Sustainability

Kansas City Tapping Massive Vein of Sustainability Funding

By Martin Rosenberg | January 9, 2024

The Kansas City area, which is emerging as a national sustainability hub, is pursuing up to $200 million in federal funds for green projects.

The Kansas City Downtown Lions Club has collected and recycled enough plastic bags in the past three years to get six benches, which are located throughout the area including this one in front of Kansas School for the Blind in Kansas City, Kan. The group’s most recent bench was placed outside Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Kansas City.

Recycling Program Turns Plastic into Park Benches

By Debra Skodack | December 13, 2023

Several cities in the Kansas City area have gotten park benches made out of recycled plastic bags, thanks to a program supported by Trex Co. Inc.

Folks pose for a photo while holding baskets of goodies in front of a colorful mural.

Eat Local, Eat Wild

By Cami Koons, Clarence Dennis | November 22, 2023

The first-ever Wild Foods Cook-Off, put on by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, drew a crowd of contestants and community members to eat wild foods.

Eric Ward, vice president for public programming for Linda Hall Library, standing between two of his three photographs shown at the ornithology exhibition. Ward is particularly fond of the Brown-headed Nuthatch reintroduction display next to his pictures. He describes their distinct call as “sounding just like a rubber ducky.”

New Exhibition Asks Crucial Question: Where Are the Birds?

By Chihiro Kai | November 22, 2023

The birds of North America are dying. A new exhibit at the Linda Hall Library documents their decline, and the reasons behind it.

A young girl in a colorful striped shirt holds up a skinned and gutted squirrel from a silver bowl.

Squirrel: It’s What’s for Dinner

By Cami Koons | November 2, 2023

Dozens recently gathered in Lawrence for a clinic about trapping, harvesting and cooking squirrel. The squirrel population has soared in recent decades.