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1971-12-14 Compost Page 25
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ENVIRONMENT IOWA CONFEDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Box 1147 University Station Ames, Iowa 50010 An aggregate of at least 45 organizations fostering environmental awareness (conservation, air and water pollution. etc.). IOWA ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS is their newsletter published monthly for $3 a year, or $2 for an affiliate organization, and $1 for students. "We urge the Highway Commission to look to the future. Have the courage to abandon plans for an extensive Freeway-Expressway system. Create a massive program to upgrade existing primary, secondary, and interstate roads to the latest safety standards. Encourage the diversion of funds to rail and mass transit systems. Recognize that land is Iowa's most valuable asset..." June/July 1971 issue US citizens are 6% of worlds population consuming 50% of worlds resources. Had Americans been born pigs rather than men, it would not have been different. John Cage AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE Box 312 Iowa City, Iowa 52240 338-0581 Ext. 431 This office is highly specialized and technical. Mainly for large farming operations. They are helpful for major changes like building dams and erosion control. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SOCIETY Law Center College of Law Room 236 353-5742 Monday-Friday all day. In evening call Prof. Hines at 337-9277 ELS is sponsored by the College of Law but is student operated. It provides legal advice for people concerned with present environmental conditions. They can provide speakers for panels and programs. The service is free and run by volunteers. POLLUTION BY PESTICIDES Alternatives for better regulation 50c The Conservation Foundation 1250 Connecticut Ave NW Washington D.C. 20036 The corporation has absorbed the community. The community must now absorb the corporation. A stage must be reached in which each is for all and all is for each. Lincoln Nebraska Farmer Alliance, 1890's CITIZENS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION P.O. Box 1149, Iowa City CEA has a room in Center East, on the corner of Jefferson and Clinton, with environmental information. Open 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. They hold informational lectures on the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at Wesley House. Some past topics were Pollution on the Mississippi, Organic Gardening, and a solid waste program proposed for Iowa City. They have initiated community projects such as petitioning for the public bus system and pioneering the first air pollution study in Iowa City, and are currently working with a local lawyer to stop the proposed Highway 518, and the downtown parking ramps. THE EARTH BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE ECOLOGY AND POWER 75c Peoples Press 968 Valencia St. San Francisco, California 94110 Bulk Rates: 10-50.....50c 51-100....40c 101.......35c A booklet investigating the economic interests behind pollution. After the Santa Barbara oil-drilling disaster, Nixon and Hickel appointed a special panel to decide whether or not drilling should be continued in this area...the panel decided that Union Oil and other companies should resume drilling. At least five of the 11 members of that panel were working for Union Oil and its partners in the channel! In addition, most of the others also had dealings with the oil industry, such as contracts, or running universities that received large donations from oil companies. SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE Call 337-2322. Help with land problems, water sheds and fun offs. recycling CAPITOL OIL COMPANY 729 S. Capitol St. 338-8136 8 a.m.-5 p.m. & Saturday mornings Will accept any quantity of boxed magazines and bundled newspapers, and also pure aluminum (a few beer and soft drink cans with the rounded edges and aluminum foil and tv dinner trays). They pay 30c for 100 pounds of paper, and 6c for a pound of aluminum. Clean all materials. SALVATION ARMY Picks up old clothes and papers. Leave messages for pick ups at Chamber of Commerce, 337-9637. PAGE 25
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ENVIRONMENT IOWA CONFEDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Box 1147 University Station Ames, Iowa 50010 An aggregate of at least 45 organizations fostering environmental awareness (conservation, air and water pollution. etc.). IOWA ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS is their newsletter published monthly for $3 a year, or $2 for an affiliate organization, and $1 for students. "We urge the Highway Commission to look to the future. Have the courage to abandon plans for an extensive Freeway-Expressway system. Create a massive program to upgrade existing primary, secondary, and interstate roads to the latest safety standards. Encourage the diversion of funds to rail and mass transit systems. Recognize that land is Iowa's most valuable asset..." June/July 1971 issue US citizens are 6% of worlds population consuming 50% of worlds resources. Had Americans been born pigs rather than men, it would not have been different. John Cage AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE Box 312 Iowa City, Iowa 52240 338-0581 Ext. 431 This office is highly specialized and technical. Mainly for large farming operations. They are helpful for major changes like building dams and erosion control. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SOCIETY Law Center College of Law Room 236 353-5742 Monday-Friday all day. In evening call Prof. Hines at 337-9277 ELS is sponsored by the College of Law but is student operated. It provides legal advice for people concerned with present environmental conditions. They can provide speakers for panels and programs. The service is free and run by volunteers. POLLUTION BY PESTICIDES Alternatives for better regulation 50c The Conservation Foundation 1250 Connecticut Ave NW Washington D.C. 20036 The corporation has absorbed the community. The community must now absorb the corporation. A stage must be reached in which each is for all and all is for each. Lincoln Nebraska Farmer Alliance, 1890's CITIZENS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION P.O. Box 1149, Iowa City CEA has a room in Center East, on the corner of Jefferson and Clinton, with environmental information. Open 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. They hold informational lectures on the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at Wesley House. Some past topics were Pollution on the Mississippi, Organic Gardening, and a solid waste program proposed for Iowa City. They have initiated community projects such as petitioning for the public bus system and pioneering the first air pollution study in Iowa City, and are currently working with a local lawyer to stop the proposed Highway 518, and the downtown parking ramps. THE EARTH BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE ECOLOGY AND POWER 75c Peoples Press 968 Valencia St. San Francisco, California 94110 Bulk Rates: 10-50.....50c 51-100....40c 101.......35c A booklet investigating the economic interests behind pollution. After the Santa Barbara oil-drilling disaster, Nixon and Hickel appointed a special panel to decide whether or not drilling should be continued in this area...the panel decided that Union Oil and other companies should resume drilling. At least five of the 11 members of that panel were working for Union Oil and its partners in the channel! In addition, most of the others also had dealings with the oil industry, such as contracts, or running universities that received large donations from oil companies. SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE Call 337-2322. Help with land problems, water sheds and fun offs. recycling CAPITOL OIL COMPANY 729 S. Capitol St. 338-8136 8 a.m.-5 p.m. & Saturday mornings Will accept any quantity of boxed magazines and bundled newspapers, and also pure aluminum (a few beer and soft drink cans with the rounded edges and aluminum foil and tv dinner trays). They pay 30c for 100 pounds of paper, and 6c for a pound of aluminum. Clean all materials. SALVATION ARMY Picks up old clothes and papers. Leave messages for pick ups at Chamber of Commerce, 337-9637. PAGE 25
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