Sustain Louisville

The most wonderful time of year can also be the most wasteful time of year. Did you know food waste is the top material collected for landfill in Louisville? 88,162 tons were collected in the 2018 annual report! To learn how to reduce food waste for the holiday season and beyond, visit SaveTheFood.com for useful tools and tips. Thank you to kNOwaste Louisville for bringing us more facts and info about Louisville waste management https://lnkd.in/eU7_w-kA.

Happy Birthday to Alberta O. Jones Park and congratulations to the Parks Alliance of Louisville team!

Earth Month is right around the corner – help us create a Louisville Earth Month Community Calendar! Use the link to the form below and in bio to share your April events and learn more about Louisville Earth Fest 2025. https://lnkd.in/eaFSrER8

Congratulations to the Louisville Sustainability Council for hosting the 11th Annual Louisville Sustainability Summit! This timely event brought together sustainability advocates across the city to discuss the future of Louisville’s food system. The Office of Sustainability is a proud returning sponsor of the Annual Sustainability Summit. Thank you to everyone from food justice organizations, regional governments, restaurants, businesses, and other spaces who shared their work and research during the Summit as well as Mayor Greenberg for speaking about food access and health in Louisville.

Louisville Metro Government, through its Office of Sustainability, has published a Request For Proposals (RFP) to assist in the development of a Louisville Green Bank. This important effort will better position Metro to meet its established goals of 100% clean energy and net zero greenhouse gas emissions community-wide by 2040, advance equity and environmental justice, mobilize private capital towards environmental goals, and receive and distribute funding through the federal Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Access the RFP using link below. Attend the Q&A session on Thursday, November 21 and submit your proposal by Wednesday, December 11. The Office of Sustainability will be collaborating with other Metro departments, development finance agencies, and the public to advance this effort. More information on opportunities to engage with this initiative will be shared on this webpage linked below in the coming weeks. Louisville Green Bank RFP and Q&A Session link: https://lnkd.in/ekBPZt2V

Our colleagues at the Louisville Mayor's Office of Equity (OE)?are hiring! The OE is looking for a dynamic administrative coordinator to provide administrative support services, coordinate the tuition reimbursement program, and provide the back up support for department payroll processing. Apply by November 19 at https://lnkd.in/eH7Hqeqn.

Louisville's FIRST affordable passive house was unveiled last week ??????? Learn more about the development of the "Jenny" from Sy Safi, Founder and CEO of UberGreen Spaces & Homes in the first of a video series dedicated to this monumental passive house project.

The Office of Sustainability is proud to sponsor this year's Louisville Sustainability Summit hosted by the Louisville Sustainability Council. This year's theme is Hungry for Change: Climate, Equity, and the Future of Food in Louisville. Mayor Craig Greenberg will speak about sustainability and food access in Louisville. Our Director, Sumedha Rao, will join as a panelist on the topic of Food, Social Justice, and Security. Join us tomorrow, Friday, November 8 at Sullivan University. The event begins at 12:00 PM. Enter through the main entrance of Sullivan University and proceed to the cafeteria.

We started the week by joing River City Housing Inc for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Louisville's first affordable passive home! The "Jenny" House, named in memory of RCH's former construction manager Jenny Jones Miller, is designed to drastically reduce energy use and minimize the home's carbon footprint. It incorporates solar panels installed through the Solarize Louisville program by Icon Solar. With long-term focus on affordability, the home offers lower energy bills and increases financial stability for working families. We look forward to learning from the Jenny House project to mainstream affordable, zero energy ready, passive houses for everyone in Louisville!

The Louisville Mayor's Office of Sustainability welcomes Maria Tori, Sustainability Specialist, to the team! ?? Maria is committed to empowering stakeholders in community driven sustainability solutions that utilize the natural strengths and resources within the local environment and community. She has a background in ecology, environmental science, education, and community engagement. Maria holds a B.A. in Environmental Justice and Sustainability from Bellarmine University, has published a chapbook of nature-inspired poetry through Kentucky’s own Finishing Line Press, and is a certified Naturalist and Science Advocate. She is passionate about reframing science communication through the lens of storytelling and building a community-centered, greener Louisville.