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Café Scientifique of Iowa City, IA
is a meeting where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a
slice of cheesecake, anyone can come to explore and debate the
latest ideas in science, mathematics, medicine and technology.
Café Scientifique of Iowa City will held at the T Spoons on the corner of Linn and Market in downtown Iowa City on the third Thursday of the month from September to May.
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Café
Scientifique of Iowa City is organized and
managed by Vincent
Rodgers, Usha Balakrishnan,
Debra Pughe and
Dale Stille.
16 April:
Prof. Jerry Schnoor
College of Engineering
Place: T-Spoons at Linn and Market
"Climate Change Threat and Opportunity: Will Iowa Respond?"
The Iowa Climate Change Advisory Council launched its new
report recently in Des Moines to little fanfare. It’s a dense report (www.iaclimatechange.us)
with over 56 options for Iowa to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions,
protect the environment, and reinvigorate its economy. But it really comes
down to only one point. Are we going to respond to climate change and take
advantage of the obvious opportunities presented in transforming our economy
towards energy efficiency and renewable energy resources, or are we going to
be left behind other states and other countries?
Here’s the good news. We can rebuild Iowa, invest in our energy infrastructure, create green collar jobs, and do our part to stabilize global climate at the same time. We can “do good” for the environment while doing well financially if we are creative. Now is the perfect time to do so in the midst of the Obama administration’s “stimulus package” to invest in America.
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