Green Iowa AmeriCorps
Empowering Iowa for a greener future through service, education and engagement.
Green Iowa AmeriCorps is Iowa's leader in boots-on-the-ground energy and environmental services. GIA is headquartered at the University of Northern Iowa's Center for Energy & Environmental Education, and maintains 20+ sites throughout Iowa.
Visit our website at GreenIowaAmeriCorps.org to learn more about our program and apply to serve with us!
Focus Areas
Green Iowa AmeriCorps members, in collaboration with our host sites, community partners, and engaged citizens, focus on a wide variety of environmentally focused activities including but not limited to:
- Conducting environmental education lessons and presentations to persons of all ages and abilities
- Engaging in and leading environmental outreach and community engagement projects
- Recruiting and engaging volunteers in service to the community
- Conducting residential energy efficiency services (primarily for vulnerable populations)
- Enhancing commercial energy efficiency projects for public buildings (LED upgrades, etc.)
- Developing Climate Action Plans & Greenhouse Gas Inventories for counties and organizations
- Developing waste reduction strategies for sites and communities (recycling and composting education and outreach)
- Planting trees and restoring tree canopies in vital communities
- Engaging in water quality services (sampling, testing, river clean-ups, etc.)
- Engaging in additional conservation projects (prairie burns, GIS, soil restoration, etc.)
- Enhancing member's professional development through individual projects and trainings, tailored to their own areas of interest