Mayor's Green Ribbon Committee on Environmental Sustainability
The Mayor's Green Ribbon Committee on Environmental Sustainability was created to assure that Nashville continues to be a livable city with clean air, clean water, open spaces, transportation infrastructure and an energy use profile necessary to provide a prosperous community for current and future generations.
The committee presented a summary report of 16 goals and 71 recommendations to Mayor Karl Dean on April 16, 2009.
Making Nashville Green: A Summary Report with Goals and Recommendations
The full report was completed in June 2009.
- Committee's full charge in the Executive Order issued by Mayor Karl Dean
- Subcommittee Recommendations outlining the subcommittees basic screening principals
- Timeline, Structure and Recommendations Format outlining the Committee's overall work
- Summary of Metro Government environmental responsibilities
- Baseline Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
"My hope is for individuals and businesses across Davidson County to see what we’re doing and implement similar practices. Together we can improve the quality of life for all of us and make our city, and our world, a better place in which to live."
--Mayor Karl Dean
