Convenings, Webinars, and Podcasts

Convenings:

Nashville Mayor Cooper's Sustainability Advisory Committee provides advice on a range of sustainability issues, including the city’s Climate Action Plan, and reviews active proposals as they are being advanced and implemented by the Mayor and Metro Council. ELI Senior Attorney Linda Breggin co-chairs the Sustainability Advisory Committee.

• Mayor Cooper's Sustainability Advisory Committee 2021 Report on the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County's Climate Change Mitigation Action Plan (January 2021)
  • Executive Summary
  • Overview of Recommended Food Waste Climate Mitigation Actions (March 2021)

Podcasts:

• Regional & National Food Waste Awareness & Reduction Efforts, SSDN’s Green Minds (April 2022)
• Climate Change & Food Waste, People Places Planet Podcast (February 2022)
• Best If Used: Tackling Food Waste in Music City, People Planet Places Podcast (April 2019)

Webinars:

• Food Waste 101: A Roadmap to Achieving 50% Reduction by 2030, DMV Food Recovery Week (October 2022) 
  • Presentation Slides
• Food Scrap Cooking Demonstration, James Beard Foundation and the Nashville Food Waste Initiative (October 2021)
• Shifting Water Resource Recovery Facilities to a Circular Economy Business Model, ISWA World Congress, Greece (October 2021)
  • Presentation Slides
• Sustainable in the City: Food Waste 101, Urban Green Lab (September 2021)
• Food Scrap Recycling: Opportunities and Realities of Anaerobic Digestion, ELI (April 2021)
• Food Life Cycle: Effectiveness of Food Scrap Recycling Mandates and Landfill Bans, ELI (February 2021)
• FYI Naturalist: Save Food; Waste Less in Nashville, Warner Park Nature Center (January 2021)
• Community Composting for Nashville Webinar Workshop Series – co-sponsored and moderated by the Nashville Food Waste Initiative
  • What, Why & How to Compost - An Introduction to the Basics & How to Engage - Community Composting for Nashville: Webinar Workshop Series, Part 1 (September 2020)
  • How to Set Up a Community Compost Demonstration and Education Site - Community Composting for Nashville: Webinar Workshop Series, Part 2 (October 2020)
  • How to Set Up a Pilot Community Composting Project to Receive Community Food Scraps - Community Composting for Nashville: Webinar Workshop Series, Part 3 (November 2020)
• Business Cases for WRRF Co-Digestion of Food Waste: Lessons Learned, WRF Research Seminar (April 2020)