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GET YOUR LONG HAUL TICKETS NOW!
The Long Haul Celebration on Friday May 18th, 7 pm at St Ann's Episcopal Church, 419 Woodland, Nashville, will feature Keynote Speaker, John Seigenthaler, founder of the First Amendment Center and former publisher of the Tennessean, music by the amazing Jack Pearson of the Allman Brothers Band, homemade food, award-winning wine by LeVin Cellars of Mendocino County, CA, and a fabulous Silent Auction. Get tickets HERE.
Join TAP and get a discount on Long Haul Tickets! Information HERE. Can't come? Please make a donation so someone else can come. Our goal is to raise $4,000 by June 30. Please help us meet this goal! Donate HERE.
2012 Long Haul Awardees
Kathy Chambers, Tennessee for All of Us
Pam Kidd, L-Club
Beth Uselton, Tennessee Health Care Campaign
2012 Lifetime Achievement Long Haul Awardees
John W. Ewing, Jr., EarthMatters Tennessee
Tripp Hunt, Attorney, Occupy Nashville
Charlie Strobel, Room in the Inn
2012 Young Leader Awardees
Cortney Akridge, EarthMatters Tennessee
Lindsey Krinks, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Occupy Nashville
Megan Riggs, Tennesseans for Fair Taxation, Occupy Nashville
Will York, Occupy Nashville
TAP will give a special GREEN HERO AWARD to
Sekou Franklin.
Contact Mark Burnett here at if you wish to make a Silent Auction donation. Contact Nell Levin here if you want to volunteer.
TAP AT EARTH DAY 2012
It was a great day, despite the cold, grey weather. Got to talk the Mayor for a few minutes to tell him about our Green is Alive in District 5 Project (see below). We connected with a lot of old friends and allies including Erik Daugherty of E3 Innovate, Dodd Galbreath of Lipscomb, Eddie Latimer and Barbara Harper of Affordable Housing Resources, Dan Heller of Urban Green Lab, Eric Lewis of the Cumberland Greens, our friends at Nashville Peace and Justice Center and many others.
TAP's new banner
TAP board members, left to right, Ita Hardesty Mason, Mark Burnett, Theresa Kennedy and Executive Director, Nell Levin, seated.
Khary Dvorak-Ewell from Green for All and a delighted little girl. Khary pulled the purple balloon out of his pocket and created the dog for her in a matter of seconds!
TAP Board member Jackie Sims, happy to be at Earth Day.
TAP LAUNCHES GREEN IS ALIVE IN DISTRICT 5 PROJECT!
Goals of the The Project are to:
* Weatherize 100 homes and 10 businesses in District 5 as part of the Nashville Energy Works home weatherization program.
* Set up a weatherization demonstration house in District 5 that can be used as an educational tool and provide a community center for local non-profits.
* Create green jobs for residents of District 5.
This moderate-income weatherization demonstration project will be replicated in other neighborhoods in Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis and other areas of the state. For more information and to get involved, contact us at info@taptn.org.
NEW REPORT: WHY GREEN IS YOUR COLOR: A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO A SUSTAINABLE CAREER
Ensuring women are prepared to succeed in a 21st century changing economy is critical to the financial stability of women, their families, and our country. Why Green Is Your Color: A Woman's Guide to a Sustainable Career is a comprehensive manual designed to assist women with job training and career development as they enter into innovative and nontraditional jobs. The guide also provides vulnerable women a pathway to higher paying jobs, and serves as a tool to help fight job segregation.
HERE'S THE REPORT.
NASHVILLE ENERGY WORKS (NEW) PROGRAM
TAP and the Green-Collar Jobs Task Force of Nashville/Davidson County are working with the Mayor's Office of Environment and Sustainability on the Nashville Energy Works (NEW) home weatherization program, launched by the Mayor on April 19th. We are holding meetings about NEW and green jobs at neighborhood associations, churches and civic groups. If you would like us to come and do a presentation at your group, please contact us at info@taptn.org or give us a call at 888-903-9576. If you want to find out more about the NEW click here or call 1-866-441-1430.
MUST READ! Brilliant new article by Naomi Klein: Capitalism
Here's a bio of Naomi Klein, best-selling author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.
"Denialists are dead wrong about the science. But they understand something the left still doesn’t get about the revolutionary meaning of climate change."
Please support TAP's ground breaking work. Make your donation here!
TAP's 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION on Oct. 9, 2011 was a resounding success. Here is a link to We're All In This Together, the new video on TAP's history. Check it out!
Here is a link to Vision and Values: The History of Tennessee Alliance for Progress by Gene TeSelle, TAP Secretary/Treasurer.
TENNESSEE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY SUMMIT
October 28-29, 2011
Lipscomb University
Mr. Organic Universal
Amanda Little, author of Power Trip
Rosa Gonzalez of Green for All
TAP was a co-sponsor of this major statewide Summit along with the Tennessee Environmental Council, Tennessee Conservation Voters, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Tennessee Higher Education Sustainability Association, and Living Well Events. It is in place of our annual Green Jobs Conference.
Featured Speakers & Program:
Amanda Little, is the author of “Power Trip: The Story of America’s Love Affair with Energy” (Harper Collins) and has published widely on the environment, energy and technology for more than a decade.
Rosa Gonzalez, is a lifelong educator, a visual and performing artist and the Director of Education and Outreach at Green For All - a national organization working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.
David Hess, is a Vanderbilt professor and author of book, Building Clean-Energy Industries and Green Jobs: Policy Innovations at the State & Local Government Level
Shari Meghreblian is Deputy Commissioner of TN Dept of Environment & Conservation (TDEC) and previously served as Environmental Operations Manager for General Motors in Spring Hill TN
and many others. More details at www.tectn.org.
Nashville Women and Green Jobs Focus Group Report
TAP's Women in Green Jobs Project is designed to organize, inform and educate women about the issues of green jobs and the environment, as well as build their leadership and advocacy skills. A specific emphasis is on women from economically disadvantaged communities. This report comes from a recent focus group with a diverse group of women who want to start their own green businesses.
Here is a link to the report.
Trazana Staples, Women Green Jobs Project Coordinator, has a new book out, Ecopreneurship: 10 Steps in Creating Your Green Business. Order your copy here.
TAP Executive Director Nell Levin and TAP Board Member Susan Shann with Van Jones
Members of the Tennessee Green Jobs Network and the Green-Collar Jobs Task Force of Nashville/Davidson County met face to face on January 15 with Van Jones, author of The Green-Collar Economy and former White House "green jobs czar. Here is a video statement from Van about the work of the Network.
Connecting Low-Income Youth to Green Jobs
A report has just been released by the Corps Network on connecting low-income youth to the growing green jobs economy. You can access it by clicking here
