Category Archives: Sustainability

Nutella And No

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Paul Deaton

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Rhonny Dam, the Good Green Witch, connected with Blog for Iowa through Al Gore’s The Climate Reality Project. Hope you enjoy her latest post. Reprinted with permission. For regular updates, follow her blog here.] This really isn’t OK. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Sustainability | Tagged corporate food, sustainability, The Climate Reality Project | Comments Off

Eat Your Iowa Vegetables

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Paul Deaton

There is little agreement about how to apply the principles of sustainable agriculture to the dominant chemical-based farming system and equally robust hegemony of consumer society. It is not clear that these ideas about farming and consumerism even go together. … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Insecurity, Local Food, Sustainability | Tagged 2014 Sustainable Food, Consumerism, Food Production, Food Security, Local food, Sustainable Agriculture | Comments Off

Iowa Hosts Physicians For Social Responsibility

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Paul Deaton

CEDAR RAPIDS– Iowa played host to the national organization Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) from May 6 through 10 at the Hotel at Kirkwood. Iowa held center stage for meetings convened by national and international leaders of the 52 year … Continue reading →

Posted in Peace, Sustainability | Tagged climate change, environment, Kirkwood Community College, nuclear abolition, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Rep. Sally Stutsman, Sen. Rob Hogg, Senator Tom Harkin | Comments Off

Eastern Iowa Sustainability Lectures

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Paul Deaton

Paul Deaton of Blog for Iowa will give a series of four public lectures about personal finance, the environment and nuclear abolition between April 19 and 24. If you are nearby, please consider attending one of these events: April 19, … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Sustainability | Tagged Climate Action Across America, economic sustainability, environment, sustainability, The Climate Reality Project | Comments Off

Iowa Budget Dilemma for 2014

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Dave Bradley

Editor’s note: I turn the page over to the folks at IFP today. Below is an excellent analysis of Iowa’s current fiscal course. Should be mandatory reading for legislators. Setting a Sustainable Course Against a Tide of Giveaways Iowa’s 2014 … Continue reading →

Posted in Branstad, Budget, Economy, Guest Posts, Sustainability | Tagged iowa fiscal partnership, iowa policy project | Comments Off

Toward an Iowa Local Food System

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Paul Deaton

Writing about gardening, farm work, fermentation, soup-making, canning and cooking is personally satisfying, but what is the connection to our broader society? Why does one person’s journey in life with friends and family matter in the broader scope of things? … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Local Food, Sustainability | Tagged 2014 Sustainable Food, farming, Leopold Center, Local food, sustainability, sustainable farming | Comments Off

Free Symposium: Expanded Awareness For Sustainability

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Trish Nelson

http://www.mum.edu/symposium Expanded Awareness as the Basis of Deep Green Business and Deep Sustainability Symposium sponsored by the Department of Business Administration July 5-6, 2013 10:00-12:30 and 1:30-4:00 FREE and open to the public Sustainable Living Center, Room 12 Maharishi University … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Sustainability | Tagged Fairfield symposium, Francis Thicke, Maharishi University of Management, sustainability | Comments Off

Vote NO on New Nuclear Power in Iowa

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Paul Deaton

The 2012 legislative session is only a few days away, convening on Jan. 9. HF561/SF390 is still active and enables utility companies to charge their ratepayers before a new nuclear reactor would produce any electricity in Iowa. MidAmerican Energy has … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Iowa Legislature, Sustainability | Tagged energy, Iowa Legislature, nuclear power | Comments Off

Iowa Democrats, Clean Air and Socializing

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Paul Deaton

At the Kirsten Running-Marquardt fundraiser last night, I sat in a row of chairs with a group of long-time Democratic party activists. Most local Democrats know them by name, Jean and Jix Lloyd-Jones, Dick and Doris Myers and Bill and … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, ALEC, Energy, Environment, Progressive Community, Public Health, Sustainability | Comments Off

My Attempt At Alternative Heat – The Corn Stove

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Dave Bradley

After I wrote the story below, I realized that my little predicament is nothing compared to those whose assistance has been cut back for this winter thanks to the Norquist Republicans and their refusal to make the rich pay a … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Environment, Sustainability | Tagged alternative heat, corn, corn stoves, heat, plan B | 4 Comments