NATURAL RESOURCES
CLEAN ENERGY

The League of Women Voters of Florida supports state legislation and policies for:

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• energy conservation

• greater use of renewable sources like solar energy

• conservation of freshwater and its availability for environmental, public, agricultural, industrial, and mining uses on a priority basis

• bans on oil and gas drilling off Florida’s coast, and

• funding for public transportation

 

The League of Women Voters of Tallahassee contributes to these state-level priorities through the work of the Natural Resources and Clean Energy Committee.​ We are an active committee with historic and current noteworthy projects all depending on the work and support of volunteers. If this is an interest area of yours, please join us at our monthly meetings. Information about these meetings and other committee volunteer
opportunities, such as neighborhood and shoreline cleanups, Hot Topics, and campaign sign recycling work, can be found on the LWVT calendar and in our local League’s “The Voter” email newsletter.
 

Historic Projects:

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• Under a LWVFL initiative, we started a solar cooperative in Tallahassee to obtain a bulk discount for home rooftop solar panels.

• We supported the city’s development of its 62-megawatt solar farms.

• We have been active in Tally 100, the local group monitoring the city’s development and implementation of their Clean Energy Plan. 

• We worked with Leon County and Tallahassee in the adoption of a ban on certain single-use plastics in county and city activities.

• We promoted and saw adopted a Green Building Policy for city-owned buildings.

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Current Projects:

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• We are working with the Leon County School District in the development and adoption of a sustainability plan for the District and our public schools.

• We participate in the City of Tallahassee's Adopt-a-Street litter 
  campaign, an initiative of Keep Tallahassee Beautiful. You may have 
  seen our League of Women Voters sign on South Boulevard. Six to 
  eight volunteers gather on Saturday mornings about four times per year to pick up litter in the All-Saints neighborhood.  

• We also join in Leon County's annual trash pickup, other Keep Tallahassee Beautiful campaigns, and the annual shoreline cleanup around local lakes.

• We educate ourselves and other LWVT members on recycling with occasional Hot Topics and tours of Marpan Recycling.

• We launched a partnership with Leon County’s Office of Resource 
  Stewardship, the Supervisor of Election’s Office, and Marpan 
  Recycling for a campaign sign recycling project in 2024. This was very successful and will continue in future campaign seasons.

• We partner with local organizations for the Big Bend Environmental 
  Forum during election seasons. Candidates for public office are 
  asked questions covering environmental issues to inform voters.

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Through our education and advocacy, we seek to increase the public’s understanding and involvement in protecting our natural resources and promoting clean energy, with primary emphasis on our local community. 
 

Join us to make a difference for today and for tomorrow.