6-7 PM Mondays in March, room 202, Johnson County Senior Center:
March 7, Maureen McCue , Climate Change: Risks to Health Here, There and Everywhere. (PowerPoint)
March 14, Mary Skopek , Water Quality: What We All Need To Do To Improve Iowa’s Water. CedarRapidsTopSoilOrdinance11-10-15 IC Handouts
March 21, Marc Franke and Pat Higby , Electric Cars: Save the Planet and Your Budget Too. (Power Point)
March 28, Sailesh Rao , If You Are Serious About Climate Change… (Power Point) (Huff Post article) (video of lecture)
Details from pages 14-15 of Senior Center Catalog:
Climate Change: Risks to Health Here,
There, and Everywhere (3/7/2016)
Dr. Maureen McCue has traveled, consulted, and
worked extensively as a physician, researcher,
and peace maker. She is a founding member,
faculty, and former director of the University
of Iowa Global Health Studies Program as well
as a founding board member for the UI Center
for Human Rights. As an adjunct Clinical
Professor in the Colleges of Public Health and
of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Dr. McCue teaches
a variety of Health and Human Rights topics
including Global Health and Climate Change.
She coordinates the Iowa Chapter of Physicians
for Social Responsibility addressing the gravest
threats to human health and survival, specifically
the threat of climate disruption and nuclear
proliferation.
Water Quality: What We All Need to Do to
Improve Iowa’s Water (3/14/2016)
Mary Skopec is a senior research scientist for
the Water Monitoring and Assessment Section
(WMAS) at the Iowa Department of Natural
Resources (IDNR), Geological Survey Bureau
(GSB). Last year Dr. Skopec received the John
Wesley Powell Award from the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) Iowa Water Science Center for
research and development in estimating stream
flow and water-quality values for any point on
a stream entitled, STREAMEST. At the GSB, she
has worked on a variety of water quality projects
including the development of a statewide
database to track pesticide occurrences in Iowa’s
water resources. Dr. Skopec currently coordinates
the WMAS analyses of data from the statewide
Ambient Water Monitoring Program.
Electric Cars: Save the Planet and Your
Budget Too (3/21/2016)
Using green electricity (Iowa wind and solar)
pollutes our planet much less than gasoline and
reduces global warming. A used Electric Vehicle
(EV) is inexpensive to buy ($12-16,000), operate
(“gas” @ $1/gal), and maintain! Pure electric
cars have no muffler, oil, air filters or emissions
controls. Extended range electric cars like the
Chevy Volt have far less maintenance than a
comparable gas powered car. Come ready to ask
any question about Electric Vehicles.
Marc Franke is writer, educator and advocate
for that which helps people. Educated as an
engineer, he has a lifelong interest in science, the
environment and our society. Pat Higby is Energy
Education and Outreach Coordinator at the UNI
Center for Energy & Environmental Education.