Johnson County Community College

Southeast Quadrant Stormwater Project

The project allows water runoff from 502,500 square feet of impervious parking and driving surfaces to drain to a constructed wetland on the south side of the parking areas.

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BigBelly Solar Trash Compactor and Recycling Unit

The BigBelly system delivers all of these benefits using 100% solar energy – a free, abundant and non-polluting renewable resource. By using solar power to compact waste at the point of collection, each BigBelly solar compactor can hold about 5 times the amount of waste as a typical receptacle, eliminating the need for 4 out of 5 collection trips system wide. JCCC now has 3 units on campus that were sponsored by the Student Sustainability Committee.

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aFarmChildren's Garden

The Hiersteiner Child Development Center (HCDC) Children's Garden was established in 2007 by Associate Professor of Hospitality Management, David A. Smith. “Farmer Dave,” as he is known to the children ages 2˝ to 6, oversees a farm-to-table experience for them each week.

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aFarmSolar-powered Composting

Our program will be a one of the few composting programs in the United States incorporating solar technology to power a continuous cycle of food waste to soil amendment back to JCCC grown food. As the cost of landfill disposal increases, we need to avoid paying to have our valuable commodity hauled to the landfill and repurpose this food waste into a valuable soil amendment.

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aFarmJCCC Farm

When the northwest corner of campus was plowed to create a vegetable farm this fall, the land came full circle after more than 40 years from farm to suburban landscape back to farm.

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