[Pacg] Energy & Environment Events - September 2007

[Carolina 1961]

*From Cliff Day*
*PACG Environment/Energy Sustaibaility Forum:*



*The following energy and environment related events are planned in or near
Iowa City in September.

***   University of Iowa Energy Expo - September 5

**   I-RENEW Energy Expo - September 8 & 9

**   University of Iowa lecture by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "Our Environmental
Destiny" - September 12

**   PSR Health Consequences of Global Warming Conference - September 14 -
16

*More details provided below.

*Cliff Day

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*University of Iowa Energy Expo 2007*

When:
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
9:00 AM to 9:00 PM

Where:
University of Iowa, Iowa City Iowa

*Nationally known speaker Hunter Lovins at 5:00 PM
*(See Radish Magazine August 2007 article:
*http://tinyurl.com/ypvpdf*<http://tinyurl.com/ypvpdf>)

Intended audience:
The general public

*For further details:
*Call 319-335-5241 or see: http://energy.uiowa.edu/2007/index.htm

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*I-RENEW Energy Expo 2007

*When:
September 8 & 9, 2007

Where:
Solon High School
600 West Fifth Street in Solon, Iowa

Admission: $5 Individual, $10 Family

Presented by:
Iowa Renewable Energy Association (I-Renew), a membership based, nonprofit
organization dedicated to educating Iowans about renewable energy.

Intended audience:
The general public

Description:
The EXPO features workshops and speakers covering many topics- from
renewable energy- wind, solar & more, green building, entrepreneurship
and DIY (Do-it-Yourself), children's art, energy efficient technology,
renewable
fuels, alternative transportation, advocacy, etc.

*For further details on speakers and workshops:
*http://www.irenew.org/expo.html


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*Robert F. Kennedy Jr.* - Wednesday, Sept. 12 in the Iowa Memorial
Union Main Lounge in Iowa City -  7:30 PM

Kennedy's speech "Our Environmental Destiny," is the centerpiece of a
month of environmentally focused programming on the UI campus and in
the Iowa City community. Kennedy, an environmental attorney and president
of Waterkeeper Alliance, has defended several of the environmental causes
by initiating a series of successful legal actions. He is the author of the
bestseller "Crimes Against Nature," published in 2004."

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*Physicians for Social Responsibility Conference:
Health Consequences of Global Warming
Examining the Links; Breaking the Chains

*When:
Friday afternoon September 14 through Sunday noon September 16, 2007

Where:
Hotel Vetro Conference Center, 201 S Linn Street, Iowa City, Iowa

This conference jointly sponsored by:
The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Physicians for Social Responsibility

Intended Audience:
Academicians, professionals, and students in the health
sciences, law, environmental science and engineering, as well
as environmental activists, from around the country and region
are invited to participate in this unique and exciting event.

*For further details and conference brochure and registration form:
*http://www.iowa-psr.org/

<http://www.iowa-psr.org/>
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