2020 Josh Smith Sustainability Award Winner: Shane Tedder, Univ of KY скачать в хорошем качестве

2020 Josh Smith Sustainability Award Winner: Shane Tedder, Univ of KY

The UofL Sustainability Council's 2020 Josh Smith Memorial Award was awarded to D. Shane Tedder, M.S., who has served since 2009 as the University of Kentucky's first Campus Sustainability Officer and now also serves at the Assistant Director of the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment. Shane received his award during UofL Sustainability Week at the October 30, 2020 EcoReps Workshop during which he spoke passionately about his vision for a collaborative sustainability movement that centers justice. Throughout his time at UK, Shane has always been willing to set aside conventional UK-UofL rivalry in favor of a supportive and collaborative relationship. He has been passionate about, supportive of, and instrumental to the success of UofL’s sustainability initiatives. Over the last decade, Shane has been a lead organizer of annual statewide gatherings for higher education sustainability staff to exchange ideas, information, and inspiration. He has hosted numerous visits and tours for us to learn from the sustainability efforts underway on UK’s campus. He co-organized the 2018 Kentucky Bike Walk Summit in Lexington, which helped recharge our statewide efforts to advance bicycling and walking as a sustainable transportation option. Most recently, in 2020, Shane has been instrumental in helping UofL consider investing in a large-scale, off-site solar installation that would help us achieve our Climate Action Plan goals. He and his team at UK have given generously of their time and information to help UofL administrators understand the opportunities available in the Kentucky renewable energy market through virtual power purchase agreements. If there’s one person outside of UofL who we can always count on to offer assistance, sage advice, great ideas, and a good ol’ fashioned Kentucky Can-Do spirit to help our sustainability initiatives succeed, it is Shane Tedder. His kindness, selflessness, and eagerness to share have been a constant inspiration to us and we can think of no one else more worthy of our praise and gratitude. Reflecting his generosity, Shane chose to donate his cash prize to Hood to the Holler, an organization founded by Kentucky Rep. Charles Booker, which is focused on leveraging the incredible momentum for positive change in Kentucky and nationally toward the aim of building broad coalitions, breaking down barriers of race and class, and fueling a people centered movement to build political power and transform our future. Hood to the Holler is a barrier breaking, coalition building, people-centered movement to ignite new political power and transform our future. They fight for political power to heal, transform, and build communities rooted in love and justice, rather than hate. Hood to the Holler works to: Remove Barriers to Democratic Participation, Empower a More Reflective Democracy, Engage Kentuckians of all stripes - from the Hood to the Holler, and Break Down Barriers Surrounding the Topic of Racial Justice, Generational Poverty and more.