Urban Green Lab News & Resources
Urban Green Lab is Named Winner at the 2019 Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Awards
Urban Green Lab was awarded a Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award in the Environmental Education and Outreach category for our Sustainable Classrooms program!
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Best If Used: Tackling Food Waste in Music City U.S.A.
Listen as Linda Breggin and Sam Koenig discuss the scale and impact of food waste and the actions that are being taken to address it.
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MPNS Food Waste Warriors Are Rescuing and Recycling Food
Students found 131 pounds of food waste in their own cafeteria. Here’s what they’re doing about it.
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Mayor’s Food Saver Challenge Seeks to Cut Local Food Waste
Taking a look at programs and organizations that cut waste and redirect food to the hungry.
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Volunteers rescue food for elderly, disabled for Christmas holiday
“We picked up a little over 1,000 pounds of food today, so you’re looking at about 1,700, 1,800 meals today,” said Chris Whitney
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Analyzing Food Waste at the City Level
Using the cities of Denver, Nashville and New York to create a baseline study, Natural Resources Defense Council developed a comprehensive report addressing food waste.
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Fighting Food Waste in Nashville
Today Mayor David Briley announced the Food Saver Challenge to combat food waste in Music City, dozens of restaurants and businesses have jumped on board.
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Nashville 2018: Eliminating food waste in Music City
News 2 continues to track the good and bad that comes with Nashville’s growth, like uneaten food.
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