Sustainable Urban initiatives include:
Energy Conservation
- Thanks to a generous offer from The Baker Group, DMACC Urban is home to a beautiful solar panel picnic table.
- BCycle Station
Waste Reduction
- Composting program with the faculty and staff lounge, and for parties and events held on the DMACC Urban Campus
- Compostable dinnerware for on campus events and parties
- Paper reduction efforts for students, faculty, and staff using the Papercut program
- Increased recycling and recycling awareness throughout the campus
- Water bottle refill stations
Food Security
Soil, Water, and Habitat
- Urban prairie habitat throughout campus
- Beekeeping
- Outdoor Classroom
- Learning barn
- Food Forest
- Bioswales
- Sustainability Lunch and Learn Series
- Urban Prairie
Student Involvement
- Work Study Student
- Sustainable Urban Student Ambassadors
- Classroom projects and activities
Community Partnerships
- Neil Smith National Wildlife Refuge
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Polk County Conservation
- Blank Park Zoo
- Plant Grow Fly