From wain at iastate.edu Sun Sep 9 13:07:54 2007 From: wain at iastate.edu (Danielle Wain) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 13:07:54 -0500 Subject: [Greendrinks-announce] September Ames Green Drinks Message-ID: <200709091807.l89I7wWW031317@despam-11.iastate.edu> Hey all you lovers of the environment in central Iowa! Join us to have a few drinks, shoot the breeze, and scheme to make Ames a more sustainable, environmentally friendly place! Forward this along to all your environmentally-minded friends! WHAT: Ames Green Drinks (www.greendrinks.org) WHEN: Thursday, September 13th 6:30pm (second Thursday of the month as always!) WHERE: Olde Main Brewing Company, 316 Main Street in Downtown Ames. We meet near the bar on the restaurant side. For more info, contact Danielle at wain at iastate.edu To subscribe to the monthly announcement list (you are already on it if you got this message unforwarded), go to: http://lists.amescohousing.org/mailman/listinfo/greendrinks-announce To subscribe to the general discussion list (for when one night of spirited discussion just isn't enough), go to: http://lists.amescohousing.org/mailman/listinfo/greendrinks ******************************************************************* Danielle Wain Dept. of Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering 497 Town Engineering Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 50014 515-294-6346 wain at iastate.edu http://www.public.iastate.edu/~wain From wain at iastate.edu Mon Sep 10 21:20:36 2007 From: wain at iastate.edu (Danielle Wain) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:20:36 -0500 Subject: [Greendrinks-announce] September GD Addendum! Message-ID: <200709110220.l8B2Khca017047@despam-11.iastate.edu> I know I typically try and avoid sending out more than one e-mail a month, but I wanted to forward some information along regarding the ISU Sustainability Council Meeting on Thursday and a talk on Wednesday that might interest some. Hope to see you all Thursday! ***************************************** From: Jeri Neal [mailto:wink at iastate.edu] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 11:52 AM To: Danielle Wain; greendrinks-announce at lists.amescohousing.org Subject: Re: [Greendrinks-announce] September Ames Green Drinks Greetings all you lovers of the E --- ....But FIRST you need to stop by Reiman Gardens and support our efforts to keep the admin agenda moving forward on sustainability!!! ~~~ (it will be interesting!) ~~~? Jeri The ISU Council on Sustainability invites faculty, staff, students and community members to its fall meeting at Reiman Gardens from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13 in Hughes Auditorium.? Learn about campus and local sustainability efforts and network with others interested in sustainability. ? Presentations and discussion will include the following presenters and topics: ? Aaron Steil, Reiman Gardens ? Biowalk Tour and sustainable rose garden design David Miller, ISU Facilities Planning and Management ? the ISU Energy Plan Dr. Derrick Grimmer, Powerfilm Inc. ? photovoltaic technology ************************************************** A Case for Ethical Arguments for Care for the Soil Tom Sauer, ARS-USDA Soil Tilth Lab Wednesday, Sept. 12, 12:10-1pm, Memorial Union 3512/244? All Are Welcome? A brief presentation followed by substantive discussion. From bogus@does.not.exist.com Sat Sep 15 21:12:11 2007 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:12:11 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: I would like to extend an invitation for all to come to an ESW general meeting this Tuesday, November 6th. Our meeting will take place in 1226 Howe at 7:30 P.M. This week we will be welcoming A. Dean Morton, the campus architect for Iowa State University. He will be discussing Iowa State's efforts to make a more sustainable campus through such things as increased building energy efficiency. Mr. Morton has prepared a 30 minute presentation, and will be welcoming questions afterwards. The presentation is open to everyone even if they are not necessarily interested in ESW. From bogus@does.not.exist.com Sat Sep 15 21:12:11 2007 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:12:11 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: King Corn - A Documentary Film Wed, 07 Nov 2007, 6:30 PM @ LeBaron Hall Auditorium, Room 1210 - One acre of corn tells the story of the crop reigning over the American countryside - and the American diet. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the East Coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of skeptical neighbors, genetically modified seeds, nitrogen fertilizers, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America's most productive, most subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat - and how we farm. The 80-minute film will be followed by a discussion with Curt Ellis and filmmaker Aaron Woolf. King Corn - Panel Discussion Wed, 07 Nov 2007, 8:00 PM @ LeBaron Hall Auditorium, Room 1210 - Curt Ellis and filmmaker Aaron Woolf will discuss King Corn, Woolf's documentary that follows college friends Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney as they grow a bumper crop of America's most productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil, and then try to follow it through the food system. The panel discussion follows a screening of the 80-minute film at 6:30 pm in the LeBaron Hall Auditorium. ******************************************************************* Danielle Wain Dept. of Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering 497 Town Engineering Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 50014 515-294-6346 wain at iastate.edu http://www.public.iastate.edu/~wain