Sustainability in the New South

New South:

When some people think of the South they think of rural communities and backwoods towns.  Education seems limited and progressiveness extremely behind.  However, this New South mirrors the North in many ways, urban influence being the most influential.

Sustainability:

According to Chris Mayda, author of A Regional Geography of The United States and Canada, "Sustainability aims for an ecological dynamic equilibrium of Earth’s interconnected ecosystems that maximizes efficiency, minimizes waste, and spends interest but not principal” (57).  In fact Tennessee has developed many different sustainability plans.  The Tennessee Environmental Council launched the Sustainable Tennessee coalition in 2007.  In 2013 the coalition is focusing on energy efficiency, mountaintop removal coal mining, recycling and composting, and fracking. The hope is that by implementing this sustainable agenda that the state of Tennessee will have a re-vitalized economy and an improved quality of life.    

http://tectn.org/sustainable-tennessee/

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Mayda, Chris.  A Regional Geography of The United States and Canada.  Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.  Print.