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Sustainability

Your Sustainability Tips: Halloween

October 4, 2017

Indian Creek Nature Center

Eco-minded, Sustainability

As we welcome fall, we also welcome the opportunity to reduce our trash consumption and dependence on fossil fuels. In one of my favorite books, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, she states “The average food item…

Your Sustainability Tips: Composting

September 5, 2017

Indian Creek Nature Center

Eco-minded, Sustainability

One of the many perks of living in Cedar Rapids is regular curbside yard waste pickup. From a sustainability standpoint, this service opens up the door to reduce your personal carbon footprint and support our…

Spring Prescribed Burn Dates

March 21, 2017

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…

Why Amazing Space?

November 1, 2016

Indian Creek Nature Center

Amazing Space, News, Sustainability

Did you know that the land where Amazing Space now sits, and the surrounding prairie, was farmland until 1996? That’s the year Indian Creek Nature Center purchased the land from the Bena family before restoring…

Amazing Space update: What’s in a Ceiling?

March 7, 2016

Indian Creek Nature Center

Amazing Space, Sustainability

March 7, 2016 Building progress is moving forward on schedule! Crews are staining the large, exposed wooden beams running through the building, or trusses. Where this is completed, they are installing tectum panels. Tectum is…

Record attendance in beekeeping class mirrors rising interest in pollinators

January 29, 2016

Indian Creek Nature Center

Eco-minded, News, Sustainability

January 30, 2016 Enrollment in Indian Creek Nature Center’s annual beekeeping class tripled its typical enrollment – there are nearly 75 participants registered for 2016, versus 25 in previous years. “The increased interest in the…

Rain Water Runoff

June 23, 2015

Rain Garden Rain gardens collect and temporarily hold water from your roof or driveway that would otherwise runoff across your lawn and be channeled into fast-moving torrents of water. In our case, it collects rainwater from…

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Photovoltaics

June 23, 2015

A leader in energy efficiency, the Indian Creek Nature Center began using photovoltaics in 1993. The first system stored solar produced electricity in batteries. This type of system allows a homeowner or business to draw…

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Permeable Paving

June 23, 2015

GrassPave Permeable Paving Permeable paving, unlike standard asphalt or concrete, holds rainwater underground and on-site, instead of sheeting off the surface and contaminating Indian Creek. Planted in 2009, the grass reduces the heat-island affect while providing…

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Wetland Restoration

June 23, 2015

The Indian Creek Nature Center has two wetland restorations. Wetland Septic System Located behind the barn is a constructed wetland septic system that consists of two basins. Drain and toilet waste enters the first basin…