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.
- Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution by reducing plastic waste resulting in cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. For more info on this campaign link here and for more info on the plastic crisis link here.
Upcoming Events:
- Granny Film Series: October 2, 9, 16, 23, 5:00 to 7:00: In person or Zoom: Register Online at icgov.org/senior/registration; By phone, call 319-356-5220 or in-person at the Senior Center. The following films will be featured:
- October 2: Straws: The Impact of Plastic Straws on Our Environment
- October 9: Plastic Earth
- October 16: New Farms, Big Success!
- October 23: Towns That Changed America
- Iowa City Book Festival reading and Q&A by Corban Addison, author of Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial. October 20, 3:00 – 4:15, Old Brick, 26 E. Market St. Iowa City.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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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