Urban Green Lab News & Resources
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.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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Forty-Five K-12 Educators Trained on Sustainability
This spring 45 K-12 teachers were trained on Sustainable Classrooms from 26 schools.
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#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.
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Experts push alternative to recycling
There’s been a lot of bad news lately when it comes to recycling in Nashville. Instead of adding programs, the city keeps taking them away.
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Mayor Cooper issues challenge to restaurant industry to reduce waste, feed the hungry
Local restaurants challenged to reduce the amount of food they waste while helping to feed hungry Nashvillians throughout the holiday season and beyond.
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You Should Be Composting!
Chances are that you’ve heard of composting. If you’ve heard that it’s difficult, messy or smelly then you’ve been misinformed!