Our good friend Stacie Johnson, education coordinator for the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency, has a fun, free event planned on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, at Knight’s Pumpkin Farm near Whittier. The film, Addicted to Plastic, will be shown twice as part of the Environmental ...

     Stacie Johnson, compost expert extraordinaire, sent me a note about getting flooded yards back in shape. Stacie, education coordinator for the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency, said owners of flood-damaged homes have been calling the agency about using compost as fill as they ...

CR/Linn Solid Waste Agency tour    The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss, is one of my all-time favorite books. The film was part of the Environmental Film Festival on Saturday at the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency. Technical difficulties prevented a dozen viewers from watching it, ...

  Executive Director Jim Kern kicked off Brucemore's Garden and Art Show by happily announcing that we'd get through the day without rain. He was so right. Not only a rainless day, but a gorgeous one. Head gardener Deb Engmark and her crew had the grounds ...