Category: Green Drinks - PACG - Progressive Action for the Common Good

February Green Drinks - PACG Event

1/18/2022

February Green Drinks - Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative
Tuesday, February 1st at 5:00 pm

Environmental Forum

Join us on Tuesday, February 1st from 5 - 7 pm for our February Green Drinks. You will hear from Jennifer Wendt, Mississippi River Cities & Town Initiative (MRCTI), Plastic Waste Reduction Campaign Manager.

In October 2021, many Quad Cities residents participated in this initiative by tracking litter collected along our waterways. Jennifer will summarize the data collected and share the next step for this initiative with us.

Please register in advance at: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/

Susan Leuthauser

Green Drinks in 2021 - After Action Report

1/17/2022

Green Drinks 2021 - After Action Report

Environmental Forum

The Environmental Forum held 11 Green Drinks events in 2021. Since March 2019, we have met monthly to network and listen to a presentation by a subject matter expert. In spite of the pandemic, Green Drinks continues to meet virtually on the first Tuesday of each month from 5 to 7 pm. Watch this space for our 2022 gatherings, we have exciting programs coming up.

In January of 2022 the Executive Director of Citizen Climate International Joseph Robertson gave an inspiring talk about what happened at COP26. He gave us hope and motivated us to continue to do our advocacy work.

Susan Leuthauser

January Green Drinks - What Happened at COP26?

12/22/2021

What happened at COP26? - Green Drinks
Tuesday, January 4th at 5:00 pm

Join us on January 4th at 5 pm for the first Green Drinks of 2022. Joseph Robertson, who led a delegation of 23 at COP26 in Glasgow, will share with us his experience and takeaways from the conference. Joe is the Executive Director of Citizen Climate International.

Please register in advance at: zoom.us/meeting/register

Susan Leuthauser

December Green Drinks - PACG Event

11/24/2021

December Green Drinks - Restoration of the River
Tuesday, December 7th at 5:00 pm

Environmental Forum

Join us on Tuesday, December 7th at 5 pm to find out how to restore the Mississippi River. Olivia Dorothy, Director, Upper Mississippi Basin at American Rivers, is going to talk to us about how floodplain restoration can be used as a tool to remove downstream nitrogen and phosphorus pollution that runs off from agricultural land.

Please register in advance at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoduGpqTIsH9fD6ssFCjEteY09ZHZ41w6m

Susan Leuthauser

November Green Drinks - River Action Programs

10/26/2021

November Green Drinks via Zoom
Tuesday, November 2nd at 5:00 pm

Environmental Forum

Kathy Wine from River Action, Inc. is going to speak to us at our November Green Drinks on Tuesday, November 2nd at 5:00 pm.. She'll share with us the work that River Action staff and members have been doing to improve the waterways in the Quad Cities.

Please R.S.V.P. at zoom.us/meeting/register/

Susan Leuthauser

October Green Drinks - PACG Event

9/21/2021

Green Drinks - How to Reduce Food Waste at Home
Tuesday, October 5th from 5 – 7 pm via Zoom

SPEAKER: Kristin Bogdonas, U of Illinois Extension Service

Do you know that two-thirds of the food waste at home is due to food not being used before it goes bad? Kristin Bogdonas, Extension Educator, Nutrition and Wellness from the University of Illinois Extension, will give us suggestions about how we can reduce food waste at home.

Please register for this event here.

September Green Drinks - Take CAARE

8/24/2021

September Green Drinks
Tuesday, September 7th at 5:00 pm

Environmental Forum

Join us on Tuesday, September 7th from 5 to 7 pm and learn about the Conservation Program at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa. Jared McGovern, Curator of the Conservation Program, will introduce us to his new Take Conservation Action through Advocacy, Research and Engagement (CAARE) initiatives.

Please register for September Green Drinks

Susan Leuthauser

August Green Drinks Social - PACG Events

7/21/2021

August Green Drinks Social
Tuesday, August 3rd at 5:00 pm

Stompbox Brewing
210 E Riverdrive, Davenport, IA (map)

Environmental Forum

Join us for an evening of relaxation and celebration on Tuesday, August 3rd at 5:00 pm. Green Drinks has been meeting virtually every month since April last year. Our August meeting will be on the patio of Stompbox Brewing. It is an in-person get together to celebrate our success, and to thank you for your support. Come join us for a drink, bring a friend and make new ones. We hope to resume in-person meetings in the near future.

For your safety, please follow CDC and WHO recommendations for masks and social distancing.

https://www.stompboxbrewing.com/

Susan Leuthauser

July Green Drinks - Solar at a Local Level

6/22/2021

July Green Drinks - Solar Projects at the Local Level
Tuesday, July 6th from 5 – 7 pm via Zoom

Environmental Forum

Speaker: Joshua Dyer, 4th Ward Alderman, Silvis, Illinois

Climate change is an existential crisis, but local governments are very slow to change, or to find ways to reduce their carbon footprint. The City of Silvis has managed to work with area developers to build a solar array that produces 98% of the power for their police department.

Joshua Dyer, 4th Ward Alderman in Silvis, will share some of the lessons learned from this project and plans for future ones.

Susan Leuthauser

June Green Drinks - Live Lead Free QC Zoom Presentation

5/18/2021

June Green Drinks
Tuesday, June 1st at 5:00 pm CANCELED

Online

Unfortunately Mr. Knobbe is unable to be with us Tuesday. This Green Drinks meeting is canceled and will be rescheduled for a future time. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Environmental Forum

Join us at our June Green Drinks on June 1 at 5 pm on Zoom. Tony Knobbe, President of Live Lead Free QC, will share with us what this group has been doing to address childhood lead poisoning in our area.

Register for the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoduGpqTIsH9fD6ssFCjEteY09ZHZ41w6m

Susan Leuthauser