Two events -- Saturday and Sunday in Central Iowa SATURDAY Population and the Environment: Women, Families, Our Future You get the connection - Why doesn't President Bush? Attend Global Population and Environment Program At: Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge & Prairie Learning Center Prairie City, IA Saturday, September 27, 2003 10am - 2pm PARTICIPATE in issue briefings and an activist training EXPLORE the connections between Global Population and the Environment CREATE local strategies to enhance your community organizing and campaign tactics GET INVOLVED! Take action locally, nationally and internationally. For more information about this free training/lunch, please contact Alexandra Marinov 202-548-4599 [log in to unmask] Co-sponsored by Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, Population Connection, and Advocates for Youth --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUNDAY "We the Planet" 8:00 pm Sunday September 28 Stephens Auditorium in Ames. Tracy Chapman, accompanied by environmental activist and author Julia Butterfly Hill and sustainable agriculture activist Howard Lyman will be in Ames as part of a national environmental tour in a bus powered by vegetable oil and non-petroleum fuel. They wll be joined by Ames residents for a discussion about environmental issues. After the discussion, Chapman will play a short acoustic set. Admission is free. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp