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Sixth Installment in “Dream Green” Series

Features BioCentury Research Farm Director Larry Johnson

 
Fairfield, IA, July 6, 2011—On Thursday, July 7 at 7pm, KRUU-FM—the first solar-powered radio station in the Midwest—will broadcast an interview with Larry Johnson, Director of BioCentury Research Farm in Boone, Iowa, as the sixth installment in KRUU’s 20-part “Dream Green” radio series. Co-hosts Stuart Tanner and James Moore take a walking tour of the facility and discuss driving developments in biofuels. (Shows are rebroadcast Mondays at 7am, online at www.kruufm.com. Archives and transcripts available at www.greeniowa.org.)

dreamgreen  Iowans making a greener tomorrow... today.

Iowa Power Fund board member Tom Wind featured on KRUU-FM’s ‘Dream Green’ series airing this Thursday at 7pm

Wind consultant and Iowa Power Fund board member Tom Wind is featured on KRUU-FM’s ‘Dream Green’ radio series Thursday, June 30th at 7pm (rebroadcast Monday, July 4 at 7am). Series’ co-hosts Stuart Tanner & James Moore speak with Wind, one of the state’s leading wind experts, at his home in Jamaica, Iowa. They also make an onsite visit to a community wind farm in nearby Jefferson and go inside one of the seven Suzlon S88 2.1 MW turbines financed by a group of local owners.

Wind was chosen for the Dream Green series, explains Tanner, to “get a clear picture of the role of wind energy in Iowa." Also included is an interview with Nick Hildreth, a Suzlon engineer on the Jefferson project.

NEXT WEEK: A visit to the Ames area for a look at some amazing work being done in the area of biomass in the vicinity of Iowa State University.

dreamgreen  Iowans making a greener tomorrow... today.

Join co-hosts Stuart Tanner & James Moore Monday at 7am as they visit their hometown, Hy-Vee store. This new 64,000-square-foot building in Fairfield is the company’s second store built in accordance with LEED® standards. LEED®, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance “green” buildings. Hy-Vee intends to seek LEED® certification for the new Fairfield store which has created an additional 125 jobs on an investment of more than $13 million to the Fairfield economy.

Diana Leaf Christian is an internationally sought-after author, speaker, and consultant to eco-villages, co-housing communities, and other types of intentional communities. She has written two books - Finding Community: How to join and eco-village or intentional community, and Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Eco-Villages and Intentional Communities.

For 14 years she was editor of Communities magazine, and now publishes “Ecovillages,” a free online newsletter about ecovillages worldwide. She was a keynote speaker at the Japanese Ecovillage Conference in Tokyo in 2007, and an instructor at the first EDE course in the Philippines in 2009.

IPAM's Stuart Valentine and city sustainability coordinator Scott Timm hosted a visit from Iowa's Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge at the Arts and Convention Center Tuesday, March 2nd at 9:15am to discuss progress for Fairfield's model Go Green Intitiative.

Lt. Governor Judge highlighted Power Fund investments as part of her Moving Iowa Forward tour. The City of Fairfield has been granted $80,000 from the Power Fund to create a sustainable city demonstration project based on a goal of energy independence, community-based energy solutions, carbon neutrality, and a durable economic future.

Their comments will be presented Thursday at 1pm CST on Fairfield's solar-powered grassroots independent radio station KRUU-LP 100.1 FM, 'The Voice of Fairfield, Iowa... and Beyond'.

From the Lt . Gov's blog 03/02/10:

U.S. Army Colonel (ret) Dan Nolan was one of the first of a growing group of army officiers who have beeen pushing the military to go green as part of national security. They are known as "the green hawks". While in the military, Dan was a principal advisor to General Tommy Franks. He also commanded the 1st Armored Division Artillery. Dan is a graduate of the United States Military Academy West Point.

Mariel Hemingway, is the granddaughter of the illustrious author Ernest Hemingway. At just thirteen years old, Mariel became famous in her own right as she made her feature filmdebut in Lipstick. Four years later, she earned an Oscar nomination for her role in Woody Allen's film Manhattan. She is the author of Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the Inside Out. Her new book is Mariel's Kitchen: Simple Ingredients for a Delicious and Satisfying Life.

Lisa Baum is the Director of the Children’s Miracle Network at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Every year Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals provide state of the art care, life saving research and preventative education for children nationwide.

Ayni Raimondi will discuss her non-profit work in Bali, Indonesia over the last two years. She will give her impressions of what it is like adjusting to living and working in a foreign culture -
the challenges and rewards.

But Not For Long by Michelle Wildgen, tells the story of a sustainable-foods cooperative house going through some summer blackouts and gas shortages, forcing them out of their insular house and into the larger community. In a novel that is swift, slyly funny, and rich in atmosphere, But Not for Long reveals how a few tense days inside a small community show us who we are. You can listen to this interview at www.writersvoices.com

People Magazine says:

“An evocative look at the green movement that includes improbably interesting passages on everything from artisanal cheese caves to the joys of hunting for morels in a damp forest, But Not For Long is also a stirring meditation on modern angst and the meaning of selflessness.” —People Magazine

These 14 leading-the-charge mayors are enacting local solutions to the global problem of climate change.

In November, the city fathers in this liberal southeastern Iowa outpost unanimously adopted a Green Strategic Plan. Their vote was more than ceremonial: they also secured a state-funded grant to hire a sustainability coordinator, to inventory their greenhouse gases and to create educational materials for residents.

The new plan envisions everything from conserving energy to supporting local farms. Malloy, who's been mayor since 2001 and heads up a local oil company, says the environment-economy connection is clear. He hopes Fairfield's ideas will catch on saying, "We want to create a model community, a virtual template that other small towns can adopt to create the same results." [Click on pic to go to link.]