Students in Dr. Erin Robinson’s Environment and Society (SOC234) course brought their semester long plans to life with a new pollinator garden on the downtown Buffalo section of the Niagara Greenway Trail.
Led by environmental studies students and Dr. Robinson, this initiative with the Buffalo Rotary Club and Niagara Greenway will develop environmental initiatives throughout the Greenway Trail and urban corridor.
Plans began with an invasive species buckthorn cleanup in the fall and trash cleanup this spring, preparing the site for garden that was planted on May 4. The Canisius University Rotaract was awarded its Rotary Chapter on May 9 and has adopted a nearly two mile section of the Greenway Trail towards Canalside. Current digital media arts and journalism students and alumni joined to document the occasion! Look for more details to come on this exciting initiative!
Submitted by: Erin Robinson, Professor, Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Environmental Studies
