Announcement Archive
Electronics Waste Recycling Event
Anderson County residents - recycle your broken or unwanted electronics this weekend for free!
Posted November 13, 2009
STAIR Seminar on Energy Technologies
On November 19, the UT Knoxville Sustainable Technology through Advanced Interdisciplinary Research (STAIR) program will host a seminar entitled "Essential Energy Technologies for Mitigating Climate Change and Achieving Oil Independence."
Posted November 12, 2009
Local News Highlights Gameday Recycling
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville gameday recycling program was featured on local NBC-affiliate Channel 10 News yesterday.
Posted November 11, 2009
Laurel Apartments Wins POWER Challenge
After four weeks of grueling competition, Laurel Apartments won the fifth-annual Make Orange Green POWER Challenge.
Posted November 05, 2009
Switch Your Thinking Profiled by NWF
The National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology program is highlighting the UT Knoxville 'Switch Your Thinking' energy conservation campaign in its 2009 Yearbook.
Posted November 03, 2009
New Sustainabilty Course for Spring 2010
A new course on ecosystem management for sustainability will be offered in spring 2010 by the UT Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
Posted October 27, 2009
UT Organic Farm Internships Available
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Department of Plant Sciences is seeking applications for five organic farm internship positions to begin spring 2010.
Posted October 16, 2009
UTK Earns Highest-Ever Sustainability Rating
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, took top honors in the state and the Southeastern Conference in this year's 2010 College Sustainability Report Card.
Posted October 14, 2009
UT Office Supply Store Offers Recycled Paper
To strengthen UT’s responsibility toward helping to preserve the environment, the Office Supply Store now offers recycled paper.
Posted September 29, 2009
U. Louisville to Host Bioneers Conference
Louisville, KY is one of 14 cities (and the nearest to Knoxville) in the U.S. to be hosting a FREE live satellite feed of the 2009 Bioneers Conference!
Posted September 29, 2009
UT Biomass Project Awarded $4.9 M Grant
Genera Energy LLC of Knoxville, Tenn., in collaboration with the University of Tennessee Biofuels Initiative, is among the five recipients of the DOE's latest round of biomass grants.
Posted September 25, 2009
STAIR Program Hosts Hydrogen Lecture
The UT Knoxville Sustainable Technology through Advanced Interdisciplinary Research (STAIR) program is hosting a presentation on hydrogen fuel production by Dr. James Swartz of Stanford University. The talk will be given at 9:40 a.m. Thursday September 10 in M311 of Walters Life Science Building.
Posted September 03, 2009
UT Students Building Zero Energy House
Students from the University of Tennessee Knoxville School of Architecture and Design are constructing a high performance house that will use solar power for all of its basic functions.
Posted August 25, 2009
Biodiesel Production Unit Opens
East Tennessee has officially welcomed a new alternative fuel production facility to the region, and enthusiasts from state and local government to local restaurateurs are poised to help biodiesel succeed.
Posted July 22, 2009
UT Gift Receipts to Go Paperless
In July 2009 the University of Tennessee Office of Alumni Affairs will begin transitioning to electronic gift receipts. The move will save UT $45,000 in postage costs and help to reduce the office's paper consumption.
Posted June 26, 2009
Need a place to work on your bike or get a bike tune-up? The UT Outdoor Program Bike Shop has the bike stands and tools needed to help you fix about any repair you may have.
Posted June 23, 2009
'Friends of Switchie' Program Launched
Make Orange Green and the Committee on the Campus Environment invite UT Knoxville faculty and staff to become a "Friend of Switchie" by volunteering to conserve energy in their department.
Posted June 18, 2009
Ride KAT for FREE on Air Quality Action Days
This summer, Knoxville Area Transit (KAT) is offering fare-free rides on all routes when regional air quality forecasts reach Orange level or higher.
Posted June 15, 2009
Agriculture Campus is Switching its Thinking
Joseph DiPietro, UT vice president for agriculture, is encouraging others on the Agriculture campus to jump on board with the Switch your Thinking campaign, and he’s leading by example.
Posted June 11, 2009
UT Employee Wins $10,000 for Green Business
Congratulations to Senior Steam Plant Operator Calvin Esau for winning the Knoxville Business Journal’s 2009 Business In the Green program!
Posted May 15, 2009
Upcoming Workshops on Sustainable Tourism
The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation are hosting four statewide
Sustainable Tourism Workshops in 2009.
Posted April 28, 2009
UTK Environmental Leadership Award Winners
As part of Earth Day 2009, winners of the first-ever Make Orange Green Environmental Leadership Awards were announced yesterday.
Posted April 23, 2009
UTK Energy Saving Projects Announced
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, proposed today a set of projects that would use federal stimulus funding to fight rising energy costs and keep the university a national leader in campus sustainability.
Posted April 22, 2009
UT Knoxville Halfway to Energy Saving Goal
The Switch Your Thinking energy-saving effort at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is halfway to its goal of a 10 percent reduction in energy use compared to last year.
Posted March 23, 2009
Green Chemistry Outreach Fellow Program
Beyond Benign invites undergraduate and graduate students in the U.S. to apply for its 2008-2009 Green Chemistry Outreach Fellows Program.
Posted January 21, 2009
Academic Catalogs Going Paperless!
Beginning with the 2009-2010 edition, UT Knoxville undergraduate and graduate catalogs will no longer be printed on paper. Instead, the catalogs will be offered online in an easy to use, database driven, attractive and searchable format.
Posted January 21, 2009
Vending Turns Off Lights to Save Energy
Campus Vending is turning off lights in vending machines to save energy and more than $13,000 per year!
Posted December 08, 2008
Anthropology Hosts Environmental Speakers
The week of October 20th the Anthropology Department will host two environmental speakers. On Monday, October 20th Barbara Rose Johnston will present “Consequences of Nuclear War” at 11:00am in the Hodges Library auditorium. On Thursday, October 30th Kari Saylor Smith, Ph.D. candidate in the Anthropology Department will present "The Town Asbestos Built" at 3:40pm in McClung Museum Auditorium.
Posted October 17, 2008
UT to Host World Food Day Teleconference
The University of Tennessee will broadcast the World Food Day Teleconference live from Washington D.C. on October 16, 2008 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time in Hollingsworth Auditorium on the Ag Campus. The World Food Day teleconference is a three hour program of a panel presentation, documentary film, and question and answer session with panelists. The panel presentation will feature three panelists to discuss important issues related to world hunger and global warming, led by Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for PBS Jim Lehrer NewsHour.
Posted October 10, 2008
SPEAK Hosts Sustainability Week
This week (Sept. 22-27) is Sustainability Week! Join SPEAK in celebrating. Events range from speakers to a cloths swap. The week ends with the Sustainable Living Roadshow September 27th and 28th at Fiji Island. Find out how to get involved.
Posted September 23, 2008
Switch Your Thinking Campaign Launched
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is calling on faculty and staff to change the way they look at energy in a campaign designed to reduce campus energy consumption by 10 percent this year -- a move that would save the university more than $1 million from its campus energy budget.
Posted September 12, 2008
Celebrate Make Orange Green Week 2008
Celebrate Make Orange Green Week and learn how you can Switch Your Thinking.
Posted September 05, 2008
Move In Day Recycling Sets New Record!
Students moving into residence halls recycled more than 13,000 pounds of cardboard on Saturday and Sunday, August 16th and 17th. With the help of Housing and Facilities Services staff members, recycling rates increased by over 60% from last year’s 8,000 pounds!
Posted August 19, 2008
Used Mercury Thermometer Exchange
On Tuesday, July 22 from 11AM to 1PM faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to exchange household mercury thermometers for free battery operated digital thermometers. The exchange will be located on the second floor of the University Center in the Carolyn Brown Lounge (outside the computer store).
Posted July 13, 2008
Going Green Information for Freshmen
Welcome to The University of Tennessee! Over the past five years The University of Tennessee has taken large strides to “green” campus operations. When you arrive on campus you will find many ways to Make Orange Green. To learn more click on “Going Green Information for Freshmen.”
Posted June 04, 2008
Dusk in the Village Goes Green
This year residents of Sutherland and Golf Range Apartments were given an unusual request for the annual spring picnic. In their monthly newsletter residents were asked to BYOP or “Bring Your Own Plate.” In an effort to reduce waste and increase environmental awareness, the staff and residence associations of Sutherland and Golf Range Apartments asked residents to use reusable plates at the event. The UT Recycling program provided compost and recycling bins to further reduce waste creation.
Posted May 30, 2008
Spring Cleaning Success!
Students moving out of campus residence halls donated almost 6 tons of clothes and household items to Goodwill and more than 500 pounds of food to Second Harvest! This material, potentially destined for the landfill, will now go to help others in need. Donated items included ironing boards, clothing with tags still attached, school supplies, and many, many packages of Raman Noodles.
Posted May 29, 2008
Destination ImagiNation Goes Green
This year’s participants in Designation ImagiNation Made Orange Green by recycling, composting, diverting waste, dining without trays, and more! Over 10,500 pounds of material was composted and recycled during the event.
Posted May 28, 2008
College of Architecture and Design Pledges to Become Energy-efficient and Carbon-neutral by 2010
The College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has committed to make its own building -- as well as all its studio projects -- more environmentally friendly. The college is one of only four design institutions in the nation to make such a commitment.
Posted February 01, 2008
