Sustainability and creation care are important to Ferncliff. We strive to be as environmentally conscious as we can be in our programs, practices, and facilities. In 2014 we won the “Sustaining the Rock” award and were recognized as Little Rock’s “greenest” non-profit and in 2016 we became green camp certified.

Scroll down to learn about a few of the things we are doing or have done to care for the environment.

Youth Camp Lights– cabin lights are on motion sensors and most lights are fluorescents or CFLs.

One of our 14 passenger vehicles, Sunny, is outfitted with solar panels:

: Solar Front

Global Awareness Brunch – When camp is in session, campers partake in a simple lunch of rice and beans to understand the imbalance of global resources.

Plate Waste – Plate waste is weighed and campers get an incentive to keep the whole camp’s waste under 2 pounds for 2 meals in a row

Towels – We encourage guests to re-use their towels and conserve water.

Geothermal Heating and Cooling — The heating and cooling units on our conference center side is powered by geothermal units in both lakes for most all new buildings

Stack wood cabins– cabins are made from trees damaged from storms that were around camp; won environmental award

: Stackwood Exterior

: Stackwood Interior

Creek Bridge– made from a recycled truck trailer with planks from camp trees

Rec Shed – made from bricks of torn down cabins

Carpet– all our carpet is recyclable carpet tiles

15 Seer Unit Air Conditioning in hotel-style lodging – the must energy efficient system on the market for a facility of our size.

Dining Hall Windows– we have replaced our windows to reduce energy waste

Eco Center-This is one of the largest straw bale walled structure in the U.S. The straw bale walls make it very well insulated and will keep energy costs low. It has 12 solar panels placed on ground level just south of the building. These panels are on a net metering system and should produce more than enough electricity for the buildings needs and enough to produce a credit to offset some of our other facility’s electricity costs.