Each year Sustain Charlotte hosts an awards ceremony to celebrate the work that is being done in the community to advance smart growth and sustainability. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic forced […]
My name is Xavier Gomez, and I’m a rising sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I am double majoring in systems engineering and Spanish, along with a […]
Wishful recycling (placing items in recycling that is actually garbage) costs Mecklenburg County over $1.6M per year. Those costs arise from the special processing cost that the County pays to […]
Before Lisa encountered Sustain Charlotte, she struggled to know how to connect her passion for the environment with her day-to-day life. At the time, she worked in single-family homebuilding, an […]
While 2020 has required many adaptations from all of us, Sustain Charlotte has continued to work hard for the long-term health of our community. Here are a few of the […]
2020 has been a hard year for all of us. A public health crisis, social distancing, civil unrest, and widespread unemployment–our realities have changed greatly over the past several months. […]
You’re invited to attend a 4-part workshop series to learn about how smart growth can help to improve health, economic mobility, and overall quality of life for people living in […]
Will Pellisero has long been a sustainability advocate. He and his family are big fans of composting, gardening, and solar energy. But before connecting with Sustain Charlotte, he hadn’t made […]
For all of us, 2020 has been an incredibly challenging year. We’re facing a global health crisis, an economic recession, and civil unrest. Things may feel bleak–but there are some […]
Last night, Shannon Binns, Sustain Charlotte’s founder and executive director, attended the public hearing for the City’s FY21 proposed budget. While we’re grateful for the allocations made for transportation investments, […]