TENNESSEE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL

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Tennessee Environmental Council

• Mission To Educate and advocate for the
  conservation and improvement of the environment,
  communities and public health
• Natural resources are the backbone of our
  economy, quality of life, communities and
  Tennessee Heritage

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Natural Resources as Infrastructure Small streams

• Protect water quality
• Maintain water supplies
• Provide natural flood control
• Trap excess sediment
• Sustain D/s ecosystems
• Maintain biological diversity
• (Meyer et al., 2007)

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Tennessee Tree Project

• Goals and objectives

• Plant 1,000,000 trees by 2020
• Engage 500,000 Tennesseans in the process
• Develop TAG to help develop and refine
  educational strategy

• Develop and implement educational strategy on
• Value of Urban and rural trees
• How to plant and care for trees
• Conservation of urban canopy

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• One vision, one voice moving Tennessee toward a
  healthy and sustainable future for its people,
  places, and economy!

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Not Just a Legislative Agenda!

• Through a collaborative process we will identify
  strategic approaches for implementation
• Educational
• Legislative
• Market-based
• Regulatory
• Research

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Summit for a Sustainable TN 11/5-11/6 / 2010

• Cumberland University, Lebanon TN
• Education highlight sustainability
• TDECs TP3
• TVAs GPS, GP
• Refine and priortize the draft 2011 Tennessee
  Sustainability Agenda