Environmental Forum

Purpose: To educate the citizens of the Quad Cities about environmental issues and the science of Climate Change, and to work with other environmental advocates to build sustainability across our communities.
Details About this Forum: We host events to celebrate the environment and educate the public. We initiated the Quad Cities Green Drinks chapter, and work with local environmental and conservation groups as well as community leaders and educators on local environmental issues and goals. We welcome newcomers to our Forum. Contact Shirley to be placed on the monthly notification list.
Forum Facilitators: Shirley Johnson, Susan Leuthauser and Lori McCollum. You can link to Shirley’s email by clicking on her name to ask questions or become more involved.
Meetings: We meet the first Monday of each month at 5:00 pm at Cobblestone Place (1212 W 3rd St, Davenport, IA) or on Zoom during the pandemic.

Register for a meeting on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYldeCvqzIjE92ZZWcuDJzWw4TeaLePSIaf After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Facebook Group: Please join (and Like) our Environmental Forum Facebook group.
Green Drinks - Quad Cities has information about that monthly event.

Upcoming Meetings

Note: Due to the holiday, both meetings in January are a week later than usual.

Environmental Forum Monthly Meeting
Monday, February 6th at 5:00 pm

Environmental Forum

Please join our monthly meeting on Monday, February 6th at 5:00 pm via Zoom. We welcome newcomers.

Meeting topics include:
Upcoming Green Drinks gatherings
Updates on the CO2 pipeline, CP/KS rail merger, 'Bring Back Bins' RICWMA
NAACP Environmental Climate Justice Calendar

Keep informed on the QC Cities' potential environmental/climate issues.

Please register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYldeCvqzIjE92ZZWcuDJzWw4TeaLePSIaf

Shirley Johnson

Monthly Environmental Celebrations in 2022

Read these blog posts for our Monthly Celebrations.

National Bird Day - Wednesday, January 5th

World Wetlands Day - February 2nd

International Day of the Forests - Monday, March 21st

Weekly Earth Month Actions - April 2022

International Compost Awareness Week - May, 2022

World Bicycle Day - June 3rd

Plastic Free July

National Honeybee Day - August of 2022

World Clean Up Day - September 17th

The 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act - October 17th

Green Drinks - Quad Cities

February Green Drinks - Insects in Art during an Age of Environmental Turmoil
Tuesday, February 7th at 5:00 pm (in person)

El Patron Mexican Restaurant
1806 2nd AV
Rock Island, IL (map)

Dr. Tierney Brosius from Augustana College will discuss what the scientific community knows about insect declines, her research connected with insect conservation, and how scientists and artists are starting to find opportunities for collaboration to find new ways to communicate about the declining state of the environment. Read more details and find a link to register here.

Susan Leuthauser

Past Green Drinks in 2022
Read our Blog posts below.

What You Can Do Now - Join Our Facebook Group!

Past Events

Here's a List of Some of Our Numerous Recent Activities

Green Drinks Speakers for 2021
See our blog post for the complete list of Green Drinks 2021.

Monthly Forum Celebrations in 2021
See our blog post for a flyer/placemat of these celebrations that you can download and print!