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 (she/her), Susan Leuthauser (she/her) and Lori McCollum (she/her). 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.
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 (she/her), Susan Leuthauser (she/her) and Lori McCollum (she/her). 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.
Upcoming Meetings
Environmental Forum meeting
Monday, March 3rd at 5:00 pm via Zoom
We welcome newcomers. We will be discussing the following items:
- Milan Bottoms
- Tuesday 4/29 at 6 pm - Sustainable Gardening Scott County Extension Office, 875 Tanglefoot Lane, Bettendorf.
- Thu 5/1 Garlic Mustard Pull at the Fairmont Cemetery from 5:30 to 7
- Tue May 6 Snapshot water quality monitoring, 8 am to noon, Davenport public works 1200 46th Street
- NAACP Environmental Climate Justice calendar
- Citizen Climate Lobby activities
Shirley Johnson (she/her)
Green Drinks - Quad Cities
See our new Green Drinks - Quad Cities page here!
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
