2022 Recycling Excellence Award
Each year on Earth Day Sustain Charlotte hosts an awards ceremony to celebrate the work that is being done in the community to advance smart growth and sustainability. For the […]
Climate Change and the Environment
Inspiring local leaders honored at 10th Annual Charlotte Sustainability Awards
Sustain Charlotte hosted an evening of celebration and inspiration at the 10th Annual Charlotte Sustainability Awards Presented by Duke Energy on April 22. Over the past decade, Sustain Charlotte has […]
A clean and green cause that’s close to our hearts: Wastequip proud to sponsor Sustain Charlotte 2022
Sustain Charlotte is proud to announce that Charlotte-based company Wastequip, North America’s leading manufacturer of waste handling equipment, will serve as a platinum sponsor of the Charlotte Sustainability Awards from Sustain […]
We’re asking NC to invest infrastructure funds equitably + sustainably
Sustain Charlotte recently signed on to a letter with 18 local, statewide, and regional organizations to Governor Cooper calling for NCDOT to follow USDOT guidance to invest funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure […]
Key details on the new development rules and how they will impact the environment
Welcome to our series of UDO series! If you’re not familiar with the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), no worries! Earlier we published an introductory post discussing the UDO, the difference between the […]
We’re sharing key details of the rules that will guide Charlotte’s growth
Welcome to our series of blog posts about the Unified Development Ordinance (abbreviated as UDO)! Perhaps you have heard that in October of 2021, the city released the first Unified Development […]
We’re asking for a Mecklenburg County budget that grows our greenways faster
Sustain Charlotte partnered with Partners for Parks and Park and Rec Commissioner Paul Freestone to sign up as a group and coordinated on our comments to speak with one voice […]
Mode shifting our way to sustainable urban mobility
This is a guest blog post from our Gold Partner, Spin. By Hui Wen Chan, Director of Sustainability, Spin In August, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its Sixth Assessment […]
Passive House 101
This is a guest post by our Gold Partner, Insight Architects. Passive House is an internationally operated performance-based energy certification program with a goal of minimal energy consumption. It is used for […]
What do transportation and land use have to do with climate change? Everything.
It’s Climate Week through this Sunday, and we want to take a moment to share our perspective on why Sustain Charlotte’s work is so critical to reducing our local contribution to climate pollution. In addition […]