Urban Green Lab News & Resources
The Green Issue: Environmental Justice Initiative Educates About Environmental Racism
“The environmental sector suffers from an alarming amount of whiteness,” says Patrick King, the sustainability education manager of local nonprofit Urban Green Lab. “There’s a perception that it’s a space only for affluent white folks, when in reality, when you look at the numbers, the overwhelming majority of people who believe in climate change and believe that things have to be done around climate change are Black and brown.”
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The Green Issue: So You Want to Recycle Responsibly
Voting with our dollar and buying into eco-friendly companies may become even more important in Nashville, as many of our landfills are set to fill up and close in the next few years. Todd Lawrence, executive director of nonprofit Urban Green Lab, says the organization educates residents about Metro’s priorities, like the current Solid Waste Master Plan, which “will serve as a roadmap to achieving Zero Waste over the next 30 years,” according to Metro’s website.
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Earth Day 2021: A Little Change Goes a Long Way
At first, you would think restoring our Earth back to what it was before a global pandemic which has taken 3 million lives would be a monumental task. But in reality, a little goes a long way in preventing its spread and destruction.
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#FindYourLab with Herb Williams
Renowned local artist, Herb Williams tells us about his lab! “I have always felt a very deep connection to nature and wildlife and find enormous inspiration from both.”
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Nashville Is Experiencing a Mini-Revolution in Solar. Here’s How to Take Part.
Energy from the sun accounted for 43% of all new electricity generating capacity in the United States in the third quarter of 2020.
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Speak Up for Equity: Advocating for Environmental Justice with Patrick King
Patrick King believes that sustainability is directly tied to issues of inequity. He’s the sustainability education manager with Urban Green Lab, and he’s working to implement a new Environmental Justice Initiative which will focus on helping distressed communities improve their health and lives.
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7 Black Environmentalists Who Truly Made History
The environmental movement has a troubled past with well-known defenders of nature also promoting ideas of white supremacy. However, and not surprisingly, Black leaders have persevered to have a huge impact on the historical and modern conservation movement.
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Metro Public Works and Urban Green Lab Partner on New Educational Series to Help Nashvillians Live More Sustainably
Metro Public Works (MPW) and Urban Green Lab (UGL), a nonprofit that teaches communities how to live sustainably, are partnering on a new educational series titled “Sustainable in the City: Thinking Upstream” focused on how Nashvillians can better reduce, reuse, and recycle, and live a more sustainable lifestyle.
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#FindYourLab with Hank & Lottie Cardwell
Hank, a Sustainable Classrooms trained teacher, and his daughter Lottie, an eighth grader, share the story of their holistic family approach to sustainable living.
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