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 on Zoom.
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.
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 on Zoom.
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.
Note: If the Quad City schools close due to weather (snow or cold), all PACG meetings and events (except those meeting on Zoom) will be canceled. Check here for school closings.
Upcoming Meetings
Environmental Forum meeting
Monday, December 4th at 5:00 pm via Zoom
We welcome newcomers.
Meeting Topics include:
Shirley Johnson
Meeting Topics include:
- Upcoming Green Drinks gatherings
- Updates on the CO2 pipeline
- NAACP Environmental Climate Justice calendar
Shirley Johnson
Green Drinks - Quad Cities
December Green Drinks - Urban Gardening in the Quad Cities
Thursday, December 7th at 5:00 pm - Canceled
Huckleberry's Pizza
223 18th ST
Rock Island, IL 61201 (map)
Note: This meeting has been canceled. Our next Green Drinks meeting will be in January of 2024.
Read our blog post here about Green Drinks this month.
Susan Leuthauser
223 18th ST
Rock Island, IL 61201 (map)
Note: This meeting has been canceled. Our next Green Drinks meeting will be in January of 2024.
Read our blog post here about Green Drinks this month.
Susan Leuthauser
Community Events Of Interest to Our Forum Members
Walk for River Rights - Saturday, May 13th at 11:30 am
Tomato-N-Pot Giveaway for Mother's Day - Friday, May 12th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm
NAACP Climate Justice Garden Tour - Saturday, April 29th from 2:00 to 3:00 pm
Recent Green Drinks Events (2023)
January, 2023 Green Drinks NAACP Environmental Climate Justice Committee
February Green Drinks - Insects in Art
March Green Drinks - Climate Stories
April Green Drinks - Davenport students provide clean drinking water in Kenya
May Green Drinks - Clean Up around The Lincoln Community Center
June Green Drinks - Our Future, Our Voice: Climate Activism at COP27
July Green Drinks - A Journey to Sustainable Living
August Green Drinks - Wild Edibles
October Green Drinks - Trash in the Quad Cities
February Green Drinks - Insects in Art
March Green Drinks - Climate Stories
April Green Drinks - Davenport students provide clean drinking water in Kenya
May Green Drinks - Clean Up around The Lincoln Community Center
June Green Drinks - Our Future, Our Voice: Climate Activism at COP27
July Green Drinks - A Journey to Sustainable Living
August Green Drinks - Wild Edibles
October Green Drinks - Trash in the Quad Cities
Green Drinks meetings from 2022 and 2021
Click this link to see our past Green Drinks events.
See Our Local Press About Green Drinks - Quad Cities!
Monthly Environmental Celebrations in 2022
In 2022, we created Monthly Environmental Celebrations. These flyers and posts gave our community suggestions of different ways they could honor the environment each month. See a list of our past Monthly Celebrations here.
What You Can Do Now - Join Our Facebook Group!
Past Events
Here's a list of some of our numerous recent activities.
Plastic Free July (2023)
Week 1 of Plastic Free July
Week 2 of Plastic Free July
Week 3 of Plastic Free July
Week 4 of Plastic Free July
Week 2 of Plastic Free July
Week 3 of Plastic Free July
Week 4 of Plastic Free July
We Celebrated Earth Day in 2022!
We Celebrated Earth Day in 2021!
We Celebrated Earth Day in 2020!
Our Renewable Energy Conference Was a Success!
Download presenter and exhibitor Reference Materials here
