Green living on campus

Northwestern students and staff are committed to caring for God’s creation. In 2008 we became the first Iowa college and the second college nationwide to be named a Groundwater Guardian Green Site in recognition of our care for the environment.

In addition to events that raise awareness and explore God’s plan for the environment—like 2009’s Day of Learning in Community on Creation Care—we also have campus-wide recycling and reusing programs. In addition:

• The college is exploring the installation of wind turbines on college-owned farmland.
• Northwestern’s share-a-bike program enables students to leave cars parked while running errands around town.
• We’re primarily trayless in our cafeteria, which saves both food waste and dish-washing energy.
• An increasing number of students line-dry their clothes, rather than using dryers.
• Terra Nova, the college’s environmental stewardship club, manages a prairie restoration project near Hawarden.