{"id":70939,"date":"2025-02-05T12:52:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T11:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.univ-larochelle.fr\/?page_id=70939"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:57:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T13:57:57","slug":"biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.univ-larochelle.fr\/en\/university\/our-social-commitments\/sustainable-development\/biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Compost bins on campus<\/h2>\n<p>The university provides composting bins on campus where organic waste can be deposited:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the Humanities, Languages, Arts and Sciences (LLASH) campus, at the end of the hall;<\/li>\n<li>At the University Institute of Technology, in the shared gardens to the right of the administration building;<\/li>\n<li>At the rear of the Marie Curie building (near the Centre Commun d\u2019Analyses and Technoforum);<\/li>\n<li>On the Science and Technologies campus, in the d\u2019Orbigny gardens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>D&#8217;Orbigny gardens<\/h2>\n<p>A permaculture garden has been created on the roof of the car park on the Sciences et Technologies campus.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of this project, initiated in 2019 by students, is to create a garden on the roof of a car park to provide sustainable food for the university community, by recycling the waste produced. Permaculture principles are being applied (permaculture is defined as a tool for transforming our living space into a productive and resilient ecosystem, drawing inspiration from nature).<\/p>\n<p>You can get involved by taking part in free permaculture workshops. Don\u2019t hesitate to <a href=\"mailto:patrick.chevaleyre@univ-lr.fr\">contact the project coordinator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The herb spiral (literature, languages, arts and humanities campus)<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW33651749 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33651749 BCX0\">In 2021, an herb spiral was created with the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grainesdetroc.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW33651749 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33651749 BCX0\">Graine de <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW33651749 BCX0\">Troc<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33651749 BCX0\"> association<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW33651749 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33651749 BCX0\">, using compost that had been on the campus for several years. Every year, several aromatic plants grow in this garden, which is also home to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW33651749 BCX0\">a number of<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33651749 BCX0\"> plants, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33651749 BCX0\">fruit<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33651749 BCX0\"> and vegetables.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW33651749 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Nest boxes at the University<\/h2>\n<p>Nest boxes were installed on the Sciences and Technologies campus in 2023 on the initiative of the Blairoudeurs student association as part of the d\u2019Orbigny gardens project. A total of eight nest boxes have been installed, including three for birds of prey.<\/p>\n<p>The nest boxes have been installed according to the targeted species, with the help of the Bird Protection League (LPO). They should be home to tits, sparrows, hoopoes, kestrels and barn owls, all of which are present in the city but are in decline nationwide, mainly due to the reduction in the number of cavities.<\/p>\n<p>The IUT had already installed nest boxes for birds a few years ago.[\/vc_column_text][vc_message css=&#8221;&#8221;]<em>In addition to these initiatives, the university practices late mowing of its green spaces to protect flora and fauna.<\/em>[\/vc_message][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Compost bins on campus The university provides composting bins on campus where organic waste can be deposited: On the Humanities, Languages, Arts and Sciences (LLASH) campus, at the end of the hall; At the University Institute of Technology, in the shared gardens to the right of the administration building; At the rear of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":53329,"parent":70918,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70939","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.univ-larochelle.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.univ-larochelle.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.univ-larochelle.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.univ-larochelle.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.univ-larochelle.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.univ-larochelle.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70939\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.univ-larochelle.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.univ-larochelle.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.univ-larochelle.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}