Lush green forests, mountain trails and a world class river make the Ocoee River in southeastern Tennessee a perfect adventure sports paradise. It’s common to see 250,000 whitewater kayakers and rafters paddle the Ocoee each year and exponentially more drivers checking out the action along the adjacent road. Unfortunately, with the crowds also come trash. [...]
Coming off a short summer break, I recently heard a fun NPR story about Stacations. Upon further thought, not only does Chattanooga offer fantastic staycation options, it’s easy to make them Green while saving some green. Resource Links Ocoee Adventure Center Big Frog Expeditions Outdoor Chattanooga Hiwassee Outfitters
Loading the family into a 40-foot recreational vehicle (RV) for a cross country tour is probaby not your top-of-mind Green travel adventure. But then you probably haven’t seen the first RV built on an electric hybrid chassis. Nor have you met author Brad Herzog and his family who recently visited Chattanooga and pulled off the [...]
Land conversation and land development are usually considered on opposite ends of the spectrum. But Chattanooga’s Chris Moore found the best of both worlds at Long Branch Preserve. Check out how he did it and the resources below: Odyssey Land Company: http://www.odysseylandco.com/ Lula Lake Land Trust : http://www.lulalake.org/ Nature Conservancy: http://www.nature.org/
Explore the makings of a Green home under construction with Ethan Collier of Collier Construction and Trey Wheeler of TWH Architects. This is Part Two of a two part series. Click here to view Part One.
With all the talk about Green, the conversation seems to be happening on many different levels at the same time. When you apply the concept to purchase, design, and construction of a home, a different degree of emotion is injected into the story. GoldToGreenTV.com sits down with two key players in the design and construction [...]
Part of knowing where a movement is going is understanding where it’s been. When it comes to Chattanooga’s Green story, few can put the conversation into context like WGOW’s affable talk show host, Jeff Styles. Never a dull moment and always an interesting perspective with Jeff. He joined GoldToGreenTV.com for a few minutes at Chattanooga’s [...]
While Chattanaooga’s first ever Eco Expo is now complete, the benefits of bringing the city’s Green community into one room – a large one at that – may just be starting to gel. Like for many of you, GoldToGreenTV.com found the Eco Expo to be a natural one-stop stop where we could learn more about [...]
Standing on Chestnut Street in downtown Chattanooga, the striking gold and maroon exterior of the Doubletree Hotel by Hilton belies its “green” oasis of environmental awareness. Inside this hotel and out, “doing the right thing” has defined nearly every decision in transforming this 35 year-old property into one of the city’s newest models for sustainable [...]
Observing Chattanooga’s progress in sustainable business practices is often associated with new and trendy companies and organizations. But on Lookout Mountain, Ruby Falls is proving what’s old can in fact be what’s new. For 80 years, this natural attraction never lost sight of its opportunities, challenges, and surroundings. During that time period, millions have descended [...]
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