green|spaces is Chattanooga’s sustainability nonprofit. Our impetus is to increase the education and application of sustainable best practices in Chattanooga and the surrounding region.
Students from regional elementary, middle, and high schools racing electric cars they designed and built.
Leadership and workforce development program helping young adults build stable lives while building sustainable communities.
Community engagement and workshops in English and Spanish teaching low-cost and no-cost ways for residents to lower utility bills.
Find local businesses and nonprofits that take care of people and the planet, learn what it takes to make your business green, or get a professional certificate to lead the way.
Resources to make your next residential or commercial building project healthy for you and the planet.
Check out the Chattanooga Integrated Community Sustainability Plan, developed by over 90 residents representing over 50 organizations with goals, strategies and tactics for energy, water, waste, mobility, ecosystems, and resilient communities.
There is a wide range of opportunity for everyone at every age to get involved with green|spaces. From attending an event to joining as a member, and from donating to volunteering, everything that green|spaces has accomplished is thanks to people just like you.
Begin or continue your sustainability journey with our help. Business and nonprofit members can pursue green|light and individuals can become a green|leader.
From helping out at one of our many events, to supporting our programs or joining one of our advisory boards, there is always a role to play in growing sustainability in our region.
Every dollar is a vote for something. Vote for a sustainable and resilient community by investing in our mission. green|spaces is a 501(c)3 and donations are tax deductible. We also accept cryptocurrencies, property, and planned giving.
Change moves at the speed of trust. From donors and members, to nonprofits and community leaders, we appreciate all of our partners that make our work possible.
Since 2007, green|spaces has been helping people be the change they want to see in the Chattanooga region. We raise the ceiling and the floor of sustainability, providing knowledge and resources to people who want to be better stewards of the environment and ensuring that the people who need the benefits of sustainability the most receive them.
Hundreds of elementary, middle, and high school students in the Chattanooga Region now have hands-on experience in one of the fastest growing industries in the state and the world: electric vehicles. Come to the fall or spring race and watch them put science, technology, engineering, art, and math to work to make their cars go the distance.
BIG Graduates learn how to build high performance homes, and high performance lives. Some have gone into carpentry, painting, insulation, youth mentorship, community organizing, and some have even started their own businesses. They all have a stronger sense of how they can build the home, the neighborhood, and the world they want to live in.
Attendees at our Empower workshops learn simple, low-cost and no-cost ways to make their homes healthier and more affordable to live in. From sealing gaps and cracks around windows and doors to changing out old light bulbs for LEDs, the average attendee saves 5% on their electric bill with some saving substantially more.
green|spaces, Chattanooga’s non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainability, is excited to announce the hiring of Brice Breakey as the new Green Prix Manager.
