Did you know UNT is a Bee Campus USA affiliate? The UNT Bee Campus USA Committee, composed of students, staff, and faculty, serves to create events and programming that educate our community about the benefits of pollinators to our ecosystem and lives. UNT is dedicated to providing habitats for pollinators and educating the community about the importance of pollinators to healthy ecosystems. These commitments have earned UNT the honor of being named the 1st Bee Campus USA institution in Texas and the 12th in the nation! Support for UNT's Bee Campus USA pollinator initiatives comes from the We Mean Green Fund which is funded by the UNT student body.
Join UNT in "beeing" a safe environment for our bee population!
UNT hosts many opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to get involved with maintaining a bee-friendly environment. Many of these opportunities are student ideas that blossomed into ongoing campus projects that make UNT an even more environmentally friendly campus. Funded by the UNT student body through the We Mean Green Fund, students, faculty, and staff developed the following pollinator-friendly spaces that promote hands-on education and volunteerism at UNT.
Take a virtual tour of UNT's campus pollinator sanctuaries!
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Pollinative Prairie: Located at Discovery Park, the prairie serves as a pollinator habitat and features native grasses, wildflowers, and habitat spaces to protect, preserve, and promote native pollinator populations. Students have contributed over 500 service hours in their partnership with the Department of Biological Sciences. If interested, please contact Dr. Jaime Baxter-Slye at slye@unt.edu. |
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UNT Community Garden: Among many gardens across campus, the community garden is a place for students, faculty, and staff to learn about organic gardening practices. Frequent garden workdays and workshops provide the perfect opportunity for UNT community members to learn about the importance of pollinators. Contact CommunityGarden@unt.edu for information about volunteerism or free membership. |
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UNT Natural Dye Garden: The dye garden focuses on bringing an interdisciplinary community of students and faculty together - furthering UNT's commitment to building a sustainable future. The dyes derived from the plants in the garden are used by students from the College of Visual Arts and Design while providing opportunities for other disciplines to utilize the plants in their own research. This garden sometimes houses sculptures integrated within the landscape providing spaces for the community to interact with works of art. |
Share your thoughts about how UNT can grow its educational efforts and positive impact on pollinators with the Budding Ideas form below.