Author Archives: 100 Grannies

Becky Ross Oct 19, 2013 letter to editor, PC

Have you noticed how more and more plastic has crept into our lives?  You can hardly buy anything that isn’t packaged in plastic.  Glass bottles and jars have been changed to plastic. Yes, it’s convenient, but it’s polluting our earth … Continue reading

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September 2013 Film Festival

Environmental Film Series & Discussions A Free Senior Center Class Four Mondays in September Sponsored by 100Grannies.org Each Monday at 6:00 p.m. September 9: Bag It – This documentary raises awareness of the many issues concerning the ubiquity of plastic … Continue reading

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July 2013 Ban the Bag Rally

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June 2013 Film Festival

Environmental Film Series & Discussions A Free Senior Center Class Four Mondays in June Sponsored by 100Grannies.com Each Monday at 6:00 p.m. June 3: “Home” – The diversity of life on Earth and how the ecological balance of the planet … Continue reading

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Eco-Fair July 2012

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Plastics pollution in our oceans

Chirping Bird Society Compares Winston Churchill to Capt. Charles Moore: In 1937, Britain’s Winston Churchill was ‘chirping’ incessantly like a bird about the territorial threats of Adolf Hitler and the potential of an upcoming war but the world was asleep … Continue reading

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By our members

By our members – older published op eds & letters to the editor   2017 Lynn Gallager LTE, Solon paper 11/9/17   Johnson County and CAFOs Ann Christenson op ed July 29, 2017   Keep fossil fuels in the ground … Continue reading

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Publications by our friends

2020 Hope by Quinn Norton May 2020 Letter from Jonas Magram Apr 2020 Howard A. Learner op ed PC 1 Jan 2020   Community bankers know a good deal: Solar energy 2019 26 Dec 2019 Press Citizen: Climate striker Massimo … Continue reading

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Activism Photos & Videos

NBC was here in Iowa City September 17, 2019. We had between 25-30 grannies show up! It was fabulous. Lots of our grannies tabling at New Pi. And poster making earlier with climate kids: 100grannies support student climate strike: UN … Continue reading

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Why grannies?

Why grannies? Why not everyone who is working to make the changes to our way of living now that will provide the children of the future with lives full of the goodness of creation?   Well, we have to start somewhere, … Continue reading

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