Sustainability

Sustainability Tips: Amazing Space Sustainability Tips To Take Home

June 5, 2018

The mission of the Nature Center, in a nutshell, is to create #championofnature through living out our vision of promoting a sustainable future. As a staff, we want to share a few of the sustainable…

The Million Seed Giveaway

May 10, 2018

Indian Creek Nature Center

Eco-minded, Flowers, News, Restoration, Sustainability

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Join the movement in Linn County The Million Seed Giveaway Milkweed & Pollinator Seeds Saturday, May 12, 2018 10 AM-2 PM Clearwater Farm 4970 Lakeside Road, Marion, IA Closest intersection: East Post Road and 30th…

Sustainability Tips: Grow Your Own Vegetable Garden

April 30, 2018

Indian Creek Nature Center

Eco-minded, News, Sustainability

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Go with me here, close your eyes and imagine that first bite into a juicy, ripe tomato, while enjoying the summer heat…yum! If I had to choose one of the best parts of summer, I…

Earth Week at the Nature Center

April 17, 2018

Indian Creek Nature Center

Eco-minded, News, Sustainability

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Happy Earth Week! There are a lot of fun things happening this week at the Nature Center in honor of Earth Week. Here’s what you need to know! Earth Week Events: Friday, April 20,…

Amazing Space achieves Net Zero energy

April 13, 2018

Indian Creek Nature Center

Amazing Space, Eco-minded, News, Sustainability

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Amazing Space achieves Net Zero energy Between March 1, 2017 and February 28, 2018 Amazing Space’s solar panels produced 145.370 MWh of electricity. During that same time the building used 111.440 MWh of electricity, leaving…

Five key ways to green your summer travel

March 7, 2018

Indian Creek Nature Center

Eco-minded, Sustainability

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Did you know that a holiday event or family gathering with 15 or more people, assuming some are traveling and staying in a hotel, generates about two tons of carbon dioxide (CO2)? What with flying,…

Spring prescribed burns

March 6, 2018

Indian Creek Nature Center

News, Restoration, Sustainability

Indian Creek Nature Center conducts regular (annual or bi-annual) prescribed burns of its prairie, oak hickory savanna, and woodlands as part of its land management strategy. The organization follows a burn management plan and notifies the…

Indian Creek Nature Center announces plans, lead gift for Etzel Sugar Grove Farm

March 2, 2018

Indian Creek Nature Center

News, Sustainability, Uncategorized

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At a media conference on February 27, 2018, Indian Creek Nature Center announced its strategic vision for the 190-acre Etzel Sugar Grove Farm as well as the lead gift of $150,000 from local organic products…

Sustainability Tips: ICNC’s Favorite “Eco” Recipes

February 5, 2018

Indian Creek Nature Center

Eco-minded, Sustainability

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Little changes make a big difference, and the easiest way to start living a more eco-conscious lifestyle is by slowly implementing lifestyle changes into daily practice. For example, one might consider adopting a ‘Meatless Monday’…

Can I recycle that?

December 29, 2017

Indian Creek Nature Center

Eco-minded, Sustainability

Your guide to recycling in Cedar Rapids and Linn County Have you ever wondered if something is recyclable, and then thrown it into your recycling bin in hopes that it is? (Putting things in recycling…

Sustainability

Sustainability Tips: Amazing Space Sustainability Tips To Take Home

The Million Seed Giveaway

Sustainability Tips: Grow Your Own Vegetable Garden

Earth Week at the Nature Center

Amazing Space achieves Net Zero energy

Five key ways to green your summer travel

Spring prescribed burns

Indian Creek Nature Center announces plans, lead gift for Etzel Sugar Grove Farm

Sustainability Tips: ICNC’s Favorite “Eco” Recipes

Can I recycle that?

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