UWaterloo Ecology Lab 🌱

Thanks to everyone who came to our Holiday Open House! Check out some highlights including sticker making, succulent pot painting, tree cookie ornaments, pine-cone bird feeders, bees wax wrap making, and trivia! The Ecology Lab wishes you all happy holidays! 🎄✨

We are finally hosting a Holiday Open House next week!!! Drop by November 29th anytime from 12-3pm. There will be tree cookie ornaments, pine-cone bird feeders, succulent plants, and much, much more … SEE YOU THERE!!!⛄🎄🎁🦌

Join us for our workshop filled with sweet smells and bubbles! The Ecology Lab will be hosting two separate Soap Making workshop sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday November 22nd & 23rd from 2:30-4pm. Registration is done by emailing the Ecology Lab at env.ecology@uwaterloo.ca

Lately, it has been all things trees at our ENVS 200 labs! Students learned about restoration efforts at the North Campus Environmental Reserve and planted their own trees. This week students learned about tree ID using Trees in Canada books 🌲🌳🍃 #ecology #treeidentification

Our ERS 340 class spent the other week learning about OBBN (Ontario Benthic Biomonitoring Network) protocol. Students went to North Campus to collect samples then took them back into the lab to identify!

Looking for part time work during the spring semester? The Ecology Lab has posted a natural gardens coordinator work study position. For more information, please check out the work study position on the UW SAFA website!

Here at the Ecology Lab, we hope you had a great start to the Spring 2022 term! We are excited to introduce our team and familiar faces you will see around the lab and on campus this term 🌿🌻 We are here for your course needs and are looking forward to a great semester!

We had a busy week supporting various courses! ENVS 200 conducted soil analysis to test for K, P, N & pH. GEOG 209 got into Laurel Creek where they measured the velocity. GEOG 391 students have been using the Lab's equipment for snow analysis testing for chlorides. @envwaterloo

Join us on YouTube for Holiday Activities! Most crafts can be done with household items. We also have kits available for pick-up by registering at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… We look forward to doing some holiday crafts with you!

That's a wrap for Fall Fungi Blitz 2021! Thank you to everyone who participated. Congratulations to our prize draw winner who has been contacted via iNaturalist! Visit inaturalist.org/projects/fal… to view all the amazing fungi observations and to brush up on your mushroom ID skills.

Fall Fungi Blitz is back for 2021! Join our 3 week iNaturalist project at inaturalist.org/projects/fal… to join the project, which also enters you in our prize draw! Only members of the UW community are eligible for the prize. Happy hunting!🍄🔍

This Friday, October 15, 2021 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET join @CWF_FCF for a webinar using iNaturalist.ca to learn more about Canada’s Endangered Species. Sign up at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…

Thank you to our volunteers and @SERUWaterloo! Together, we planted +120 native trees and shrubs in the Urban Forest! It was great to see everyone come out to help plant and make a positive impact on campus🌳 🌱

Tomorrow Friday October 8 at 12-1pm, join @CWF_FCF for a webinar with @CanadaInvasives to learn how you can help track and report invasive species across Canada and support biodiversity through the national I Spy and Identify project. Sign up at linktr.ee/uwecologylab

Are you interested in tree planting and making a difference on campus? Check out this link for more information and to register! 🌱🌳 eventbrite.ca/e/uw-urban-for… @SERUWaterloo @SERestoration @SEROntario

The Ecology Lab is excited to introduce our Fall 2021 staff and volunteers who are looking forward to supporting you this fall term! Whether you're looking to borrow equipment, or would just like to come say hi, the Ecology Lab is here to help!