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Being Part Of The Solution
The news this summer has been filled with signs of climate change: fires out west, flooding in St. Louis and Kentucky, heat waves across the US and Europe. One contribution…
Read MoreTo Aquarium Or Not To Aquarium
Last week members of the community gathered to watch Nausicaa, Staging the Oceans’ Biodiversity, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Montgomery County and Wabash College. The film presents…
Read More“Clean Water Indiana” Promotes Conservation Practices
Every person in the world needs and wants clean water. Most of us think of this as a universal human right: without water every living creature dies. Here in Indiana,…
Read MoreWildfires And Us A Burning Discussion
An interested group of Montgomery County residents gathered at Wabash College last week to view and discuss the Green Issues film “Built to Burn.” The Green Issues 2022 film series…
Read MoreWhy You Should Talk To People You Don’t Know
I recently took Amtrak from Chicago to Portland, a 47-hour trip. Space in the dining car was limited, so when eating our meals we were assigned to sit at a…
Read MoreSoil Gives Us Life and Dirt Takes It Away
In the opening scenes of the documentary “Kiss the Ground,” actor Woody Harrelson says he’s “given up” on climate change solutions. As he narrates this, we are shown all too…
Read MoreWelcoming America: Immigrants Still Key To America’s Stability And Prosperity
Since its founding in 1822, Montgomery County has been a place for immigrants. When the squares of land were mapped out and made into the new state of Indiana just…
Read MorePopular Green Issues Films Are Back
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Green Issues film series, co-sponsored by Montgomery County League of Women Voters and Wabash College Library, return this summer with four…
Read MoreLWVMC Climate Team Powers Up For Nature Day
On Saturday, June 18, everyone reading this column is invited to our downtown Crawfordsville Carnegie Museum from 1-4 pm to celebrate nothing less than the natural world. To top it…
Read MoreNew Innovative Ivy Tech Meets Students Where They Are
Ivy Tech Community College is a shining example of Crawfordsville Montgomery County’s commitment to education. Ivy Tech’s presence has grown from a twice-a-week night class in the 1980’s, held in…
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