The Iowa Electrathon is an exciting program for high school students to design, build, and race small, one-person electric vehicles. The aim of this program is to increase energy efficiency in Cedar Falls, and demostrate the numerous benefits that accrue as the community realizes its full potential for reducing energy consumption. Included among these benefits are increasing disposable income, creating jobs, improving air quality, and reducing emissions of the greenhouse gas CO 2. This project is based on the experience of Cedar Valley Commuting Initiative, and designed to increase non-motorized commuting to the University of Northern Iowa. This program is specifically designed to train teachers in environmental issues and concepts that can be introduced into their classrooms and help to bring students to take positive environmental action.
Many people live at a pace that seems too fast and full of stress.
This project has a purpose of developing tools that help Americans simplify. Simple Living Initiatives work with waste reduction, sustainable consumption, and simplicity issues. This program introduces cultural, biological, mechanical, and chemical pest control methods to economically manage roadsides for safety plus environmental and visual quality. Recycling for Festival and Special Events With funding support from the Landfill Alternatives Financial Assistance Program of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the IFRP was designed to demonstrate that significant portions of festival and special event waste could be delivered from the Landfill by means of simple methods that could be adopted by events all over the state.