Join Team Green for a Post Holiday Hike for you and your pooch!

When Saturday, December 27th at 10am
Where The Deep Wells entrance at Percy Warner Park
Cost FREE!
Deadline 10am on day of event

Children Policy Families are welcome on this hike
Dog Policy Dogs on leashes are DEFINITELY welcome!

We will hike the red trail (and the white trail if there is interest). Open to the public. Remember to bring plenty of water for you and your pooch. Dress appropriate for the weather!

This is the biggest adventure mixer of the year and everyone is invited! Join Team Green and ICON in the Gulch for the grand opening of a brand new year of adventures. Meet like minded adventure seekers and register for your Team Green Membership for your last chance at the January Discount!

When January 27th from 6-8pm
Where ICON in the Gulch
600 12th Ave S
Nashville, TN 37203
Cost FREE

Children Policy This is an 18 and up event
Dog Policy Dogs are not permitted at this event

Not a member? Joining is easy and rewarding! Act now and get 20% off of a one, two, or five year membership!

About ICON in the Gulch

There’s nothing in Nashville like The Gulch, and there’s nothing in The Gulch quite like ICON. You’ll know it when you see it, but more importantly, you’ll know it when you live it. It’s more than a status symbol. It’s a unique mixed-use development that will be the Gulch’s centerpiece. Not only because it will be the architectural jewel and physical giant in the area, but because by design it will feature a mixture of residential, retail shops, and restaurants available no where else. ICON will be as stunning to experience as a visitor as it will be to its residence.

Are you ready to call ICON home?

January Membership Specials

Get 20% off of your Team Green membership when you register in January!

New Members

• $60 One Year
• $100 Two Year

• $200 Five Year

Renewals

• $50 One Year
• $80 Two Year

• $160 Five Year

Membership offers start January 1 and go through January 31st. Register online or register at the January Mixer!

What exactly is an adventure race? Consider it somewhere along the lines of a multi-sport, scavenger hunt, obstacle course! Each adventure race is different and offers it’s own rewards. TrailBlazers along with Team Green and REI is offering a special information session on what it’s like to be a woman involved in the traditionally male dominated sport of Adventure Racing!

When January 15th from 7-9pm
Where REI Brentwood Franklin Pike
Brentwood, TN 37027
Cost FREE, and open to women only
Contact Karin Richard-Jacobi

We will discuss:

a) The history of females in Adventure Racing
b) Physiology of women in racing (and why females excel in long races)
c) Women\‘s typical strengths and weaknesses at different stages of racing
d) Women – are they really just “mandatory gear”? (hint: nope)
e) Balancing training, racing, work and family
f) What it’s REALLY like to be out there with the guys

Refreshments will be provided and there will be lots of time to ask questions. This is a free clinic and is open to both TrailBlazer members and non-members. It is open to both experienced and new racers.

Message Board

TrailBlazers Adventure Racing club is the largest Adventure Racing club in the country, and the Nashville chapter has the most active message board !

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Bundle up and come out to Adventureworks new canopy zip tour to get the New Year off to a zippy start. Record your New Year’s resolution on our 2009 Wall of Resolve, then get harnessed up and zip your way through our winter wonderland. Adventureworks’ canopy zip tour is a thrilling adventure that sends participants flying from tree to tree while harnessed safely to a certified pulley system that rides over heavy gauge airline cable. The Polar Bear Zip is a great way to ring in the New Year with your family or friends, and create memories that will last a lifetime! Call to reserve your spot.

When January 1st from 11am-3pm.
Where Adventureworks
1300 Narrows of the Harpeth Rd
Kingston Springs, TN 37082
Cost $35 for Team Green members with ID
$25 children of Members with parent ID
$45 Non-members, $35 children of non-members
Reservations Reservations are recommended but not required. Zip tour lasts about an hour. Please call 297-2250

Children Policy Participants must be… ($25 for children)
Dog Policy Dogs are welcome on leashes

Not a member? Joining is easy and rewarding! Act now for the January Discount!

About Adventureworks

Eco-Adventure Canopy Zip Tour

Adventureworks’ newest attraction offers true adventure from a bird’s eye view! Participants zip through the forest on steel cables. Participants are secured in a safety harness that is securely attached to a zip pulley system, allowing them to soar through the trees in our old-growth forest. Learn more about Tennessee’s ecology while experiencing the thrill of zipping! Guides will point out native trees, plants, and wildlife.

Zip Tours are approximately 1-1/2 hours long and may be combined with the Canopy Challenge Ropes Course or other activities. The Adventureworks Canopy Tour makes for a fun and memorable family or group outing.

* $45 per adult * $35 per child (16 and under) * $25 per child 16 and under (when accompanied by an parent)Canopy Challenge Ropes Course

The canopy challenge course calls on partners to maneuver through a series of cables that start near ground level and eventually reach more than 40 feet in the air. Each section offers an obstacle for you and your partner to accomplish together. The course is both physically and mentally challenging.

Green washing is a term used to describe marketing efforts that make a product appear “green” or “natural” when in fact they are not. Come out to Engage Green and learn from Jeff Gowdy what the difference is between green and green washed products. You are welcome to bring a product with you that “claims” to be Green and Jeff will explain why it is or is not!

Engage Green workshops are free, non- political, non-sales oriented interactive opportunities focused the health, well being, environmental and economic benefits of becoming environmentally engaged.

When Tuesday, January 6th from 6-7pm
Where Lipscomb University, Burton Building, lower level
Cost FREE!
Deadline Day of event

Children Policy Families are welcome!
Dog Policy Dogs are not permitted

About Jeff Gowdy

Jeff Gowdy is an expert in the field of sustainability and has worked with clients in a variety of industries including consumer products, diversified products, transportation and distribution, automotive, office products, corporate real estate development, residential real estate development, and nonprofit. This work includes strategy development, implementation, and marketing/communications of sustainability initiatives.

Jeff holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Jeff holds a Master of Business Administration in Strategy and Environmental Management from Vanderbilt University. Jeff was the recipient of the Owen Service Award upon graduation from Vanderbilt and attained the rank of Eagle Scout during his childhood days in Clemson, SC. Jeff enjoys backpacking and volunteering.

Tennessean Article

Green Washing Articles

• Echo Home Magazine Article
• The EnviroMedia Greenwashing Index
  This interactive forum invites users to submit and evaluate
  advertisements making environmental claims.
• Greenpeace
  Greenpeace’s greenwashing page provides information on corporate
  greenwashing, conducts investigations, and invites users to submit
  examples.

• Six Sins of Greenwashing
  TerraChoice offers a printable .pdf and wallet card, as well as
  audio files and other information explaining its greenwashing “sins.”

About Engage Green

Engage Green is a new initiative of Lightning 100’s Team Green to educate our listeners, Team Green members, and the general Nashville community about simple ways to make their lives greener. Engage Green will host a knowledgeable speaker(s) the first Tuesday of every month who will cover information and how-to topics that can be easily transferred into our daily lives in an informal, casual setting.

Each presentation will be interactive and allow discussion throughout. Some topics may include recycling, composting, rain gardens, rain water run-off, local food options, energy saving options, green organization forums, green business economic analysis, and sustainable practices. The Engage Green workshops will be free, non political, non-sales oriented and will focus on educating on the health, well being, environmental and economic benefits of reforming our personal habits in our personal environments in order to make a large impact through combined efforts. Each workshop will include a one hour presentation or demonstration followed by question/answer and time to engage with other participants.

Better yet, we will be hosting Engage Green in the Burton Health and Sciences Building at Lipscomb University, their greenest building!

No reservations needed. Open to the public.

Directions

Lipscomb university is located on Belmont Boulevard, south of Woodmont Boulevard. Burton Health Sciences Center (the Greenest Building on Lipscomb Campus!) is accessibly from the first parking lot on the left from the Belmont/Woodmont intersection. Enter at the sides of the building and proceed to the “Flex Learning Space” in the center of the building’s lower level. Park in any of the faculty or hybrid parking spots with a sign in your window “Engage Green.”

Contact

If you would like more information on Engage Green or would like to present at an upcoming workshop, please email Team Green

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All About Women is not just an event. It is an interactive experience to improve your life. Engage in over 100 different services and activities covering your physical, mental and spiritual well-being. All About Women is one place, one day, just for women.

When Saturday, January 24th from 9am to 9pm
Where Nashville Convention Center
601 Commerce St
Nashville, TN 37203
Cost FREE!

About All About Women

All About Women makes it easy for you to focus on the things you’ve been meaning to: stress, kids, job, home, finances, and most of all, your health and happiness.

All About Women, Inc. was founded in 2002 to improve the overall health of women and families in Tennessee. Through free interactive annual programing and ongoing web-based support, All About Women has provided over 50,000 women free health screenings, interactive educational experiences and introductions to health related services and providers. All About Women’s holistic approach addresses physical, mental, financial, and emotional well-being.

Team Green will have an interactive area at this conference. Women will learn the basics of backpacking and day hiking gear needs, safety regulations, and more. Laurel and Keeley will demonstrate how to properly wear an overnight backpacking pack, supply all of your basic needs with multi-functional gear, and organize your pack in a way that provides easy access to all of your needs on the trail.

Additional Dates
Memphis
May 9, 2009
Cook Convention Center

Knoxville
August 29, 2009
Knoxville Convention Center

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Team Green is beginning monthly backpacking trips along the Cumberland Trail, and to kick off the winter backpacking season, REI Brentwood will host a Winter Backpacking 101 & 102 clinic for those of you who are avid hikers and would like to step up the challenge, or for any of you backpackers who need a refresher in Winter Backpacking tips and safety.

When Tuesday, January 13th from 7-8:30pm
Where REI Brentwood
261 Franklin Rd
Brentwood, TN 37027
(615) 376-4248
Cost Free

Deadline Day of event

Please contact Chuck Robinson at 615-376-4248 to confirm your attendance.

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