Tiger Blue Goes Green
We are all stewards of our home, Planet Earth. The University of Memphis community has demonstrated its deep commitment to this idea by launching a variety of projects and initiatives designed to conserve natural resources or to use them more effectively, as well as by imparting the concept of sustainability to its students, who will in turn carry it out into the greater community. From designing buildings that meet LEEDS standards, to conducting biodiesel research, to working in the ever-expanding TIGUrS community garden, tiger blue goes green!
Are you a faculty member, staff member, or student who is involved in a green activity supporting a goal in our campus sustainability plan?
- Stewardship of the built environment
- Stewardship of the natural environment
- Building a campus culture of sustainability
- Integrating sustainability into the curriculum and research
- Engaging with the community to advance sustainability
- If so, we would love to hear all about it!
Join us at Tiger Blue Goes Green 2024 on October 1st in the Student Plaza from 10am-2pm, an exhibition fair at the University of Memphis celebrating our efforts toward sustainability. This event brings together a network of community businesses and non-profits, alongside some of our very own U of M programs and departments. All have at least one thing in common, their focus on sustainability. Our theme for this year is “Grounded in Sustainability: Exploring and restoring our connection with nature." Tiger Blue Goes Green will host over thirty local exhibitors ready to take you on an eco-journey to discover the many ways we can co-exist with nature in an urban landscape. Learn how access to nature is vital to our health and well-being. Understand your impact on the rich microscopic world beneath your feet. Modernity has had a negative impact on the health of our planet and us, broadening the distance between humans and nature. We can do better! Some exhibitors will have products for sell, so come ready to practice sustainable consumerism and support local businesses! Do not forget to grab a free event t-shirt while supplies last, and lunch on us!