Environment & Sustainability

Memphis featured on re-launched PBS “The Victory Garden’s Edible Feast”

The second episode in the re-launched PBS series “The Victory Garden’s Edible Feast” features Memphis where we learn about seed saving, a chef making a difference with hospital food and […]

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Memphis landfill is turning trash to treasure

MLGW has partnered with a local landfill to turn greenhouse gas emissions into useable energy for Memphis homes. 

National Geographic to help Memphis map “geotourism” spots

Designed to develop and promote tourism venues that allow visitors to experience the heritage and local culture of Memphis, National Geographic has partnered with local groups to offer Mississippi River National Geographic Geotourism Project.

Memphis-Shelby County Office of Sustainability receives Green Development Grant
Bike Repair Stations at Shelby Farms keep cyclists moving
MATA bus riders
The road to a new transportation network in Memphis

City leaders, urban planners and community groups are looking at new ways to tackle Memphis' transportation challenges while gauging what citizens want and need.  

Holiday Regift: Recycled trees going back into community
Memphis-Shelby County lands gold sustainability status
Clean energy benefits for Memphis’ African American communities
21st century gold: the opportunity flowing in Memphis water

Local business, city and academic leaders agree that Memphis is sitting on top of and adjacent to its most vital resource – water. But how can the city best market, manage and sustain the system to stoke economic development across the Mid-South?  

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