Green City

Lynnae Marty Hentzen is joined by Aubrey Alvarez, co-founder and executive director of Eat Greater Des Moines.

Lynnae Marty Hentzen is joined by Matt Hauge, executive director of the Historic Valley Junction Foundation, to discuss this year's market and other events to look forward to in Valley Junction.

Lynnae Marty Hentzen and Olivia Hicks are joined by Amy Elbert, leader of Plymouth Church’s Creation Care and Justice Coalition, and Lois Schultz, a key member of Plymouth’s Creation Care and Justice Coalition and the facilitator of the Interfaith Green Coalition.

Lynnae Marty Hentzen and Olivia Hicks are joined by Kamyar Enshayan, director at the Center for Energy and Environmental Education at the University of Northern Iowa and a professor of environmental studies at UNI since 1993. Kamyar works to turn science into action in energy conservation, renewable energy, and sustainable agriculture.

Lynnae Marty Hentzen and Olivia Hicks are joined by Dr. William Gutowski, professor of meteorology in the Department of Geological and Atmospheric Science at Iowa State University and a lead author of the 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, to discuss the future impact of climate change and how to get involved.

Lynnae Marty Hentzen is joined by co-host Olivia Hicks to discuss the Iowa Environmental Council’s policy initiatives with Dr. Brian Campbell, IEC executive director, and Raihan Amir Rashidi, clean energy field organizer for IEC.

Lynnae Marty Hentzen is joined by co-host Olivia Hicks to discuss environmental policy at the state and national level with Steve Falck, senior policy advocate at the Environmental Law and Policy Center, and Ann Mesnikoff, federal legislative director at the Environmental Law and Policy Center.

Lynnae Marty Hentzen and Bob Riley Jr. are joined by the creator of the Seven Community Capitals Framework: Cornelia Butler Flora, co-author of Rural Communities: Legacy & Change.

Lynnae Marty Hentzen and Bob Riley Jr. are joined by Art Cullen, Pulitzer Prize winning editor of the Storm Lake Times, and Mike Porsch, Mayor of Storm Lake and former city councilman, to discuss implementing the Seven Capitals in Storm Lake, Iowa. 

Lynnae Marty Hentzen and Bob Riley Jr. are joined by Rick Morain, retired Editor/Publisher and now columnist of the Jefferson Bee & Herald, and Sid Jones, President and CEO of Home State Bank and President of the Greene County Development Corporation, to discuss implementing the Seven Capitals in Jefferson, Iowa.