Blog – Iowa Environmental Voice

posted by Megan McDowell on Friday, July 1, 2022 IEC Communications Coordinator Megan McDowell shares her thoughts after attending the Living Lands & Waters Barge Party in the Quad Cities. LL&W celebrated 25 years of cleaning up the water and land. It was a time to celebrate the hard work, dedication, and passion for a mission that has expanded from the shores of Iowa to waterways around the globe.

posted by Guest Blogger on Friday, July 1, 2022 IEC is excited to kick off summer 2022 with three interns assisting with legal research and communications. Learn more about Tamia, Morgan and McCade.

posted by Guest Blogger on Friday, June 24, 2022 Queer Hikers is part of a growing community across the country. The group was born out of a need to build an LGBTQIA+ community in Iowa that connects around our love for the outdoors. Queer Hikers explores Iowa's outdoors with members of the LGBTQIA+ community to build friendships, learn about nature, and be our full selves.

posted by Michael Schmidt on Monday, June 20, 2022 IEC Staff Attorney Michael Schmidt shares his story about growing up in Iowa, his years living in Minnesota, and coming home to become involved with environmental work through law school, family, and the wonder of the great outdoors.

posted by Guest Blogger on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Krista Hiser is a professor and the director of the Hawaii Center for Sustainability Across the Curriculum. A University of Iowa alumni, she visited her family farm during a visit to Iowa to facilitate IEC's member organization retreat on climate anxieties. In this guest blog, she shares her thoughts on “climate anxiety” based on her published research, "Worry & Hope: What College Students Know, Think, Feel, and Do about Climate Change”.

posted by Matt Ohloff on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 For Des Moines to meet its climate goals and shift away from fossil fuels, building electrification is a must. Taking steps such as switching to electric heat pumps to warm homes and induction cooktops for cooking, as well as utilizing a tax abatement policy for the electrification of buildings, Des Moines can continue to improve citizens' health and reach its clean energy commitments by 2035.

posted by Angelisa Belden on Friday, April 15, 2022 It is clear our climate is changing. Drought, floods, derechos, extreme weather – Iowa has experienced it all… and just in the last 5 years. As a citizen of this planet, and a mom with two young children, this work is incredibly personal and incredibly important to me. It can be hard to face, but there are many reasons to hope.

posted by Guest Blogger on Thursday, April 14, 2022 IEC's new board president Katie Cownie shares why she is a leader with the Council and what she hopes we can accomplish together.

posted by Jordan Bles on Monday, April 11, 2022 Two IEC donors share their stories about why they give sustaining gifts to the Council each month.

posted by Matt Ohloff on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 In our staff introduction series, we're sharing stories and backgrounds of the people working at IEC. In this intro blog, learn more about Matt Ohloff, our new Clean Communities Manager.