Category Archives: Activism

Climate Crisis Parade Feb 1, 2020 – get a seat on the bus

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Charlene Lange

Climate Parade in Des Moines at noon on February 1st.  Two buses have been reserved to leave Iowa City at 9:30 in the morning from the Coral ridge parking lot west of Barnes and Noble. We will return around 5:30 p.m. The … Continue reading →

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Climate Crisis Parade Saturday, Feb 1, 2020

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Charlene Lange

Climate Crisis Parade: We Challenge YOU! … As individuals and organizations, we’re all doing amazing work to raise awareness about the impending catastrophes that are guaranteed if we do nothing to combat climate change. Unfortunately, a large segment of America … Continue reading →

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The Point of No Return. By Massimo Paciotto-Biggers and Alex Howe, Iowa City, Little Village, 5 Dec 2019

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Charlene Lange

Letter to the editor: The point of no return As global leaders meet at the COP25 UN climate summit in Madrid this week, we plan to continue our year-long strike and walkouts in Iowa City on Friday, 3:30 p.m. at … Continue reading →

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Student Climate Strikers Iowa City

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Charlene Lange

Climate striker Massimo Paciotto-Biggers is the Press-Citizen’s person of the year.  2019 University of Iowa sings utilities agreement, climate strikers want more     10 Dec 2019 Channel 2 Fox 28 The Letter to the Editor: The point of no … Continue reading →

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Stop Factory Farms Lobby Day Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020

Posted on November 25, 2019 by 100 Grannies

Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The CCI (Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement) along with IARA (Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture) is organizing lobby day for a moratorium on CAFOs.

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CAFO Moratorium advised

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Katharine

“The American Public Health Association (APHA) enacted a new policy statement advising federal, state, and local governments and public health agencies to impose a moratorium on all new and expanding concentrated feeding animal operations (CAFOs). The new policy recommends a … Continue reading →

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Thank You

Posted on November 17, 2019 by Charlene Lange

Thank you 4 Nov 2019, Little Village, Charlene Lange It’s almost Thanksgiving and I want to shout out to all those I need to be thankful for in the past year. Thank you, politicians such as city officials Mayor Jim … Continue reading →

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Miriam says thanks

Posted on November 16, 2019 by Katharine

Huge thanks to these wonderful Grannies who traveled to Des Moines on Tuesday to support me during my trial for misdemeanor trespass (while protesting for climate at a Trump fundraiser in June). No verdict yet as the judge is reviewing … Continue reading →

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What can you do to help save the planet?

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Charlene Lange

To future generations: It’s 2018 and the planet is becoming aware. The Paris Climate agreement has been accepted by 197 countries but not the United States. We who contribute the most to climate change suffer the least. But there are … Continue reading →

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Miriam Kashia op ed 13 Nov 2019

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Katharine

Celebrate progress on climate issues Global climate hero Greta Thunberg recently drew a wildly enthusiastic crowd of thousands in downtown Iowa City. An entire seven hours on CNN were devoted to a Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum on Climate where our … Continue reading →

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