Posted by Anne W on Friday, Jul 7, 2017
The fun was growing at Earth Friendly Friday on July 7!
Children and parents "upcycled" tin cans by covering them with brightly-patterned tape. Then they planted colorful petunias to enjoy on a windowsill or front porch all summer long. Teaching children how to plant and care for their flower was Jenni Mettemeyer with Field to Family, an Iowa City organization that works to create a more local, healthy and sustainable regional food system.
Exclamations of "That was fun!" and "This is beautiful!" were overheard. Join us next Friday, July 14, from 1-2pm to learn about recycling with Iow
a City Recycling and Landfill representatives.
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Anne W. works in Children's Services and Collection Services. She loves to read, go on low-budget road trips (especially to camp and hike in national parks), and drink craft beer on a patio. Anne W. enjoys visiting thrift stores, but is also a minimalist. Anne W. has two daughters, a husband, and three cats. Anne W. divides her reading...
This is an offbeat science fiction story in which 11-year-old Ellie’s scientist grandfather, Melvin, discovers how to reverse aging and becomes, essentially, a cranky elderly man trapped in the body of the 13-year-old boy. Melvin begins living with Ellie and attending her middle school, and, despite the deep weirdness of the arrangement, she loves getting to spend time with her grandfather. Ultimately, he teaches her about how possibility, wonder, observation, discovery, and persistence are important in science and in life. But will she be able to stop him when she thinks he’s gone too far? -Anne W