Spring 2007

Helped with the Putnam Museum's IMAX presentation of Kenny Salwey's film:  Mississippi:  Tales of the Last River Rat.  Mr. Salwey also spoke and signed books

Assisted the Wapsi River Environmental Education Center with their Volunteer Stewardship Workday. This event was in cooperation with the Waste Commission of Scott County/Keep America Beautiful

Environmentalist and author Doug Peacock appeared at the Capitol Theater in Davenport (April 20): The Endangered Species Act and Global Climate Change:  The

 The club volunteered at the Quad Cities Earth Week Coalition's fourth annual Earth Week Fair at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island.

Removed sod from large sections in back of the campus to add to our prairie restoration project.

River/Roadside Cleanup

Fall 2007

Partnered with Phi Theta Kappa to pick up trash from the campus grounds.

Began regularly attending meetings of the Quad Cities Earth Week Coalition.

River/Roadside Cleanups

Trail maintenance, placed wood chips on paths in campus trail system; worked on fixing the bridges.

Attended local Farmers' Markets to become more aware of the locally-grown and organic foods sold in the area.

Attended the Putnam Museum's IMAX presentation of Kenny Salway's film Mississippi: Tales of the Last River Rat. Mr. Salwey also spoke and signed books

Assisted the Wapsi River Environmental Education Center with their annual Ecology Day

Participated in IOWATER Scott County and Wapsipinicon Watershed Snapshots.

Welcomed Wapsi River Environmental Education Center naturalist Mike Granger as a guest speaker for one of our meetings. He gave a presentation on furbearing mammals in Iowa.

Volunteered at Quad City Arts' Festival of Trees.

Attended EICCD Chancellor's Initiative on Sustainability Retreat.

Added new bird feeders and increased the frequency of monitoring and maintenance.

Welcomed Wapsi River Environmental Education Center director Dave Murcia as a guest speaker. He gave an interesting and informative presentation about careers in the environmental field.

Welcomed Todd Trammell, director of ATEEC (Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center), located at the Belmont Campus as a guest speaker for one of our meetings. He gave a short presentation about what his organization does.
ATEEC is a national center that promotes and supports environmental technology education to address the needs of the national and global workforce.

Spring 2008

Held campus cleanups.

Attended local Farmers' Markets to become more aware of the locally-grown
and organic foods sold in the area.

Continued attending meetings of the Quad Cities Earth Week Coalition.

Continued work on bridges in trail system.

Created and staffed a booth at the Earth Week Fair at the QCCA Expo Center.

Planted a serviceberry tree near the prairie/trail edge.

Hung and and maintained a dozen bird feeders on the campus grounds. 

Fall 2008

Sold candy bars as fundraisers.

Held campus cleanups.

Attended local Farmers' Markets to become more aware of the locally-grown
and organic foods sold in the area.

Continued work on bridges in trail system.

Maintained bird feeders on the campus grounds.

Held a pizza party at Old Chicago with Clean Sphere, the environmental club at Black Hawk College,
to discuss possible future partnership endeavors.

Spring 2009

Sold candy bars as fundraisers.

Maintained bird feeders on the campus grounds.

Started a Facebook Page for the Trails Committee

Continued trail maintenance and improvement projects.

Put up a "green board" at the college to keep people informed about environmental happenings.

"Traded" representatives between our meetings and Clean Sphere's meetings.

Attended the Under the Sea 3-D movie at the IMAX.

Participated in the SCC Belmont Campus' Solid Waste Audit.

Participated in Living Lands and Waters' Alternative Spring Break, helping to clean up Cedar Rapids flood damage.

Packaged tree seedlings for Living Lands and Waters'  Million Trees Project.

Attended the Sierra Club's Environmental Film Fest.

Participated in the Quad-Cities' garlic mustard pull.

Designed and sold SCC Environmental Club t-shirts.

Held a bake sale which also included the t-shirts and environmental bumper stickers.

Held a plant sale which also included the t-shirts and environmental bumper stickers.

River/Roadside Cleanups

Held campus cleanups.

Attended local Farmers' Markets to become more aware of the locally-grown and organic foods sold in the area.

2010

Continued River/DOT Adopt a Highway Cleanups

Members attended the Iowa Environmental Council yearly meeting.

Environmental Film Night Fundraiser

Massive trail mulching project was completed

2011

 SCC Environmental Club and Student Government sponsored a video-teleconference in Room 1501 on Environmental Issues with Andrea and Doug Peacock