| Promise to the Planet | The University of Iowa’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment, in collaboration with The LENA Project, is excited to announce the launch of Promise to the Planet, a campaign that aims to inspire collective action towards a more sustainable, cleaner, safer, and healthier community.
Through Promise to the Planet, we're encouraging individuals, businesses, and organizations to think of actions they can take to improve both our community and the planet. Once they have chosen an action, we ask them to make a promise to complete their action.
All university students, faculty, and staff are welcome and encouraged to make a promise. Additionally, colleges and departments can make their own promise and be recognized for their contribution to the University of Iowa's sustainability efforts. To make a promise on behalf of your college or department, contact us at sustainability@uiowa.edu. | | | | Discover the fascinating world of plants, animals, insects, and fungi at UI’s Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory! We invite you to spend the morning exploring nature at our 4th Annual BioBlitz, taking place on July 13, 2024, from 9am to 12pm.
The event is free, but registration is required. It is open to all ages, and no prior experience is necessary. Event details are available here and additional details will be provided to all registered participants.
Join our team of researchers in collecting, observing, and recording biodiversity in and around the prairie. Examine plants and insects under professional microscopes, learn how to identify a variety of species using the iNaturalist app, and hear how your findings contribute to research happening at the prairie.
Learn more | | | | The University of Iowa is proud to add two new gardens to campus. The larger garden, near Catlett Hall, adds to the university's growing list of Bee Campus pollinator gardens! Being a member of the Bee Campus USA community means that the university is committed to the goals of conserving native pollinators through increasing the number of native plants in the area, providing nest sites for pollinators, and minimizing the use of pesticides on campus.
Learn More | | | For the first time in 200 years, two large groups of periodical cicadas are emerging at the same time. In this bonus episode of Garden Variety on Iowa Public Radio, Charity Nebbe talks with University of Iowa biology professor Andrew Forbes about all things cicada.
Listen to episode | | | | The City Nature Challenge results are in! This year, Johnson County joined more than 83,000 people across 690 communities in 51 countries on all seven continents to document over 2.4 million wildlife observations! Over 65,682 species were observed globally, including 3,940 that are rare, threatened, or endangered. The Mallard Duck once again came in as the most commonly observed species in the world.
Here in Johnson County, participants recorded 454 species of wildlife, with the American robin taking the lead as the most common species observed locally.
Learn more | | | On April 22nd, the Office of Sustainability sponsored an Earth Day event featuring Dr. Heidi Roop, Director of the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership and an Assistant Professor of Climate Science. Dr. Roop kicked off the event with an introduction to her career and book, The Climate Action Handbook. “I have spent my career documenting the problem,” Roop said. “True to the title, this is a handbook. It is meant to be a welcome mat because for too long, people have been great at telling you about the problem...but have not been so great at telling what we can do.”
Learn more | | | | Johnson County Conservation is putting together a new pollinator-focused display at the Conservation Education Center in Kent Park and they need the help of many artists to pull it off. They envision a wall filled with butterflies and moths, all larger than life, and painted on wood. They'll provide the wood cut-outs, but need artists to sign up to paint one (or many!) of these lepidopterans.
Learn more | | | Ready for this summer's passport to adventure? Download the State Park Passport for a chance to win prizes as you visit parks and forests across Iowa! It’s free to sign up -- the more parks you visit, the more chances for prizes! Now through Oct. 31, State Park Passport holders can earn points by checking into more than 60 state parks and forests. Get started by signing up and downloading the passport onto your mobile device.
Learn more | | | | This recycle recreation event is like none other! This team competition to update and creatively repurpose furniture raises funds for the good of our community. Like any great flea market flip, this event has anticipation, last-minute decision-making, teamwork, and a celebration at the end! Coralville Parks and Recreation is teaming up with Houses into Homes to repurpose donated furniture and have fun in the process. After the renovation is complete, the furniture will be auctioned and proceeds will benefit Houses into Homes and the Coralville Recreation Scholarship Fund.
Important Dates:
- June 15 - Registration deadline
- July 11 - Furniture pickup day
- July 11-14 - Upcycle work hours
- July 14 - Live auction of upcycled furniture
Learn more | | | Parking at the University of Iowa can be restrictive. As nearly 10,000 staff live within five miles of campus, you can be part of the parking solution by biking to work!
Worried about the time and energy of bike commuting? Worry no more with a chance to receive a $500 E-bike voucher, thanks to a recently awarded climate grant. John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center hosted a Climate Change and Health Solutions Challenge this year awarding Team CAR-bon Free Commuting a top prize, making this opportunity available.
University of Iowa staff are invited to complete this survey, in the month of June to be entered to win one of the limited $500 vouchers for purchase towards an E-bike.
Contact address: angela-l-smith@uiowa.edu with any questions.
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