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Compass VII Summit on Green Jobs - Oct. 8-9, 2010. Mark your calendar. Check back here for more details.
LONG HAUL AWARDS CELEBRATION RESOUNDING SUCCESS!
Long Haul Lifetime Achievement Awardee Jeannine Honicker.
Here is a link to a report on the event.
TAP's online auction ends on June 30th. Make your bid now! Here is the link to the online auction. A link to detailed descriptions of the books being offered in the auction is here.
NEW VIDEO of Long Haul Awards Celebration just posted on YouTube. Here is a link.
GREEN-COLLAR TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS EQUITABLE FLOOD RECOVERY
The Green-Collar Jobs Task Force of Nashville-Davidson County is a coalition of activists, advocates, and residents concerned with fighting environmental degradation and poverty. We believe green economic solutions can enhance environmental quality and provide career-track jobs for residents from high poverty and moderate-income communities as well as people with barriers to employment.
The May 2010 flood was a natural disaster of major proportions. In addition to causing injury and the loss of life, it caused major damage to Nashville’s infrastructure in the cost of billions of dollars. While it is essential to get disaster relief and assistance to the affected communities, it is also important for Nashville to consider short and long-term plans that prevent the Great Flood from becoming a social disaster.
Here are ten recommendations for an equitable flood recovery. The national group Green for All published the Task Force recommendations on its website. Here is a link to the story.
NEW VIDEO on the Compass VI Conference on Green Jobs just posted on YouTube. Here is a link.
GREEN JOBS The Tennessee Green Jobs Act (Senate Bill 3120, House Bill 3654) was voted down by 12 Republicans in the House Commerce Committees on April 28. Here is TAP Coordinator Nell Levin's blog on this vote that was published in the Tennessean. Here is a link to the amended version of the Act. TAP's Green-Collar Jobs Task Force was instrumental in the writing of the Act. Here is a summary of TAP's past efforts and future plans in the area of green jobs.
The Green-Collar Jobs Task Force of Nashville/Davidson County meets weekly in Nashville at 4 pm on Thursdays at 1215 9th Avenue North. Please email us at info@taptn.org if you want
more information about joining one of our committees.Here is the Green Jobs Act story that ran on Nashville Public Radio, March 23, 2010. It includes interview with Rep. Brenda Gilmore, sponsor of the Act. Here is a link to the story.
Building a Green Economy by Paul Krugman of the New York Times discusses the question: Is it possible to make drastic cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions without destroying our economy? Here is a link to this provocative and informative article.
TAP Your Foot
Monday, August 16, 6:30 to 9 pm
French Quarter, 823 Woodland, East Nashville ( map) featuring
The Shelby Bottom String Band - Quirky Americana from the backroads of East Nashville and other musical acts.
$5 to $15 - sliding scale. Give what you can for a Very Good Cause.
Great New Orleans cuisine, non-smoking, kid friendly.
Recent
NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE. TAP's print newsletter is available here in the PDF version.
GREEN JOBS NOW! LOBBY DAY ON THE HILL. St. Patrick's Day, Wed. March 17th, Legislative Plaza, 6th and Union, Downtown Nashville.
We had a great press conference and lobby day at the state legislature. Green stickers saying "I love green jobs" were all over the place. We had good media turnout. All three of our primary sponsors (Reps Mike Stewart and Brenda Gilmore and Sen. Andy Berke) spoke at the press conference.
We had a vanload of six people come down from Clairfield, way up in Appalachian coal country and Carol Judy, their spokesperson, talked at the press conference and also visited three state legislators from their area. We had folks from SOCM come down from the Knoxville area. They also met with their legislators. Also, had at least three of our partners from Memphis in attendance, including Tony Okhiro of Labfour, who spoke at the press conference. Other speakers included Andy Geshwiler of Tn Business Leaders for a Clean Energy Economy, Jerry Lee of AFL/CIO, and Robert Grant, who spoke for the Task Force and did a great job. We had an excellent volunteer turnout. Plus, we had fun playing Irish fiddle music. All in all, a great day....
The Compass VI Conference on Green Jobs (December 4-5, 2009) was a big success. A report, photos, downloadable Powerpoint presentations, and other information are available at this link.
