An Initiative of WCTE and CPB

An Initiative of WCTE and CPB

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Monday, 08 February 2010 20:00

 

More and more, individuals and businesses are buying into the fact that conscientious living is healthy for all of us. Some make small commitments; some go all out. For Tayst Restaurant’s Chef Jeremy Barlow, a personal goal to go green and shop local changed his professional life when he earned the Green Restaurant Association’s coveted Three-Star Certification.
The rating governs nearly every aspect of Barlow’s operation, from watts wasted, to food recycled to water saved. The rating is no mean feat; Tayst one of perhaps a dozen in the nation to earn Three Star status, which gained Barlow a lot of attention as CNN and Martha Stewart came calling.
Still, it’s the food that keeps customers happy, and coming back to Tayst…



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We think it’s great news that several Tennessee Prisons are choosing to Go Green, and Live Green Tennessee recently visited Sergeant Doug Griffith of the Tennessee Department of Corrections.
Griffith explained a recycling program that turns leftover food from five prisons into rich, fertile mulch that’s then used on a 100-acre kitchen garden. The inmates working the farm save the prison system—and you, the taxpayer—money...
But more important is the responsibility, the fresh air, and the opportunity to learn practical, employable and life-long skills to help trustees adjust to life upon release.

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