Irene DeMaris

Our Meet & Greet in Cedar Falls last week was a fantastic blend of joy, learning, and community spirit! Huge thanks to Threehouse Campus Ministries for their warm hospitality. If you couldn't make it, join us next week Thursday in Ames! Secure your spot by registering at iowafaithandclimate....

Why I'm personally supporting Wade Dooley for Iowa's Secretary of Ag!

Come hang out with me!

Wade Dooley, age 43, a real farmer, a real conservationist, and a real Democrat for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture!

“Dooley has worked to implement conservation practices on the farm including no-till, cover crops, oxbow restoration and enrollment of tracts in the Conservation Reserve Program.”

Just saying that no country has invaded and attacked another one for their solar and wind resources.

It's illegal for the president to relieve student loan debt. It's completely fine for the president to unilaterally decide to have the head of a foreign nation black bagged on foreign soil.

Began the week with an optometrist appointment who kindly told me that I’m “on the edge of bifocals”. And that my friends is my 2026 theme at the ripe age of 41. 🤓

I've had a hard time getting anything to grow from seed in our backyard most likely due to the 2 black walnut trees... but we've been successful with plugs and more established plants. Hence asking! But I'm going to look out for them. I was able to find some other asters, but I'd like more natives!

Has anyone found plugs of this in Central Iowa?

Congrats!

With the M shape on the head, it looks like the invasive Asian lady beetle to me.

When the Ground Won’t Cool: A Newbie Gardener’s View of a Warming Fall | Iowa Faith & Climate Network I just came inside from using our infrared thermometer to check the temperature of the soil in my backyard.

A little reflection on my new hobby, integrating @climatecentral.org data, and some of the "unseen" impacts of our changing climate for @iowafaithclimate.bsky.social. Give it a read! iowafaithandclimate.org/when-the-gro...

If you control the House, the Senate, and the Presidency... how is in the minority's fault?

Yet another stumbling block in the road. Renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels! And if you are angry about this, invest in organizations that are doing the work on the ground in YOUR state. (Most of us give more bang for your buck than giving to a political candidate.)

God this address is embarrassing.

What a load of lies and the UN Assembly just has to take it?

"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda

How quick we forget.

The article said it: “More drought and extreme heat, forest fires are starting earlier in the year.”

But it never used the words #climatechange.

Attribution studies show January fires are now 35% more likely in our warmed world. That’s the missing connection.

Monarch butterfly on a millennium allium

Monarch butterfly on a purple saliva.

If you [plant] it and they will come!

Remember all that “genocide Joe” and “Kamala is a war hawk” shit?

Yeah…psyops. It worked.

Trump posted “NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!” after bombing a country (Iran) that did not attack us. We are a country of first strikes…yet again.

They did it in the last Des Moines City Council election aka the Crow Tow Election as some of us called it...

Need some summer reading inspo? @rewriter.bsky.social's got you covered!

Two women posing with pickleball racquets with once jumping.

When in Arizona.

Action Alert: Protect Clean Energy Tax Credits for Faith Communities | Iowa Faith & Climate Network Faith communities across Iowa are going solar for the first time thanks to new tax credits. Now Congress may take them away. These credits help congregations save money and invest in their missions. U...

In Iowa? Did your congregation go solar thanks to the IRA?

Congress may repeal the credit that made it possible—and that affects every one of us who believes in faith-rooted climate action.

Protect solar for faith communities: iowafaithandclimate.org/action-alert...

Mad respect to the airline gate check employee who just called people out for not listening to the instructions.

Same. I worry for bikers.

So excited to vote for @sarahforiowa.bsky.social!

Two adults frowning while posting with a human dressed as a coal stack.

More screenings are on the way! Want to host or attend one?

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A panel of 4 people sitting while one person is standing facilitating the conversation in a theater.

Grateful to board members Rod Stevens and Heather for being there and joining the thoughtful panel conversation. These are the moments that build momentum for justice. 🙌