[Greensanctuary] Fw: Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign Bulletin -- Sept. 15, 2006
Jim Paprocki
jpaprocki at mchsi.com
Fri Sep 15 16:50:46 EDT 2006
Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign Bulletin -- Sept. 15,2006I am sending the Iowa Interfaaith Climate and Energy Bulletin for your review and consideration.
Jim
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From: Tim Kautza
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Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 2:10 PM
Subject: Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign Bulletin -- Sept. 15,2006
September 15, 2006
IOWA INTERFAITH CLIMATE AND ENERGY BULLETIN a joint publication of the Iowa Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign (http://www.ncrlc.com/IICEC.html)
and Iowa Interfaith Power & Light (http://www.ncrlc.com/IIPandL-webpage.html)
Periodic news items and alerts about global climate change justice, energy efficiency, energy conservation, and sustainable energy alternatives for congregations.
Please share this with your friends and ask them to subscribe by contacting Tim Kautza at ncrlctk at mchsi.com. As you know, it¹s free!
Please let us know what you are doing to address climate change as a justice issue and what your congregation is doing to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy consumption, or use alternative energy sources.
Also let us know if you DO NOT want to receive this bulletin in the future by simply replying to this email and entering UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line.
Blessings!
Tim Kautza
Coordinator
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CONTENTS:
DES MOINES REGISTER, "SOMETHING¹S STIRRING IN THE FAITH COMMUNITY"
CONGREGATONS JOIN IIP&L, YOURS CAN TOO, AND SO CAN YOU!
PROGRAM SHAPING UP FOR INTERFAITH POWER & LIGHT CONFERENCE; FREE REGISTRATION ENCOURAGED
BISHOP SCARFE¹S REMARKS NOW ONLINE
94 CONGREGATIONS, 14 DENOMINATIONS TO ADDRESS GLOBAL WARMING AROUND "AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH"
DISPOSE CFLS APPROPRIATELY
YALE REPORT OFFERS SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL WARMING
VERMONTERS PROTEST GLOBAL WARMING
CLEAN ENERGY NEWSLETTER ONLINE
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DES MOINES REGISTER, "SOMETHING¹S STIRRING IN THE FAITH COMMUNITY"
The lead editorial in the September 11, 2006, Des Moines Register newspaper entitled "Washington should take cue from green Iowa" is a result of a "ripple effect" of activities begun several years ago through the Iowa Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign and intensified in recent months by Iowa Interfaith Power & Light (IIP&L). In summary, the editorial says, "Something is stirring in this country, and it's stirring at the grass roots, S in the faith communitySthe awakening response to global warmingSthe moral imperative to care for the Earth." The previous Thursday morning, IIP&L Coordinator Tim Kautza, Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie, and guests from the Natural Resources Defense Council, met with Register editors about the very topic of the editorial. That meeting, coupled with a town hall meeting conducted that evening by several state and national organizations including IIP&L, and other interfaith and secular climate and energy activities over the past several year helped bring forth the editorial. Read the editorial at http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060911/OPINION03/609110301/1035/OPINION
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CONGREGATONS JOIN IIP&L, YOURS CAN TOO, AND SO CAN YOU!
Four new congregations have joined IIP&L agreeing to work towards increased energy efficiency, reduced fossil-fuel energy consumption, and the use of sustainable energy. St. Luke¹s Episcopal Church, Cedar Falls, was the first inaugural member of IIP&L. Now, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Indianola; Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Waterloo; and the Des Moines Islamic Center have also joined. All inaugural congregations and individual members will be recognized at the October 8 conference in Des Moines. You, too, can be among those celebrated for providing early support to IIP&L. Congregational membership (church, synagogue, mosque, center, school, hospital, or organization) is $50 annually. You can become an individual member with any contribution you feel is appropriate. Contributions can be sent and made payable to IIP&L, 4625 Beaver Ave., Des Moines, IA 50310-2145. For more about membership, visit http://www.ncrlc.com/1-pfd-files/IIPL_Brochure_final.pdf Your support is greatly appreciated and will be put to good use.
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PROGRAM SHAPING UP FOR INTERFAITH POWER & LIGHT CONFERENCE; FREE REGISTRATION ENCOURAGED
Interfaith Power & Light: The Religious Response to Global Warming will be held 1:00 4:45 p.m., October 8, at Plymouth Congregational Church, in Des Moines. Sponsored by Iowa Interfaith Power & Light, the gathering will feature keynoter Rev. Sally Bingham, founder of Interfaith Power & Light and executive director of The Regeneration Project, San Francisco, California. Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie, Union of Concerned Scientists Consultant Ed Woolsey, a representative of the Iowa Utilities Board, and Rev. Bingham will discuss new initiatives at the local, state and federal levels. Two concurrent workshops will help congregations and members increase energy efficiency, reduce global warming, and move toward more sustainable energy sources. Sustainable designer Kevin Nordmeyer, RDG Planning/Design, Des Moines, will lead a workshop highlighting how congregations can accomplish this within their own facilities and Rev. Benjamin Webb, St. Luke¹s Episcopal Church, Cedar Falls, and members of that congregation will describe how households can reduce energy costs and impact on global warming.
The conference is FREE, but those planning to attend are asked to register by providing their name and email address to ncrlctk at mchsi.com or by calling 515.270.2634. Please register today and plan to bring a carload with you.
Please help us promote this valuable conference by posting the attached poster and sending it to your friends and neighboring congregations. Additional information will be available at http://www.ncrlc.com/IIPandL-webpage.html Please spread the word.
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BISHOP SCARFE¹S REMARKS NOW ONLINE
As reported in the September 8 edition of this bulletin, Iowa Episcopal Bishop Alan Scarfe, a member of Iowa Interfaith Power & Light¹s Steering Committee, spoke to an audience of more than 200 people at the town hall meeting "Re-Energize America" September 7 at Plymouth Congregational Church, Des Moines. His moving and inspirational remarks will soon be at IIP&Ls website. Read them at http://www.ncrlc.com/IIPandL-webpage.html and scroll down to "What¹s New." You¹ll also find a news release with a complete story about the town hall meeting sponsored by IIP&L, National Council of Churches, National Catholic Rural Life Conference, Peace Committee of Plymouth United Church of Christ, Natural Resources Defense Council, Iowa Environmental Council, Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club, and Iowa Farmers Union.
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94 CONGREGATIONS, 14 DENOMINATIONS TO ADDRESS GLOBAL WARMING AROUND "AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH"
We couldn¹t imagine this when we guessed, optimistically, that 50 congregations in Iowa would accept the invitation from Iowa Interfaith Power & Light to screen the global warming movie An Inconvenient Truth Oct. 1-8. But, 94 congregations will screen the movie in 45 Iowa communities and include the following faiths and denominations: Baptist, Christian Church, Community of Christ, Congregational, Episcopal, Friends, Islam, Non-Denominational, Presbyterian, Reformed Church of Christ, Roman Catholic, Unitarian Universalist, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, plus several colleges and centers. Watch http://www.ncrlc.com/IIPandL-webpage.html for a list of locations and contact people next week.
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DISPOSE CFLS APPROPRIATELY
Let¹s not exacerbate one problem as we address another. Compact fluorescent lights greatly improve energy efficiency and their use over incandescent light bulbs is encouraged. But, their mercury content requires safe disposal. Visit http://www.nema..org/lamprecycle/epafactsheet-cfl.pdf#search=%22mercury%20in%20compact%20fluorescent%20light%20bulbs%22
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YALE REPORT OFFERS SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL WARMING
The report: Americans and Climate Change is a wonderful report organized by Yale on why Americans are not responding to the threat of climate change. It offers suggested solutions. The executive summary of the 200+ page report includes some of the solutions. Visit http://environment.yale.edu/doc/748/americans_and_climate_change/
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VERMONTERS PROTEST GLOBAL WARMING
Bill McKibben, among others, organized a 50-mile march for global warming known as "From the Road Less Traveled: Vermonters Walking Toward a Clean Energy Future" in Vermont over the Labor Day weekend and sent a series of dispatches during the trek. He was joined by hundreds of people who protested global warming. Bill writes regularly for Grist, is the author of The End of Nature, published in 1989, the first book for a general audience on climate change. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, his forthcoming book is titled Deep Economy. Find his daily dispatches at http://www.motherjones.com/news/update/2006/09/global_warming_march.html
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CLEAN ENERGY NEWSLETTER ONLINE
Community Energy Solutions, a developing website and organization, that is committed to a safe, secure energy system for the 21st Century has a newsletter available on line at http://cleanairwaterloo.com/newsletter2-1.php
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Science and Environmental Education
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
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Des Moines, IA 50310-2199
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