COSC Content

Membership Campaign Underway

50 BY THE 5TH
Hellp us reach our goal: 50 new or renewed memberships by June 5th! Join or renew and be entered into prize drawings announced at our upcoming COSC connects event. Supporting Iowa's trusted educational resource for sustainable programming is a smart investment. Here's why...

Talk of Iowa Home Improvement Day: Snow

Iowa Public Radio
With Bill McAnally | February 28, 2012
When you look at your house covered in a blanket of new fallen snow, if you look closely you can learn some important things.

Product Insider: Nest Programmable Thermostat

Conclusion: It measures up to the hype, but price is restrictive

Founded by former Apple engineers, Nest Labs set out to make an attractive programmable thermostat that people actually use. COSC wanted to know what Iowans thought of the product...

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Upcoming Events

COSC Beer & Wine Tent at Des Moines Arts Festival

JUN 28-30 | DES MOINES

Center on Sustainable Communities will host a beer and wine tent at the Des Moines Arts Festival. We'll be letting the public know about our programming while raising funds for COSC's programs and mission. Stop by!

Community Events

Across Iowa

A new consolidated community calendar! COSC joined with Iowa Environmental Council to create a central calendar that is shared among interested nonprofit organizations. Submit a sustainability-related event and have it appear on icosc.com, iaenvironment.org and other sites.

Key Partners

Alliant Energy

Iowa Central Community College