Environment Stories & News

Students experience breathtaking sights of Iceland during study abroad

 For 17 UNI students, winter break offered an escape to one of the most interesting and beautiful countries in the world - Iceland.

Biology graduate student journeys 7,200 miles across rural Iowa to help expand natural vegetation

Gretchen Steffensmeier is on a mission across Iowa’s farmland as part of a federally-funded conservation research program. 

UNI student and Miss Iowa contender creates coloring book to raise environmental awareness

UNI student Brittany Costello is taking submissions for her watershed-themed coloring book to raise awareness about the importance of water quality.

IWRC to host second annual Energy Trends Workshop

The Iowa Waste Reduction Center (IWRC), in partnership with the Iowa Association for Energy Efficiency (IAEE), announces its second Energy Trends Workshop.

Iowa tallgrass prairie restoration project more than triples in size, thanks to donor

Thanks to a generous gift, the number of acres of restored prairie developed and managed by the Tallgrass Prairie Center at the University of Northern Iowa will soon triple in size.

WATCH: Why the UNI geography major has something for everyone

The geography major at the University of Northern Iowa holds something for everyone! Learn more about the program from real students and an instructor.

Green Iowa AmeriCorps, housed in UNI’s CEEE, wins Outstanding Service Program of the Year

Green Iowa AmeriCorps, which is housed at UNI, can add being named Outstanding Service Program of the Year to its list of accomplishments.

Writer Taylor Brorby to speak at UNI

On Oct. 12, writer Taylor Brorby will visit UNI for a public talk about his coming-of-age memoir “Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land."

UNI students reflect on summer study abroad experiences

Some UNI students spent their summers traveling everywhere from France to the Galápagos Islands to get the ultimate study abroad experiences.

IWRC’s Jennifer Trent to serve on the Des Moines Climate Action & Adaptation Plan Technical Advisory Group

Jennifer Trent of the Iowa Waste Reduction Center will be contributing to Des Moines's first Climate Action & Adaptation Plan.