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Livable Nashville Committee
Description
The Livable Nashville Committee is working to develop a shared vision for protecting and enhancing Nashville’s livability and environmental quality. Community and stakeholder engagement through this Committee presents an opportunity to harness public interest in environmental leadership, and to initiate ambitious sustainability goals, policies, and projects.
Building off of their work under Mayor Megan Barry's administration and the accomplishments of Mayor Karl Dean’s 2009 Green Ribbon Committee, as well as the formally-adopted sustainability policies from Metro’s countywide General Plan NashvilleNext, their 2017 inaugural report recommends Nashville pursue goals and actions across five focus-areas: Climate and Energy, Green Buildings, Waste Reduction and Recycling, Mobility, and Natural Resources.
Through a series of plenary sessions, subcommittee meetings, and engagement with environmental experts, the Livable Nashville Committee will develop a new, prioritized list of ambitious goals and recommendations that reflect the Green Ribbon Committee’s work, NashvilleNext and other related plans, and the Mayor’s priorities. Throughout the Mayor’s term in office, the Committee will also reconvene to check in on progress and implementation.
The Livable Nashville Committee's Draft Recommendations were released for public comment in February 2017.
Subcommittees
- Natural Resources: Sets measurable goals and recommendations to improve our region’s air quality, prevent water pollution in our rivers and streams, and preserve open space.
- Mobility: Sets measurable goals and recommendations to reduce the environmental impacts of the transportation sector, including greenhouse gas emissions and criteria air pollutants. Identifies opportunities to encourage low-carbon trip choices (walking, biking, transit).
- Waste Reduction and Recycling: Works with the Metro Long-Term Zero Waste Master Plan to set measurable goals and recommendations to increase recycling and composting and reduce overall waste generated in Davidson County across municipal, residential, commercial, and industrial sectors.
- Green Buildings: Sets measurable goals and recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and other environmental impacts generated by Nashville's buildings – including among Metro facilities, commercial, industrial, and residential properties.
- Climate and Energy: Provided oversight for the 2016 update to Nashville’s greenhouse gas emissions inventory. Sets measurable goals and recommendations for Nashville and Metro to lower GHG emissions and energy consumption through gains in efficiencies and renewables.
Nashville is a signatory to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, the world’s largest cooperative effort among mayors and city officials to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, track progress, and prepare for the impacts of climate change. Nashville is also a member of the Rockefeller Foundations global network of 100 Resilient Cities.
Members
Name |
Organization |
Title |
Walker Mathews (Co-Chair) |
R.C. Mathews Contractor |
President |
Beth Prichard Geer (Co-Chair) |
Office of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore |
Chief of Staff |
Curt Stevens |
Louisiana Pacific |
CEO |
Linda Breggin |
Environmental Law Institute and NRDC’s Nashville Food Waste Initiative |
Senior Attorney and Director of Southeast Environmental Programs |
Anne Davis |
Community Volunteer |
(not applicable) |
Gary Gaston |
Nashville Civic Design Center |
Executive Director |
Mekayle Houghton |
Cumberland River Compact |
Executive Director |
DeCosta Jenkins |
Nashville Electric Service |
President and CEO |
Dodd Galbreath |
Lipscomb University |
Founding Director, Institute for Sustainable Practice |
Janet Miller |
Colliers International |
CEO and Market Leader |
David Briley |
Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson County |
Mayor |
Liz Edsall McLaurin |
Land Trust for Tennessee |
President |
Mike Pearigen |
Luna Law Group PLLC |
Attorney and Farmer |
Greer Tildwell |
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations |
Director of Environmental Management |
Eric Kopstain |
Vanderbilt University |
Vice Chancellor for Administration |
Tiffany Wilmot |
Wilmot Inc. |
President |
Martin S. Brown Sr. |
Former Chairman of Jack Daniel's |
Retired |
Nora Kern |
Walk/Bike Nashville |
Executive Director |
Chris Ann Lunghino |
Community Sustainability USA, Inc. |
Founder / Consultant |
John Esposito |
Warner Music Nashville |
President and CEO |
Bob Martineau |
TN Dept. of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) |
Commissioner |
Ryan Stanton |
Schneider Electric |
Smart Cities & Urban Infrastructure |
Mark Deutschmann |
Village Real Estate Services, Core Development Services |
Founder |
Todd Lawrence |
Urban Green Lab |
Executive Director |
Pam Martin |
Cushion Employer Services |
President |
Gini Pupo-Walker |
Conexion Americas |
Senior Director of Education Policy & Strategic Growth |
Mary Anne Howland |
Ibis Communications |
Founder |
Mary Vavra |
Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon, Inc. |
Urban Planner/Senior Landscape Architect |
Robert Cheney |
Waste Management |
Waste Management Liaison |
Holly Baird |
U.S. Green Building Council Tennessee Chapter |
Executive Director |
Van Pinnock |
Fisk University |
Director of Corporate and Community Relations |
Terry Cook |
The Nature Conservancy |
Tennessee State Director |
Gavin Duke |
Page Duke Landscape Architects |
Principal |
Eddie Davidson |
Piedmont Natural Gas |
Senior Manager, Government Relations |
Jana Davis |
HCA |
SVP of Corporate Affairs |
Vanessa Paz |
Las Paletas |
Manager |
Bob Freeman |
Freeman Applegate Partners |
Principal |
Steve Law |
Tennessee Parks & Greenways Foundation (TennGreen) |
Executive Director |
Erin Coleman |
Yad Consulting LLC |
President |