A healthy and vibrant Tulsa depends upon committed efforts in sustainability. The Mayor is forming partnerships with groups and the business community to find solutions that combine and balance economic and environmental goals. On April 22, 2008- Earth Day, BeGreen Tulsa was launched. This initiative encompasses all of the programs within the City of Tulsa that support environmental and energy policies.

“The environment is at the core of our values as individuals.  It is our solemn responsibility to leave the next generation of Tulsans a city that is in better condition than when we found it.” Mayor Kathy Taylor

BeGreen Tulsa

This program contains the Mayor’s initiatives focused on energy conservation, recycling and green strategies. For more information go to http://www.Begreentulsa.com.

ReGreen Tulsa

This initiative partners with Up With Trees, individuals and groups with a goal to plant 20,000 trees by 2010. For more information, go to http://www.regreentulsa.com. The initiative is well on track to meet the goal. The 2000th tree was planted December 13th in Florence Park with the help of a donation of funds and volunteers from Home Depot.

Other Initiatives:

• Secured a $60,000 grant to buy 2 Honda CNG vehicles (ranked #1 “greenest vehicle” on GreenCars.com);
• Ordered Tulsa’s first CNG refuse vehicle;
• Tulsa became a partner in the Blue Skyways Collaborative effort (joined other cities to reduce energy-related air emissions) http://www.cityoftulsa.org/News/Archives/BlueSkyways10-5-07.asp; The effort aims to adopt voluntary measures to implement and utilize innovative technologies and programs to reduce emissions;
• Supported the development of Tulsa Transit (new routes);
• In May 2007, joined mayors of 500 cities (representing 64 million people) by signing the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement http://usmayors.org/climateprotection/agreement.htm
• Developed a plan for reducing City energy costs. http://cityoftulsa.org/Environment/Energy/