News and Events
Green Team Meeting
Our next meeting will be December 2nd at 12:00 p.m. in room M100. Please bring an example of wasteful packaging with you to the meeting.
Cigarette Butt Cleanup
The Green Team and Tobacco Free Boone County joined forces to clean up cigarette butts from the Northark campuses. Two dozen students, staff, and faculty participated in the cleanup and the results were sent to Tobacco Free Boone County for use in statistics. There were lots of butts picked up despite the no-smoking policy at Northark. Time ran out before all the butts could be gathered, but rest assured there will be more butt clean-ups in the future.
Crooked Creek Cleanup
The second Crooked Creek Cleanup was a smash success. Over 100 students, faculty, and staff participated in cleaning up Crooked Creek and its tributaries. Over a dozen 40 gal. trash bags were filled with garbage collected from the creek and its banks.
Arkansas Stream Team Comes to Northark
At the last Green Team meeting Dave Evans from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commision and the Arkansas Stream Team presented for the members. The Green Team decided to become part of The Stream Team's mission to improve stream quality accross Arkansas. So, members and students at Northark will be sampling water and species from local streams periodically to test for quality.
Volunteer for the Earth Team!
Are you looking for volunteer hours and interested in conservation? Earth Team volunteers gain experience with computers, secretarial work, and field work. These skills and volunteer hours can be very beneficail when you apply to college or any job. To be a volunteer you must be interested in conservation and the day-to-day operations of an office. A volunteer must be at least 14 years of age and can work part-time or full-time. If you think this is for you, contact the National Resources Conservation Service in Harrison or call (870) 741-8600 ext. 3.