Category: Earth Month - PACG - Progressive Action for the Common Good

Earth Month Proclamations for the Quad Cities - A Message to Our Membership

5/3/2022

Earth Month Proclamations for the Quad Cities

Environmental Forum

This year the cities of Davenport, Bettendorf, Rock Island, Moline and East Moline issued proclamations regarding Earth Day. Each of these is attached below as a pdf.

The cities in Illinois all agreed to declare April of 2022 "Earth Month." Davenport declared April 18th to the 24th "Earth Week." And Bettendorf gave us "Earth Day" on April 22nd.

You can learn a lot about your home town from these.

Susan Leuthauser

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Actions for Earth Month Week 4 - What You Can Do Now

4/26/2022

Earth Month Actions - Week 4

Environmental Forum

Read our blog post about Earth Month Actions - Week 3 here.
Read our blog post about Earth Month Actions - Week 2 here.
Read our blog post about Earth Month Actions - Week 1 here.

Lori McCollum

Actions for Earth Month Week 3 - What You Can Do Now

4/19/2022

Earth Month Actions - Week 3

Environmental Forum

Read our blog post about Earth Month Actions - Week 2 here.
Read our blog post about Earth Month Actions - Week 1 here.

Lori McCollum

Actions for Earth Month Week 2 - What You Can Do Now

4/12/2022

Earth Month Actions - Week 2

Environmental Forum

Read our blog post about Earth Month Actions - Week 1 here.

Lori McCollum

Actions for Earth Month Week 1 - What You Can Do Now

4/6/2022

Earth Month Actions - Week 1

Environmental Forum

Restore Our Earth Events - PACG Events

3/28/2021

Restore Our Earth Events - Earth Day Celebrations
April and May 2021

Environmental Forum

April 4th from 5 - 7 pm - Green Drinks – “Project Drawdown”

Virginia Melroy and Paul Pomrehn from Coralville will introduce us to the possibility of reversing global warming and the important role that you can play, based on the findings of Project Drawdown.
Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoduGpqTIsH9fD6ssFCjEteY09ZHZ41w6m

April 10th–26th - Screening of Kiss the Ground

An award-winning film on how regenerating the soil can stabilize the climate, restore the ecosystem and create an abundant food supply.
After April 1, sign up for a free link at https://www.faithclimateactionweek.org/featured-film-kit/ to watch the film at your convenience between April 10th and 26th. This free viewing is co-sponsored with Interfaith Power and Light and UUCQC. The film is also available on Netflix.

April 25th from 5 - 6 pm – Happy Hour and Panel Discussion of the film Kiss the Ground

Agriculture and soil conservation experts will share with us actions that are taken to regenerate the soil in our area.

RSVP at :https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lf-yurzwrHdJhkB41__sGDcVbeuOY0dVl

May 4th from 5 - 7 pm - Green Drinks – “International Climate Change Policies”

Dr. Jerry Schnoor from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, will discuss past and current international climate policies.
Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoduGpqTIsH9fD6ssFCjEteY09ZHZ41w6m

May 22nd from 9 am - 2 pm – Earth Day Fair at the Freight House Farmers Market, 421 W. River Drive, Davenport, IA (map)

Join us for live music, interactive activities and table displays. Learn about what local environmental and community organizations have been doing.
This is a family-friendly and free event. COVID safety protocols must be followed.

Read about making your Earth Day proclamation here.

Lori McCollum

Make An Earth Day Proclamation - What You Can Do Now

3/28/2021

Take Action!
Make Your Earth Day Proclamation

Environmental Forum

As part of our Earth Day celebration in 2021 we encourage you to download this Proclamation and make a commitment to Restore Our Earth.

Identify one or more actions you or your family will commit to in order to help combat the climate crisis. Suggested ideas include: decrease your household energy use; eat more plant-based meals; increase travel by foot or bike; add native plantings to your yard; eliminate or reduce the use of single-use plastics; print on both sides of the paper, etc. Check out https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-tips/ for more ideas.

Enter your action(s) into the Restore Our Earth – My Personal Earth Day Proclamation below and post it in a visible location at home or work as a reminder.

Consider bringing your proclamation to the Earth Day Fair at the Freight House Farmer’s Market on May 22nd.

Read about other Earth Day events here.

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After Action Report - Davenport Earth Month Proclamation

7/17/2020

City of Davenport Honors PACG With Earth Month Proclamation - After Action Report

From the City of Davenport Government Facebook page on Sunday, July 12th:

Earth Day is usually in April, but not in Davenport this year.

The Davenport City Council proclaimed July as Earth Month at its meeting Wednesday, July 8. The proclamation notes that the global community must step forward and take action to create positive environmental change.

The City is recognizing Earth Day during the whole month of July because of the nationwide closures that occurred in April. Alderwoman Judith Lee presented the proclamation to PJ Slobojan and members of Progressive Action for the Common Good (PACG).

View the proclamation.

Julie Meyerson-Ross

Attend the Davenport Earth Month Proclamation - What You Can Do Now

6/20/2020

Presentation of 2020 Earth Month Proclamation
to Davenport City Council
Wednesday, July 8th at 5:30 pm

Council Chamber
Davenport City Hall
226 W 4th Street, Davenport (map)

Environmental Forum

Due to COVID-19, the 2020 Earth Month Proclamation signed by Davenport Mayor Matson has not been presented to the City Council. This will be done at the City Council meeting on Wednesday, July 8th at 5:30 pm. It will be one of the first items on the agenda.

You are welcome to attend this event. Due to present Council stipulations, seating is limited, so the City would like names of those who plan to attend. Please contact PJ Slobojan at pjs312@q.com by Friday, June 26th, if you’re interested in attending.

Susan Leuthauser

After Action Report -" the Story of Plastics" Discussion

5/5/2020

The Story of Plastics Zoom Happy Hour - After Action Report

Environmental Forum

In lieu of our postponement of Earth Day events, we placed an ad in local papers for the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, and wish to thank the PACG Board for providing funding for that announcement. We also co-sponsored a virtual showing of the film, the Story of Plastics, along with the Rock Island Soil and Conservation District, the Niabi Zoo, and the UU Congregation of the QC. The film was on the Discovery Channel, or available virtually through a link. We then offered a followup Happy Hour on Zoom to discuss the film and listen to local leaders who are working with methods of reducing plastic pollution: Joel Vanderbush from the Zoo, Kurt Liske from the Scott County Waste Commission, Karen Neder from Terracycle, and Dawn Temple of RISCD. We had nearly 20 people online for the happy hour! We all agreed to continue our work on plastics in the QC through the Plastic Free QC initiative started through the BICAN.

We plan on having our originally scheduled Earth Day activities in July, with "the Vision for the Future" event at the Botanical Center on Thursday, July 16th, and the Earth Day Fair at the Farmers Market on Saturday, July 18th. We hope to see you all there.

Remember to make every day Earth Day!

Lori McCollum