The Iowa City Public Library was honored at the Iowa Cultural Corridor Excellence in Innovation Awards in 2010. For the event, ICPL staff created this video that celebrates the 5th Anniversary of the ICPL building and all that goes into a year at your library. Check it out!

Save the date for these programs, all part of ECO Iowa City’s Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day. For more events and news about ECO Iowa City, visit http://www.icpl.org/eco-iowa-city/.
ECO Iowa City Film: Blue Gold—World Water Wars
Friday, March 26, 7-9 p.m. @ ICPL, Room A
The energy crisis might just be trumped by another [...]

For a full list of ECO Iowa’s City’s Earth Month events for 2010, click here.
ECO Iowa City has been busy over the last nine months. The $57,000 Innovation Grant from the International City and County Managers Association has allowed ECO Iowa City to partner with over 35 organizations and groups as well as city, county, [...]

The Second Sunday Garden Forums are sponsored by the Iowa City Public Library and Project GREEN. Programs are live on The Library Channel, Iowa City cable channel 10.
Second Sunday Garden Forum: The Garden in Four Seasons
Kelly Norris is a horticulturist, plant breeder, award winning author and nationally acclaimed speaker. Let Kelly take you through the [...]

Electronic Recycling Collection
What: Recycle your old electronics only $1 each
Where: 1001 S. Clinton Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 (Fire Department Training Center)
When: 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. January 23, 2010
Sponsors: ECO Iowa City & Midwest Electronics Recovery
Accepted: Printers, televisions, VCRs, DVD players, cellular telephones, stereos, iPods, computers, monitors, keyboards, mice, cables, networking hardware.
Not accepted: Appliances, [...]

This week’s headlines at a glance.
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Iowa City has lot to offer
Zach Wahls • Writers’ Group • January 17, 2010
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Source: www.press-citizen.com
Excerpt: OK, the library has its critics. But I’ve got to say, the library is awesome. Free meeting rooms. All the DVDs you could ever care [...]

Submit or update your green New Year’s resolution to the Iowa City Public Library to document your green efforts in the upcoming months. ICPL staff will post reviewed submissions on the ECO Iowa City green resolutions page. If you include your name or e-mail address you can update your resolution later to show your progress. [...]

ECO Iowa City is pleased to celebrate the end of 2009 with dozens of successfully completed programs with many community partners. ECO Iowa City’s spring programming is being planned now and will focus heavily on urban stormwater management and the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Earth Month events in 2010 will include rain barrels, a [...]

Start the New Year with a vow to help make Iowa City a more sustainable community. Come to ECO Iowa City’s Green New Year’s Resolution Party and get a green start on 2010.
Everyone is welcome, children and adults alike, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, December 31 in Meeting Room A, B and [...]

This week’s headlines at a glance.
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Green way to avoid identity theft
Josh O’Leary
Iowa City Press-Citizen
November 16, 2009
Source: www.press-citizen.com
Excerpt: Workers with ECO Iowa City, a city-led environmental sustainability program, marked America Recycles Day on Sunday by collecting and disposing of personal documents and other sensitive materials at the Robert [...]