Each of us can "
LIVE GREEN AT HEART." Simple green choices can have a significant impact ...like walking instead of driving, recycling instead of trashing, even making smart choices in the items that we purchase. On this website , we hope to celebrate and plant ideas, inspiration and education to help you "
LIVE GREEN AT HEART" every day. --Robin Wilhoit
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4:59 PM, Oct 12, 2011
The group "UT Recycling" gave away 600 reusable mugs on campus this afternoon, and encouraged students to sign a pledge, committing to move from disposable to reusable products.
7:33 PM, Aug 30, 2011
As the cost of energy increases more homeowners are looking for ways to make their houses more energy efficient. With the help of the Oak Ridge National Lab, a Rockwood man has gone all out to cut his utility bills.
3:33 PM, Jul 12, 2011
Millions of viewers tune to see the latest Green ideas a innovations in home and garden on HGTV. The network's parent company Scripps Networks is headquartered in Knoxville and now has a newly LEED certified building.
9:12 PM, Jun 17, 2011
How feasible is it to engineer a car that gets the equivalent of nearly 82 miles-per-gallon? Quite, for a team of students from Virginia Tech University who won first place in a U.S. car contest.
3:27 PM, May 3, 2011
The next time you happen to be by the Knoxville Convention Center, don't be tempted to pick vegetables and herbs growing in planters outside its door. Employees are growing their own produce that will eventually end up on the plates of guests.
6:14 AM, Apr 19, 2011
American Airlines has an expansive recycling program. Scott Friedman reports.
10:51 AM, Mar 18, 2011
The Loudon County Solid Waste Disposal Commission has worked out a deal to develop a landfill gas collection system that will turn methane gas into a clean energy source.
7:36 PM, Mar 1, 2011
A UT graduate wasn't ready to let the dismal job market keep him from succeeding. Andrew McAffry walked away from UT two years ago with a diploma in hand and immediately launched into the job hunt.
9:42 PM, Feb 17, 2011
The
survey found that of the 16% who disliked the newer
light bulbs, the most common reasons had to do with cost and light
quality.
9:37 PM, Feb 15, 2011
Waste Management and The Tennessee Valley Authority have inked a 20 year contract to tap methane gas from the Chestnut Ridge Landfill near the Anderson and Knox County line and turn it into electricity.
9:15 PM, Feb 8, 2011
The Tennessee Valley Authority is purchasing up to 300 megawatts of electricity generated at a wind farm in O'Dell, Illinois to power 60,000 homes in the Tennessee Valley.
5:56 PM, Feb 3, 2011
The Chevy hybrid will be on sale later this year, Nissan electric-only car is on sale in local dealerships.
11:56 AM, Jan 20, 2011
Without statewide standards in Tennessee, it's up to each county to
create and fund programs for its collection and recycling or disposal.
8:57 PM, Jan 11, 2011
A Knoxville landmark bought into the green movement years before it was the cool thing to do. It's paying off for the Knoxville Convention Center, as well as, the people of Knoxville.
12:47 PM, Nov 16, 2010
What started as a couple of sketches and a dream turned into a budding business based on a green concept for two Dallas, Texas women.