Tag Archives: Birds & Bees Urban Farm

Meet some of the Iowans combating climate change

August 28, 2023 by Ed Fallon
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Meet some of the Iowans combating climate change, and make your own plan to join the fight by Chris Espersen, The Cedar Rapids Gazette Aug. 27, 2023 5:00 am Photo: Jordan Weber working on a regenerative art project. (Walker Art Museum) One of the deadliest fires in U.S. history is occurring in Maui. Hurricanes hitting the coast of … California? Hot-tub-temperature oceans in Florida. Temperatures approachin extremely dangerou levels in Iowa. If you are not worried, you are not paying attention. It is not just Continue reading →

Al Jazeera interviews Kathy Byrnes

October 9, 2020 by Ed Fallon
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[Link to the original interview] American Voter: Kathy Byrnes Al Jazeera asks the same key questions about the presidential election to voters across the United States. Kathy Byrnes’s top election issue is climate change [Al Jazeera] 7 Oct 2020 US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling for the presidency in a sharply divided United States. Trump has been focusing on “law and order”, Biden has been trying to strike a conciliatory note. The Black Lives Matter movement, and whether Trump Continue reading →

AOC Boosts Sanders’ Claim To ‘Climate Candidate’ Title In Iowa

November 9, 2019 by Samantha Kuhn
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Bird Dogs Kathy Byrnes and Ed Fallon were interviewed by Isabella Murray for the Iowa Starting Line website at Sanders’ Climate Summit with guest speaker Alexandria Oscario-Cortez. They discussed Bernie’s possible status as the new “Climate Candidate” and what he could do more on his campaign regarding climate change. The following is excerpt from the article: Kathy Byrnes, director of Birds & Bees Urban Farm in Des Moines, said she doesn’t yet know if Sanders can take the ‘climate candidate’ title. “If Bernie would bump Continue reading →