Making Orange Green

A Celebration of Campus and Community 'Greening' efforts at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

   UT has made a promise, and that promise revolves around making substantial efforts toward the "greening"of the university through various methods. To inform the students and public along with celebrating the effort, UT sponsored a kickoff event at which it was promised one could "find out how you can conserve energy and improve your environmental footprint. Enjoy free local ice cream from

Cruze Dairy Farm and crank out blended treats using 100 percent pedal power! Check out the latest zero-emissions vehicles from Nissan, Chevrolet, and Mitsubishi."

   Luckily, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend this event, and I was impressed. Aside from the actual meat of the attempts to bring the notion of "greening" the lives of UT students and residents of Knoxville, even the fact that the effort was made delighted me, for it won't be until the ideas of increasing sustainability are brought to the forefront of our minds that serious change will be effected.
   However, the content of the event was incredible. There were hundreds of people all gathering to pie their RA's, pedal power a blender, and learn about the sustainable efforts being made at UT. It was a great deal of fun, and it makes me proud to know that my university is taking the steps necessary to spread the word on saving the planet.