Service Learning at the Urban Ecology Center in Riverside Park

By: Mikki Harding

What is the Urban Ecology Center?

Neighborhood based, non-profit community center

Located in Milwaukee's Riverside Park Provides environmental science programs to

neighborhood schools, promotes environmental awareness in the community, preserves and enhances the natural resources of Riverside Park, and protects the Milwaukee River

Cultures and Communities

Milwaukee, Wisconsin– Minority populations

concentrated in inner city– Urban Ecology Center is

on Eastside of Milwaukee. Accessibility to environmental education and nature easier for minorities and those in the inner city. The darker the green, the higher

the percentage

A Sustainable Green Building

The Urban Ecology Center facility was built using wood, metal, cardboard, drywall, commingled recyclables, concrete and other materials. 73% of the waste materials generated from building the Center were recycled.

Environmentally friendly, sustainable-building features

– day lighting, natural ventilation, use of recycling and reused materials, and the creative use of rainwater

The Urban Ecology Center’s sustainable green building

Pictured is the back side of the Urban

Ecology Center along with the looking

tower, rock climbing wall, and community gardens to the left.

Scales

“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” - John Muir

Affects the environment at the neighborhood, city, watershed, national, and global scales

Garlic Mustard… Invasive Specie in Riverside Park

Milwaukee River near Riverside Park

Pictures Cited

Pictures from www.urbanecologycenter.org