Tag Archives: sustainability

How Local Communities Are Dismantling Corporate Rule

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Is a Truly Sustainable Society Achievable As Long As Corporate Rights Outstrip the Rights of People? Community Rights Presentation Paul Cienfuegos National Community Rights Educator Tuesday, June 14, 2016, 7 PM Iowa City Public Library, Room A You will learn: … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Greed, Local Events | Tagged #nobakken, big box stores, CAFOs in Iowa, community rights, corporate greed, sustainability | Comments Off

Taking Local Out Of Local Food

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Paul Deaton

Ingredients for this kale salad were grown within 100 feet of our kitchen. It is as local as food gets. We enjoy garden produce in high summer — when nature’s bounty yields so much food we either preserve or give … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Food | Tagged iowa farming, Local food, Local food movement, sustainability | 1 Comment

Iowa Farmers Offer Cover Crop Webinar

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Paul Deaton

Practical Farmers of Iowa, Cover Crop Solutions and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Present Webinar on the Basics of Cover Crops Thursday, July 30, at 1 p.m. Mark your calendar for a webinar to be held on July 30 that … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Farming, Sustainability | Tagged Cover Crop Solutions, cover crops, farming, Iowa Farm Bureau, Practical Farmers of Iowa, sustainability | Comments Off

Taking Care Of The 100 Percent

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Paul Deaton

The story we would like to be able to tell is of a world that “works for 100 percent of humanity.” We’re not there. In fact, L. Hunter Lovins points out, “Humanity stands at the edge of a crumbling cliff.” … Continue reading →

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Organic Food & The Farmer's Face

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Paul Deaton

Is the local food movement here to stay? Intellectually, how could it not be? The future must necessarily be one of producing food much closer to where people live, especially as transportation costs escalate, and current food sources in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Food, Organic Foods & Farming | Tagged Local food, Local food movement, organic farming, progressive values, sustainability | 2 Comments

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Responsibility Revolution: Seventh Generation Founder Jeffrey Hollender To Speak In Fairfield

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Trish Nelson

The Iowa Sustainable Business Alliance (isballiance.org) extends an invitation to you to attend a very special talk: Who: Jeffrey Hollender (Founder of Seventh Generation Natural Products, Chairman of the Board of Greenpeace USA) When: Saturday, June 22, at 10 am … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged American Sustainable Business Council, corporate responsibility, Iowa Sustainable Business Alliance, ISBA, Jeffrey Hollender, Seventh Generation, sustainability | Comments Off