Reduce your waste. Grow your business. Tennesseans create too much waste, nearly twice as much as the average American. G.R.O.W.
is working with local Knoxville businesses and government to change policies regarding plastic bags and disposable cups. By encouraging businesses to create incentive programs, we will save consumers and businesses money while protecting the environment.
07/07/2015
Hawaii Just Became The First State To Ban Plastic Bags At Grocery Checkouts As of Wednesday, grocery stores across the entire state of Hawaii are banned from distributing plastic bags. The City and County of Honolulu -- which covers the entirety of Oahu, Hawaii's most popu
04/24/2015
Check out this awesome article written about G.R.O.W. and UT's Project Bag(gage) by one of UT's most promising students, Don Black! Thanks, Don, for coming to speak with us--we've learned so much from you!
Student-led initiatives aim to reduce waste on campus | Tennessee Journalist Over the past year, two student-led groups began exploring ways to reduce one-time use items such as plastic bottles and bags on the University of Tennessee’s campus and the surrounding Knoxville area.
04/23/2015
Go check out the UT Make Orange Green Earth Day celebration happening now at the HSS Amphitheater on the UT campus!
Earth Day Celebration at UT, Thurs., April 23 - News and Events - Libraries: The University of... Earth Day Celebration at UT, Thurs., April 23 Posted on April 22, 2015 UT’s Earth Day Celebration, April 23 Join UT’s Earth Day Celebration Thursday, April 23, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., at the HSS Amphitheater. Celebrate the Earth, share ideas for local action, showcase environmental and responsible l…
04/22/2015
Happy Earth Day! This New York town is celebrating by breaking their plastic bag habit--how do you plan to celebrate?
Earth Day Carries in Plastic Bag Ban to Southampton Town | The East Hampton Star Come Wednesday shoppers in the Town of Southampton won't find the convenient single-use plastic bags they're used to at checkout counters. The town's new law banning such bags takes effect on Earth Day.
04/20/2015
Sounds like Scots were on-board with this fee-for-a-good-cause plan--would you be?
Major supermarkets raise more than £1m for charity through carrier bag charge MAJOR retailers have donated more than £1 million to charity since the five pence charge for a carrier bag was introduced six months months ago.
04/18/2015
As Earth Day rolls around, we here at G.R.O.W. Knoxville just want to remind everybody how local business can grow up by shrinking down the amount of waste they produce. Click through to see a quick how-to!
G.R.O.W. Knoxville How-To G.R.O.W. Knoxville How-To | Piktochart Infographic Editor
04/16/2015
Bike on over to the screening of Trashed at UT's HSS amphitheater tonight from 7-9 and get entered to win a prize from the UT Office of Sustainability!
You won't want to miss this award-winning documentary depicting once-beautiful landscapes and destinations that have been now converted to landfills. How many disposable bags and cups can you spot?
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04/16/2015
Don't miss the Keep Knoxville Beautiful Trash Run starting at Wild Wings Cafe next Wednesday (that's Earth Day, by the way!) from 5:30-6:30!
Click the link below to get to the Keep Knoxville Beautiful website, where you can sign up!
Keep Knoxville Beautiful Founded in 1978, KKB is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. Our mission is to promote a cleaner, greener, more beautiful community. Join us in the effort by volunteering in our programs or becoming a member of Keep Knoxville Beautiful. This website is your source for litter prevention informatio…
04/14/2015
What do you put in your reusable bag?
Reusable Bags Make People Buy Organic—and Junk: An Interview with Uma Karmarkar When you’ve done something good, you feel you deserve a cookie.
A social way to be environmental: Green Drinks is a monthly social gathering of people interested in environmental issues of any kind.
Check out this group's April event at Armada in the Old City tomorrow at 5:30!
Green Drinks Knoxville A monthly gathering to highlight sustainability efforts and bring like-minded folks together over drinks. Now on the 2nd Wednesdays on the month!
04/12/2015
There's a barge full of garbage floating through Knoxville this week! The Living Lands and Waters barge is here to remind us of where all our extra trash (ahem, plastic bags and cups) winds up. Hurry down to Volunteer Landing today for a free tour from 1-4!
Tennessee River Tour starts in Knoxville The nationally recognized Living Lands and Waters barge is docked at Volunteer Landing April 8-15, 2015, as part of the Tennessee River Tour.
Sending a shout-out to Bliss this morning! They are another one of the awesome local businesses that we have met in the last several weeks that puts a lot of thought into not only recycled and re-used goods, but also implements those practices in their everyday routine! Ya'll rock!