Driving north on Highway 1 to Iowa City, I watch the cows grazing on rolling…
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On Tuesday, July 9, Climate Action Iowa will present a multi-media presentation on the causes…
Just five years ago, a group of 25 Iowa visionaries led by Suzan Erem and…
Climate change isn’t just an abstract concept bandied about by the press. It’s a world…
Launched in 2015, the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT) has been quietly working to save…
Got a spring painting project? How do you find the best paints? Millions of Americans…
How can small rural communities become high-quality places to live? According to Fairfield Mayor Ed…
There was a time when running your car on vegetable oil seemed like a wonderful…
The small seedlings Vikas Narula planted in 1993 had grown to massive shade trees…
When I was a child, my life’s mission was to somehow escape the weekly housecleaning…
Food Hub board members gather at the Seed Center garden of the Sustainable Living…
Monarch caterpillars dine exclusively on milkweed leaves. Monarch butterfly populations are in serious decline in…
Paul Cienfuegos willbe in Iowa City and Fairfield this month. There’s that old saying: “If…
Jocelyn and Tim Engman with their dog Soup. (photo by Juliet Jarmosco) “Oh, and you’ll want…
The little LEAF is a tough little car. For more than 20 years I’ve…