The Urban Green Lab Blog
High School Students Take Sustainability Tour of Construction Site
Urban Green Lab’s Sustainable Pathways Program gave 3 McGavock High School students the opportunity to tour a Turner Construction job site and learn about sustainability in the field!
#FindYourLab with Katie Madole
“I dream of a Nashville where environmental justice is achieved- everyone has the same protection from environmental and health hazards and diverse voices are present in all decision-making conversations.”
Earth Month 2020 Reading List
Here are a few titles that the UGL team really enjoyed and we hope you will too!
Earth Day & Climate Action Webinar
Urban Green Lab created an interactive webinar to teach about the History of Earth Month and how they can take climate action, even during a quarantine.
Earth Month 2020
Earth Month is here, and due to COVID-19, Urban Green Lab is going digital! Join Urban Green Lab this April for our virtual Earth Week activities. Learn about the issues, and how you and your family can live more sustainability.
Urban Green Lab urges restaurants to donate food
Restaurants across Middle Tennessee are being forced to close their doors because of Covid-19. The Urban Green Lab doesn’t want their food to go to waste.
Local partners in food scrap recycling in Nashville
In 2015, NRDC selected Nashville as its pilot city for developing high-impact local policies and actions to address food waste by preventing food…
UGL Executive Director Appointed to Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Committee
Todd Lawrence, executive director of Urban Green Lab, will co-chair the Waste Reduction subcommittee of the Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Committee.
Forty-Five K-12 Educators Trained on Sustainability
This spring 45 K-12 teachers were trained on Sustainable Classrooms from 26 schools.
#FindYourLab with Emily Fairbank
Emily, who works at Nissan North America, shares with Urban Green Lab about how she brings sustainable living into all areas of her life.