Barbara Schlachter Memorial Lecture Series
Fee: none. No registration.
Membership Not Required
Mondays, 3/9 – 3/30
6:30 – 7:30 PM in room 202
Event Organizers: 100Grannies
3/9: the green New deal Explained
Presented by Matt Ohloff, an organizer for Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
with a degree in Political Science from the University of Iowa.
3/16: Reversing global Warming: Introduction to drawdown
Presenters Sally Hartman, Virginia Melroy, and Deb Schoelerman, members of the
100Grannies and the Unitarian Universalist Society of Coralville, will present this
workshop. See both the possibility of reversing global warming and the important
role that you play, based on the findings of Project Drawdown, a comprehensive scientific
study of 100 solutions that together could begin to reverse global warming by 2050.
3/23: Let Us Now Praise Hellraisers, in a time of Climate Emergencies
Presented by Jeff Biggers, an American Book Award-winning author, journalist and
historian, and father of two wonderful IC climate strikers. He will discuss the role of
resistance in environmental and climate justice movements, including today.
3/30: Systemic Change Needed
Presented by Stratis Giannakouros, the Director of University of Iowa Office
of Sustainability with an MA degree in Environmental Politics and Policy.