installing rain gardens. Rain gardens add beauty to the landscape and reduce flooding by allowing stormwater to be absorbed by plants and infiltrated into the ground.
- Installing revetments (cedar timbers wrapped in coir mat) on eroded banks to prevent further deterioration of stream banks.
Come, Post Your Compost
Through our Come, Post Your Compost campaign, the Tennessee Environmental Council will serve as a central resource for food waste reduction across Tennessee by helping residents keep tons of food and yard waste out of our landfills and put it back into our community’s hands and gardens. Here we provide county-specific food recovery resources (local food banks and gleaning services) as well as information on how to backyard-compost.
Recycle Right Tennessee
Although many people are recycling, there is currently a high degree of contaminants in the recycling stream that can negate the benefits of recycling. It's important to note that what's accepted for recycling varies depending on where you live. This program will help you understand how to recycle right in your area so we can keep recyclables out of the landfill and in our economy.
Radioactive Waste Education Project
Although this is not one of our core programs we like to keep the public informed on the status of radioactive waste in TN. We inform communities most impacted by the Department of Energy (DOE) disposal and remediation of nuclear waste to ensure that they are aware of and actively participating in DOE’s decision making process concerning nuclear cleanup in Tennessee.