100Grannies

100Grannies – about us and what we do

Announcements and Action Activities:

• Worried about water usage for the proposed CO2 pipeline?  Follow this link to see an outstanding presentation by Jessica Wiskus on the danger of the CO2 pipeline for Iowa’s aquifers.
• Action item – Write to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) regarding the Summit CO2 pipeline and the extreme amount of Iowa water that they will use. For more info and an address link here. For helpful guidance on writing for climate justice link here.
• Action item – Send letters to HyVee store managers asking them to post signs encouraging customers to bring their own reusable bags. For addresses and more info link here. For helpful guidance on writing for climate justice link here.
• Beyond Plastics is a global movement to end plastic pollution, especially single use plastic and 100Grannies is an affiliate. For much more info link here and for a recent article in The Guardian on the plastic crisis link here.

Upcoming Events:

• Tuesday, April 29^th, 4:30- 7:30. Annual 100Grannies Party, Unitarian Universalist Society.
• Wednesday, May 14^th, 4:30 to 7:00. Prairie Preview. Iowa Memorial Union.
• Tuesday, May 27^th. 100Grannies meeting at Draco Hill – Suzan Erem’s place by the Cedar River.

Calendar

Check out our Posts for news items about what we are up to. The most recent Posts are shown in the column to the right

100Grannies are engaged in numerous important activities to educate, advocate, and agitate for renewable energy, pure water, clean air and a healthy environment for future generations. Some of these are:

• Educating the community through our annual spring lecture series and fall film series.  100Grannies also table at community events and donate books to the Iowa City School District each year.

           

• Partnering with the Iowa Carbon Pipeline Resistance Coalition and landowners to fight against eminent domain by private industry for a dangerous CO2 carbon pipeline across Iowa.  Link here to learn more. Link to this YouTube for more about the landowners’ perspective.

  Worried about the water usage demand of the CO2 pipeline? Click here to learn more and what you can do.

          

• Advocating against CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) by meeting with legislators to support a moratorium in Iowa and other activities. Click here to learn more about Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture and why there should be a moratorium on CAFO expansion.

      

Granny’s Gems – Flyers telling about ways to reduce, reuse, recycle.

Our Podcast Series archives presentations, interviews, panel discussions and other audio content on climate change and the environmental crisis in Iowa

Our YouTube channel archives Lecture Series presentations

Additionally, click on any of our resource links below:

• Toolkit for writing for climate justice
• Publicity
• 100Grannies on Facebook
• Founding Granny, Barbara Schlachter, Posthumous Award
• The best short video of 2019 “Everything Counts” featuring Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot.
• Greta Thunberg met with Grannies in Iowa City
• 100Grannies In the National News !!!
• Love Food /Fight Waste – Link to an Iowa City program to fight food waste with new topics and tips each month at icgov.org/lovefood.
• Racism is Killing the Planet – Black Lives Matter – We Stand Together
• Climate Song video and Climate Song words

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100Grannies meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month (except Nov. and Dec.) from 3:30 to 4:30 in the downstairs of the Coralville Public Library.

We welcome new members. Learn more by going to the Membership link in the menu on the black bar at the top.