Category: Climate Change - PACG - Progressive Action for the Common Good

After Action Report - Climate Crisis Parade

2/12/2020

Climate Crisis Parade - After Action Report
Saturday, February 1st at 12:00 pm

Bold Iowa

On February 1st Bold Iowa, along with nearly 70 other organizations, marched in Des Moines to demonstrate the climate crisis. PACG was a co-sponsor of this event along with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad Cities (UUCQC).

Nearly a dozen members of the Quad Cities traveled with 100 Grannies from Iowa City to march alongside others. Speeches by young members of the Indigenous community launched the parade. The emphasis was to note the lack of coverage of this crisis by the local and national media.

Ironically, they once, again, failed to adequately cover the event. Nearly 1000 marched in the event, while the Des Moines Register mentioned only 400 marchers. See more photos below taken by Mike Wilcox, member of PACG, UUCQC, and President of the Eagle View Chapter of the Sierra Club.

(images below by Michael Wilcox)

Lori McCollum

Paris to Pittsburgh Movie at Augusta - After Action Report

1/22/2020

Paris to Pittsburgh - After Action Report

Augustana College

Environmental Forum

We worked with the Augustana Climate Change Task Force and Iowa Interfaith Power and Light to host a screening of Paris to Pittsburgh on Wednesday evening, January 15th. It was followed by a panel presentation by Ray Wolf, Eric Sorensen, and Bobby Wengronowitz. We also provided a voter registration table, thanks to Alice Traylor. Anyone wishing to screen this film can do so by contacting Lori McCollum at lori_mccollum@sbcglobal.net.

Lori McCollum

Paris to Pittsburgh Screening at Augustana College

1/15/2020

Paris to Pittsburgh Screening -
Wednesday, January 15th at 6:00 pm

Due to technical difficulties, our showing of Paris to Pittsburgh tonight at Augustana College has moved next door to Olin Hall: Hanson Science Bldg Room 102. Same time. Thanks for your patience.

Augustana College
Olin Auditorium
820 38th St, Rock Island (map)

Environmental Forum

If you haven't seen it already, come see the movie Paris to Pittsburgh at Augustana College - Olin Auditorium on Wednesday, January 15th from 6-8 pm. This 2018 documentary about climate change is directed by filmmakers Sidney Beaumont and Michael Bonfiglio and is produced by Bloomberg Philanthropies, National Geographic, and RadicalMedia. The screening will be followed by a panel presentation by local environmental experts Ray Wolf, Eric Sorensen, and Bobby Wengronowicz.

Lori McCollum

Climate Crisis Parade - Saturday, February 1st in Des Moines

1/1/2020

Climate Crisis Parade - Saturday, February 1st at 12:00 pm

Cowles Commons
221 Walnut Street, Des Moines, IA (map)

Bold Iowa

The Iowa Coalition is planning a major climate action before the Caucuses.

Please note: We need a firm number of attendees for the organization chartering the bus by January 3rd.

Over forty organizations have come together to take collective climate action on Saturday, February 1st at noon in Des Moines just before the Iowa Caucuses. If you are interested in attending this event, there will be a bus leaving from Iowa City, early that morning and returning later that same day. It will cost only $12 round trip. We are also considering a local caravan and carpool. Contact Lori McCollum if you are interested.

The Climate Crisis Parade is only two days before the Iowa Caucuses in order to challenge voters and the media to act with urgency on behalf of our climate. This event marks the first time these local, state, and national groups have worked together to spotlight the urgent need for all to act on climate. Participants will gather at Cowles Commons, 221 Walnut Street, in Des Moines and parade to the Iowa Events Center, where media from around the world will assemble to report on the Iowa Caucuses. The action is non-partisan and not organized in support of any presidential candidate. You can learn more about the event by contacting the Steering Committee at communications@climatemarch.org.

Contacts are Samantha Kuhn at 847-682-2924 and Steve Shivvers at 515-468-3923.

Lori McCollum

What You Can Do Now - Call Congress About COP25

12/3/2019

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
December 2nd thru December 13th

Madrid, Spain

Environmental Forum

The 25th Conference of the Parties, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will occur from December 2nd-13th in Madrid, Spain. At the COP25 the international community will attempt to accelerate actions to reverse climate change. Call your members of Congress and ask why we are withdrawing from this agreement at this critical time. Nations are supposed to submit new climate action plans in 2020. We must reduce emissions 45% by 2030 and reach climate neutrality by 2050 to stabilize the global temperature by the end of the century. Let Congress know that you are a Climate Crisis Voter!

Contact information for your Iowa and Illinois representatives is always available on the PACG website! Call or email today!

Lori McCollum

Global Climate Strike - Friday, September 27th at 4 pm

9/10/2019

Due to inclement weather, this is postponed to next Friday, October 4th!
What You Can Do Now - Join Our Global Climate Strike -
Global Climate Strike - Friday, September 27th at 4pm

920 Middle Road, Bettendorf, IA 52722 (map)

"This September, millions of us will walk out of our workplaces and homes to join young climate strikers on the streets and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. Our house is on fire — let’s act like it! We demand climate justice for everyone!"

Bring a sign with a message to the event, or there will be a poster making party at the Freight House (on the patio at the west end) at 5pm on September 20th.

Contact the Host at Global Strike for Climate, QC on Facebook.

Tara Witherow

Celebrate Earth Day in Davenport

4/15/2019

Earth Day Celebration - Saturday, April 20th at 9:00 am

Freight House
421 W River DR, Davenport, IA (map)

Environmental Forum

Join us in celebrating Earth Day on Saturday, April 20th from 9-1. There will be mini TED talks throughout the day, live music, 20 demonstration tables, and a full activity tent for kids with reptiles from Nahant Marsh and birds from the raptor center. And there will be door prizes! Food will be available at the adjacent restaurants. The interior portions of the Farmer's Market are up and running. The flood has not defeated us, but it does remind us that Climate Change is real.

Lori McCollum

Paris to Pittsburgh Film on Climate Change

4/15/2019

Paris to Pittsburgh Film - Wednesday, April 17th at 7:00 pm

Rogalski Center
St. Ambrose University
W High ST, Davenport, IA
(the parking lot is at Lombard ST and Ripley ST) (map)

Environmental Forum

Join us in viewing Paris to Pittsburgh, a free screening of the film produced by Bloomberg Philanthropies and RadicalMedia in 2018. We are co-sponsoring this event with the Green Life Environmental Club of St. Ambrose University to kick off the Earth Day weekend. There will be a panel presentation after the screening to discuss climate change and ways you can personally address this issue.

Green New Deal Demonstrates Real Climate Leadership

2/4/2019

Green New Deal Week - Monday, Feb 4th - Friday, Feb 8th

Friends of the Earth
Nationwide Event

From February 4th to 8th, help bring the call for Real Climate Leadership to your Congressperson’s doorstep. We will ramp up our call for a Green New Deal by calling on our Representatives to:

Halt all new fossil fuel extraction, infrastructure and subsidies, and transition power generation to 100% renewable energy by 2035 or sooner.
Rapidly decarbonize agriculture and transportation sectors and expand access to public transportation.
Ensure a Fair & Just Transition led by impacted workers and communities, including low income and communities of color, without relying on corporate schemes or market-based mechanisms.
Uphold Indigenous Rights
Pass a national jobs guarantee, creating good jobs with collective bargaining and family-sustaining wages.

Cedar Rapids Citizens Climate Lobby Meeting

12/3/2018

Linn County Citizens Climate Lobby Meeting

The PACG Environmental Forum continues to educate Americans about the growing dangers of climate change and the many climate solutions that work, and members continue to take action to demonstrate leadership in environmental sustainability. Climate change is as urgent as ever. The Fourth National Climate Assessment released on Friday, and the IPCC report on limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius released October 8, underscore the urgent need for action. Recent climate-related disasters like the wildfire in Paradise, California, and Hurricanes Florence and Michael, show the very real dangers to real people and property in the United States. The Fourth National Climate Assessment outlines growing damage from climate change to the economy including agriculture, infrastructure, health, and water. For more details, visit: nca2018.globalchange.gov/.

The Cedar Rapids Citizens Climate Lobby Meeting is Saturday, December 8th in the second-floor technology classroom at the public library, 450 5th Avenue SE, in downtown Cedar Rapids. This is an organizational meeting to discuss plans for 2019. It will be followed by the national Citizens Climate Lobby monthly conference call. For more details, and to share with your friends, here is an event page: facebook.com/events/267597140614174/

Please join us for this worthwhile event!

The 2020 U.S. Senate elections are coming – There are 21 majority incumbent U.S. Senators up for re-election in 2020 who, in my opinion, have not only failed to take any positive action to address climate change, but have stood by while Trump has withdrawn the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement and done other damage to our country. It is essential that we have Senators who take positive action to address climate change before the 2020 elections. Climate change should not be a partisan issue!

Shirley Johnson
uffdauffda@hughes.net