Community Events
The following events are being offered by progressive groups in our local area.
Support the solar field project in Linn County, IA - Action Alert
The Duane Arnold Nuclear Power Plant in Palo, Iowa is shut down and is being decommissioned. The plan is to repurpose this land and some of the infrastructure and build a large solar and storage facility on this 500-acre property. This project will generate 600 union jobs for the community during construction. However, this plan is facing opposition from some neighbors, because they don’t want a solar field in their backyard. This project impacts all of us. For more information: https://www.powermag.com/large-solar-storage-project-planned-at-former-nuclear-power-site/
If you support this project please take these actions:
Susan Leuthauser
If you support this project please take these actions:
- Contact the Iowa Utility Board at https://iub.iowa.gov/online-services/open-docket-comment-form and express your opinion. Select Dockets GCU-2021-0002, GCU-2021-0003, GCU-2021-0004 from the List of IUB Dockets menu on the Open Docket Comment Form.
- Send an email of support to the Linn County Supervisors at bd_supervisors@linncountyiowa.gov
Susan Leuthauser
Healthy Eating 2022
Thursday, January 6th at 5:30 pm
Zoom and In-Person
Friends of MLK Interpretive Center
501 Brady ST Davenport, IA (map)
NAACP Environmental Climate Justice
We will have Suzanne Tanner from The ISU (Iowa State University) do a presentation on healthy eating, along with a 30-minute exercise routine. Please join us in person or by Zoom.
Glenda Guster
Friends of MLK Interpretive Center
501 Brady ST Davenport, IA (map)
NAACP Environmental Climate Justice
We will have Suzanne Tanner from The ISU (Iowa State University) do a presentation on healthy eating, along with a 30-minute exercise routine. Please join us in person or by Zoom.
Glenda Guster
Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet - Book Study
Thursday, December 9th at 7:00 pm
Midwest Earth Holder Community
The Midwest Earth Holder Community will be facilitating a book club to study the new book by Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet. The book club will start on Thursday, December 9th and meet from 7:00-8:30 pm (CT). Meetings will be held every other Thursday, for a total of seven meetings. The last meeting one will be on Thursday, March 3rd.
All meetings will be on Zoom. Each meeting will be facilitated by a Midwest Earth Holder Community Group member. Meetings will have a short meditation, a Dharma sharing/talk by the facilitator about the book section being studied, a Dharma sharing/discussion in small groups, and a closing with Sharing the Merit.
Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zen-and-the-art-of-saving-the-planet-book-clubstudy-tickets-210684381657
Lori McCollum
The Midwest Earth Holder Community will be facilitating a book club to study the new book by Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet. The book club will start on Thursday, December 9th and meet from 7:00-8:30 pm (CT). Meetings will be held every other Thursday, for a total of seven meetings. The last meeting one will be on Thursday, March 3rd.
All meetings will be on Zoom. Each meeting will be facilitated by a Midwest Earth Holder Community Group member. Meetings will have a short meditation, a Dharma sharing/talk by the facilitator about the book section being studied, a Dharma sharing/discussion in small groups, and a closing with Sharing the Merit.
Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zen-and-the-art-of-saving-the-planet-book-clubstudy-tickets-210684381657
Lori McCollum