Earth Week 1999 Be involved this Earth Day season with our great lecture series! "Rising Up" - Working to Protect the World's Last Great Temperate Rain forest. Dave Danstrom, Activist and "Rising Up!" Organizer. As many of us know him, Sky has been a frequent visitor to Iowa City. This visit he has some new news about how we can help save the destruction of one of the wildest places on earth -- The Great Bear Rainforest. He'll help link the destruction in British Columbia to things we can do as citizens, and activists, to help stop it. Beautiful slides and video. Monday, April 19th, 7:00pm in room 346 of the Iowa Memorial Union. "The Dangers of Frankenfoods-What the Biotech Industry Has Done to Your Corn Chips, French Fries, Soda, Bread, etc." Jeffrey Smith, Former U.S. Senate Candidate for the Natural Law Party. Smith makes a convincing case that we should be leery when we hear the phrase "ADM... Supermarket To The World." Smith presents convincing facts and plans on how we can retain our right to know what's in our food! Tuesday, April 20th, 7:30pm in room 256 of the Iowa Memorial Union. "Iowa Public Policy & Global Climate Change" David Osterberg, Iowa DNR Consultant and former UI Prof and Iowa State Legislator. Osterberg has decades of experience in environmental policy in Iowa. Among other things, he played a key role in a number of policy initiatives in the legislature, including the implementation of a statewide groundwater monitoring system. An excellent speaker worth paying for (of course, it's FREE). Wednesday, April 21st, 7:30pm in room 166 of the Iowa Memorial Union. Earth Day Gathering - UI Environmental Coalition UIEC will hold a drum circle and petition drive in front of the Old Capitol on the UI Pentacrest. Thursday, April 22nd, 12:00pm - 6:00pm ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! The Iowa Memorial Union is located in Iowa City, Iowa, on the corner of Madison and Jefferson Streets, on the University of Iowa Campus. Parking is available in the parking ramp across from the Union, or in the lot directly south of the Union. For more information, call Seth at 319-466-1083. Ben Lewis ..................... 319.341.0588 [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send email to [log in to unmask] Make the message text (not the subject): SIGNOFF IOWA-TOPICS