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Earth Day
A creative approach to promoting recycling, Earth Day, April 1970. |
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UWF Snowman
First snowfall in UWF’s history occurs when 2 inches fall on Pensacola, February 9, 1973, enough to make a small snowman on “Annin’s Cannon” which in 1973 has not yet been moved to the front of the John C. Pace Library. |
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Windmill
Windmill set up by the Environmental Club, Library Green, June 1978. |
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Recycling
Members of UWF Biology Club operated an aluminum collection and recycling facility in the mid-1980s. In the 1970s and 1980s, a number of university student organizations participated in activities designed to recycle and promote earth-friendly activities. Today this care continues with groups like SEAS (Student Environmental Action Society) which provide recycle bins for cans, plastics, and other materials. |
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Solar Energy Panels
Using a $665,000 loan from the U.S. Department of Education, UWF converted its student dorms to a solar heating system in 1983. The panels provided hot water for heating the dorms in the winter and hot water for the campus and dorms in the summer months. It was estimated that annual savings would be $80,000 per year. The panels were a common sight for over a decade until Hurricanes Erin and Opal wiped out a number of them, and more efficient heat pumps emerged in the late 1980s. |
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Hurricane Opal
Hurricane Opal struck Northwest Florida in October 1995, just 2 short months after Hurricane Erin stormed through Pensacola in August. A stretch of beach along the Gulf Islands National Seashore between Pensacola and Navarre is named after Opal. |
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UWF Entrance After Hurricane Ivan
Hurricane Ivan stormed through Pensacola on September 16, 2004, closing campus for more than three weeks. Several buildings sustained extensive damage and many trees were lost. |
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