Tag archive for ‘Switch Your Thinking’
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February 23, 2011
UT Knoxville Environmental Coordinator Jay Price and senior Maria Rosales were interviewed by WBIR’s Robin Wilhoit about the ongoing efforts of RecycleMania, an eight-week competition among more than 630 college...Read More »
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February 11, 2011
Next week the Paper Purge Party Crew will make the rounds on campus in an effort to top the more than 63,060 pounds of cardboard, paper, plastic and cans recycled...Read More »
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February 9, 2011
UT Knoxville recycled more than 63,060 pounds of cardboard, paper, plastic and cans -- about 1.5 pounds per full-time staff person -- last year during RecycleMania. Next week, UT is...Read More »
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January 25, 2011
Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek asks the campus to renew its energy savings efforts in the new year with the goal of reducing our overall consumption this calendar year by 10...Read More »
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July 27, 2010
UT Knoxville introduced the Switch Your Thinking campaign in 2008 to encourage energy conservation. Since that time, the campus' electricity use has decreased by 10 percent. The rising summer temperatures...Read More »
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March 15, 2010
In the spirit of friendly competition and going green, UT Knoxville is hosting its first-ever Recyclympics on March 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the TRECS Intramural Fields. Students,...Read More »
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November 23, 2009
As we near the end of the fall and winter's chill moves in, UT Knoxville's energy conservation efforts are heating up: Over the past 15 months, your actions and ideas...Read More »
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November 3, 2009
This Knoxville News Sentinel article explores how the university is working to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and "make orange green." Gordie Bennett, sustainability manager for UT Knoxville, explains how...Read More »
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October 14, 2009
UT Knoxville took top honors in the state and the Southeastern Conference in this year's 2010 College Sustainability Report Card. The report, published annually by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, gave...Read More »
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October 12, 2009
Planning for significant budget cuts, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has established a Lean Management Office as a permanent function of the campus administration, Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek announced today....Read More »
