Category Archives: Publicity

Plastics pollution in our oceans

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Katharine

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

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Katharine

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

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Katharine

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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By our members – op ed’s and letters

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Katharine

Page under construction. Email me, Katharine, with your concerns, putting my name in the subject line:  100granniesiowacity@gmail.com —————————————————————————– Connie Mutel, op ed, November 17, 2018 —————————————————————————– LTE to Press-Citizen, November 17, 2018, by Charlene Lange —————————————————————————– LTE to Press-Citizen, October … Continue reading →

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Misc Past Events

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Katharine

See tab “Meeting Notes” for more details on past activities in our minutes. We held a rally on Tues, Jan 13,  from 12 to 1 at the pedmall outside Congressman Loebsack’s office protesting his vote in favor of the Keystone … Continue reading →

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Grannies in Madison with Bill McKibben 2013

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Katharine
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Wendell Berry: Speech to Garden Club of America

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Katharine

Published in The New Yorker (with thanks to Wes Jackson and in memory of Sir Albert Howard and Stan Rose.) Thank you. Iʼm glad to know weʼre friends, of course, There are so many outcomes that are worse. But I … Continue reading →

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Climate champions deserve praise and support

Posted on August 12, 0201 by Katharine

David E. Drake, Special to the Register Aug. 12, 2018 Iowa has no shortage of groups working to slow down and prevent further climate change. They include groups such as Bold Iowa, Indigenous Iowa, Sierra Club Iowa, Iowa Citizens for … Continue reading →

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