Abstract
Climate change caused by human activities is overbearing with its impact destructive to nature. Nashville, a vast developing city and capital of Tennesse recently has an influx of people within and outside of the United States because of the private and public establishments sited in the metropolis. The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) known as WeGo engaged in Employee Services which encouraged Employers to enroll staffs in the public transportation scheme to reduce; the cost incurred on transportation, carbon emission by automobiles and the carbon footprint in the metropolitan area. The research focuses on the climate action in Tennessee State University and the community response to climate innovations. Recently, the College of Agriculture Graduate Students Association enrolled 50 students, faculty and staffs across the institution as a pilot phase on the MTA/WeGo yearly bus pass which was subsidized to a tune of 97 percent. The use of the subsidized bus pass has been widely publicized and has received commendation for campus wide acceptance. Sustainable agriculture practices and promotion of other ecofriendly alternative power source are currently ongoing in the University. Policies that promote sustainable practices by MTA was examined and the climate action currently institutionalized at Tennesse State University was reviewed.
Presenters
Mustapha OlawuniGraduate Research Assistant, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tennessee State University, Tennessee, United States Aron Felts
Graduate research assistant, Agriculture , Tennessee state university, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Technical, Political, and Social Responses
KEYWORDS
TRANSPORTATION, CARBON, BUS PASS, CLIMATE ACTION
