Environmental Leadership Program

Jeff has spent the last 14 years producing more than a dozen award-winning environmental documentaries including the most recent, "Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America." Barrie has led successful efforts to reform transportation policies in Tennessee, developed recycling campaigns in Southern California, and built a broad coalition of wilderness advocates a cross America. Barrie's current Kilowatt Ours Initiative aims to improve the energy efficiency of the Southeastern United States. Barrie was recently awarded a 2007 Tennessee Arts Fellowship, a lifetime achievement award, by the Tennessee Arts Commission, and the 2007 Conservation Educator of the Year by the Tennessee Wildlife Federation. He lives in Nashville with his wife Heather and their 2-year-old daughter Lily.