Students: Design a Rain Garden on Campus

Lake Superior contains 10% of the world’s freshest surface water. Are you interested in protecting water quality for ecological and human health in the amazing Lake Superior watershed?

We are looking for students interested in participating in a Rain Garden Student Group that will assist in designing and installing a rain garden on the Thunder Bay campus.

The purpose of the project is to reduce stormwater runoff and enhance water quality in the Lake Superior watershed while also raising awareness about the importance of rain gardens as tools for improving stormwater management. This will be achieved by creating a rain garden on campus, and installing interpretive signage, and a precipitation gauge to monitor data and engage university students.

Your participation will involve attending three interactive workshops on Friday, June 1, June 8, and June 15, 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm, on the Thunder Bay campus. During the workshops you will learn about urban stormwater management, how rain gardens function, and how to design rain gardens. You will then apply this knowledge to design a 25 m2 rain garden near the Braun Building.

Lunch will be provided at all workshops. Participation in this project will be credited on your Co-Curricular Record. You will also receive a certificate of completion for your records.

If you are interested in participating in the Rain Garden Student Group, please email an application with responses to the following questions (max 100 words each):

1. How can this experience be useful to you?

2. Why do you want to be involved?

Applications are open to all demographics and all Lakehead students.

Interested applicants should email Ledah McKellar, Sustainability Coordinator, coordinator.sustainability@lakeheadu.ca by April 27, 2018.