Category Archives: Education

October 2015 Film Festival

Environmental Film Series & Discussions Free at the Senior Center, Mondays, October, 2015 Sponsored by 100Grannies.org 6:00-7:00 p.m. room 202 October 5- Disruption:  We know so much about climate change, why are we doing so little? This film takes a … Continue reading

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Bag committee at New PI – Photos (1 Sep 2015)

Store mgr Gus, Becky Ross, Patti Swick (New Pi), Donna Rupp, Maureen Arensdorf, Gay Mikelson, Pat McGee

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Education ICPL 8-15-15

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Ann Christenson 14 Aug 2015

Ann Christenson op ed August 14, 2015 Poll: Locals place value on education Was it backlash from Governor Branstad’s recent veto of the Iowa Legislature’s education bill or simply Iowans’ long, strong regard for the importance of learning? When asked … Continue reading

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Grandparents Climate Action Day in DC 2015

100Grannies in DC. Video: Flash dance in Union Station Picture: Link & then page down: https://www.popularresistance.org/climate-expert-james-hansen-weve-got-an-emergency/ http://www.consciouselders.org/Elders Climate Action is a project of The Conscious Elders Network (CEN) a movement of vital elders, dedicated to growing in consciousness while actively … Continue reading

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Hughie Tweedy LTE PC, 6/16/15

The company trying to buy right-of-ways for the Bakken pipeline offered Mr. Tweedy a $2500 teenage prostitute. That guy should be jailed. Anyway, I thought we should certainly include Mr. Tweedy as a friend and hope he hangs tough. Here’s … Continue reading

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Dawn’s research into state law – 1

I was listening to an interview of Paul Cienfuegos – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObK3EWEs0hY –  and he mentioned that Iowa was one of the states that had an anti-corporate farming law. This is what I found: Iowa Iowa’s anti-corporate farming statute is located … Continue reading

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Tom Fiegen in Fairfield (6 Jun 2015)

Report from Dawn: I had a wonderful day at Fairfield listening to Tom Fiegen discuss food and climate issues with Jefferson County folks.  (Saturday, June 06, 2015) When I said I was a member of 100Grannies, everyone had heard of … Continue reading

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Fairfield Community Rights Coalition (3 Jun 2015)

Report from Fairfield Community Rights Coalition: (as reported to Deb Dee by Fred Rosenberg 6/3/15) Contacts: Fred Rosenberg 642-919-7470/ fred@osagecomputing.com Tom Krystofiak  krysto@natel.net Thomas Linzey came to Fairfield about two years ago and spoke to a standing room only crowd … Continue reading

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Lester Brown (author of The Great Transition)

May 19, 2015 Lester Brown has spent his career making shrewd projections about the food, water, and energy people need to survive, and pushing governments to respond. None of this math brings tears to his eyes except the time in 1965 he made … Continue reading

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