Here are the results from the survey:
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Green Team Climate Change Awareness Education Survey
Thanks to all who filled out a survey!
Here are the results from the survey:
Here are the results from the survey:
Monday, October 9, 2017
Livestream of Bill McKibben’s talk at Yale Tues. 10/10/2017
Bill McKibben, award-winning and world-renowned author and environmentalist, will give the next Chubb Fellowship Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
His talk, titled “Simply Too Hot: The Desperate Science and Politics of Climate,” will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Woolsey Hall, corner of College and Grove streets. It is free and open to the public. The event will also be livestreamed on Yale's YouTube channel.
For more on Bill McKibben:Monday, June 19, 2017
Earth Knows
Earth Knows
by Lynn Johnson
Earth knows how to heal herself,
if we just let her.
if we just let her.
She knows how her worms
can turn newspaper
into black soil.
She knows how her trees
make a canopy of shade,
bring oxygen to the ones that breathe it
in exchange for carbon.
She knows how leaves that fall
fertilize the ground beneath
if we just let them.
She knows how her tender grass
has the strength to crumble concrete.
She knows the heat of her Sun
could warm every home,
If we just let it.
She knows the power of her wind
could accomplish multiple tasks
If we would harness it.
All with no harm to her.
All with no harm to us.
can turn newspaper
into black soil.
She knows how her trees
make a canopy of shade,
bring oxygen to the ones that breathe it
in exchange for carbon.
She knows how leaves that fall
fertilize the ground beneath
if we just let them.
She knows how her tender grass
has the strength to crumble concrete.
She knows the heat of her Sun
could warm every home,
If we just let it.
She knows the power of her wind
could accomplish multiple tasks
If we would harness it.
All with no harm to her.
All with no harm to us.
If we don’t remove the poisons,
reduce the carbon
and let her heal,
If we don’t face the fact
that there are way too many of us,
using way too many resources,
way too fast,
reduce the carbon
and let her heal,
If we don’t face the fact
that there are way too many of us,
using way too many resources,
way too fast,
If we don’t start following her lead;
She will shake us all off like a giant Mare shooing away flies
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
CT Environmental Legislation Scorecard for 2016
CTLCV is tracking for our 2016 legislative scorecard
For Scorecard:
http://www.ctlcv.org/uploads/6/2/0/1/6201942/2016_scorecard_sept_16c.pdf
Find how you State Senator voted:
http://www.ctlcv.org/uploads/6/2/0/1/6201942/2016_senate_votes_as_of_9.9.2016.pdf
Find out how your State House Representative voted:
http://www.ctlcv.org/uploads/6/2/0/1/6201942/2016_house_votes_as_of_9.9.2016.pdf
For sixteen years, the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters has helped elect pro-environment lawmakers and hold them accountable for passing legislation to protect health, communities and the environment. The CTLCV publishes the annual Connecticut Environmental Scorecard which rates the actions of every state legislator on the state’s environmental priorities each year. The 2016 Scorecard is paid for by the CTLCV Political Action Committee. This message was made independent of any candidate or political party. Contributions to the CTLCV PAC of $5,000 or more were made by CTLCV, Inc and David Bingham. Additional information about the CTLCV PAC may be found on the State Elections Enforcement Commission's internet website.
Find out how your Connecticut General Assembly members voted on the environmental issues that matter to you!
For more info:
http://www.ctlcv.org/2016-scorecard.htmlFind out how your Connecticut General Assembly members voted on the environmental issues that matter to you!
For Scorecard:
http://www.ctlcv.org/uploads/6/2/0/1/6201942/2016_scorecard_sept_16c.pdf
Find how you State Senator voted:
http://www.ctlcv.org/uploads/6/2/0/1/6201942/2016_senate_votes_as_of_9.9.2016.pdf
Find out how your State House Representative voted:
http://www.ctlcv.org/uploads/6/2/0/1/6201942/2016_house_votes_as_of_9.9.2016.pdf
CT Environmental Legislation for 2017 - Status
Many bills and funding priorities this session will greatly affect how our state protects the environment. CTLCV has created an "Environmental Watchlist" of bills we are tracking this session at the Connecticut General Assembly. Sign up to receive information as the session progresses by clicking the Get Action Alerts button on this page. Read background informationand CTLCV's testimony on key issues.
http://www.ctlcv.org/2017-legislative-session.html
Sign up to receive environmental action alerts from the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters. You’ll receive emails when there is an urgent action you can take on an environmental issue specific to your district, enabling you to call or email your state senator or representative about issues close to home. We’ll also keep you up to date with CTLCV events across the state.
https://act.myngp.com/Forms/2448495840080366336
http://www.ctlcv.org/2017-legislative-session.html
Sign up to receive environmental action alerts from the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters. You’ll receive emails when there is an urgent action you can take on an environmental issue specific to your district, enabling you to call or email your state senator or representative about issues close to home. We’ll also keep you up to date with CTLCV events across the state.
https://act.myngp.com/Forms/2448495840080366336
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Lazarus, come out! A Christian response to the climate crisis.
Sermon for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, April 2, 2017, delivered by the Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas at The Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA.
John 11:1-45 What a blessing it is to be here this morning and to join your Lenten exploration of “Fierce Love”! Thank you, Rob (Rev. Robert J. Mark), for inviting me to preach, and thank you for your steadfast witness to God’s love for the Earth and for all its communities, human and other-than-human. I was arrested with you last spring at an interfaith ...
Read the full sermon:
http://www.macucc.org/blogdetail/lazarus-come-out-a-christian-response-to-the-climate-crisis-7882341
John 11:1-45 What a blessing it is to be here this morning and to join your Lenten exploration of “Fierce Love”! Thank you, Rob (Rev. Robert J. Mark), for inviting me to preach, and thank you for your steadfast witness to God’s love for the Earth and for all its communities, human and other-than-human. I was arrested with you last spring at an interfaith ...
Read the full sermon:
http://www.macucc.org/blogdetail/lazarus-come-out-a-christian-response-to-the-climate-crisis-7882341
Beyond Earth Day 2017
Here are several questions for reflection to consider as you move forward.
- What do you care most about now? Why do you care about taking action? Take a moment to clarify for yourself. Consider writing it down.
- What steps are you taking daily, weekly and monthly to show your support for the issues that matter most? Identify at least one action you can take.
- How do you stay inspired, even in light of discouraging news? What practices can you weave into your life that will help you to maintain your energy and commitment?
- What actions will you commit to in the next month that will move you toward your goals? Clarify. Invite others to join you.
Whatever you do after Earth Day and the marches, find ways to stay involved and engaged! As naturalist and writer Wendell Berry says, “The Earth is what we all have in common.” Let’s do our part to be the change we wish to see.
Behavior Change for Sustainability
Behavior Change for Sustainability: Northwest Earth Institute's Approach!
Just published this month, in our new white paper NWEI's Director of Learning Lacy Cagle and curriculum designer Dr. Veronica Hotton explore how even though many people claim to care about environmental issues, their behavior often doesn't align with expressed environmental values. Behavior change research shows that making small changes or trying on new habits like participants do in NWEI's Discussion Courses and EcoChallenge can have a cascading effect on other habits and routines in your life.
http://nwei.org/assets/Behavior-Change-for-Sustainability_NWEI.pdf
Just published this month, in our new white paper NWEI's Director of Learning Lacy Cagle and curriculum designer Dr. Veronica Hotton explore how even though many people claim to care about environmental issues, their behavior often doesn't align with expressed environmental values. Behavior change research shows that making small changes or trying on new habits like participants do in NWEI's Discussion Courses and EcoChallenge can have a cascading effect on other habits and routines in your life.
http://nwei.org/assets/Behavior-Change-for-Sustainability_NWEI.pdf
Sunday, May 7, 2017
We can reverse global warming... and we're doing it
"Scientists have studied the impact of carbon emissions and they have made their projections for global warming. But nobody did a proper integrated analysis of the solutions. Until now. On April 18, a new book offering a strategy will be published—it’s titled Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. How to ‘drawdown’ the amount of carbon in the atmosphere is the mission of the book. Drawdown is a project of an international coalition of 70 researchers and scientists from 22 countries who—since 2013—have analyzed the data and projections of the world’s leading research institutions in fields from energy to food and from family planning to reforestation.
The result is a concrete map of where humanity stands today when it comes to climate change. And the conclusion is remarkably optimistic: Using a conservative approach based on current facts and technology it’s plausible that we can reverse global warming in the next 30 years."
Read more…
https://www.optimistdaily.com/2017/03/we-can-reverse-global-warming-and-were-doing-it/
For more information on Drawdown, visit
http://www.drawdown.org/
For more information on Drawdown, visit
http://www.drawdown.org/
Friday, May 5, 2017
Can Anything Good Come from Climate Change?
Can Anything Good Come from Climate Change?
An Interview with Bill McKibben. Spring 2015
http://www.plough.com/en/topics/justice/environment/can-anything-good-come-from-climate-change
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change
Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change
How psychology can trick us into keeping Earth habitable.
Celebrate the People's Climate March
Climate change was identified as the top issue the UCC as a church needs to focus on going forward based on two surveys (with 4,000 responding) that was reviewed at the March 2017 National UCC Board of Directors meeting.
UCC advocates show love for creation at People's Climate March in D.C.
http://www.ucc.org/news_ucc_advocates_show_love_for_creation_at_peoples_climate_march_in_dc_04302017
http://www.ucc.org/news_ucc_advocates_show_love_for_creation_at_peoples_climate_march_in_dc_04302017
The Crossroads of Climate and Faith
Years of Living Dangerously Season 1: Bonus Footage - The Crossroads of Climate and Faith
Published on Apr 11, 2014 Don Cheadle talks to Katharine Hayhoe, an Evangelical climate scientist, about how she reconciles faith and science and how to speak about climate change with people of faith.
An interview with Katharine Hayhoe in early 2015: Climate for Change
http://www.plough.com/en/topics/faith/discipleship/a-climate-for-change
Monday, April 24, 2017
Climate Change Awareness Education Survey
WHAT: The Green Team is initiating an effort to increase the Congregation's awareness of the various aspects of Climate Change thru various forms of education.
WHY: We think this is very critical to do at this point in time in order to understand how to put our faith into action by understanding the impacts to current and future generations and to bring healing to all of creation.
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Rise With Standing Rock and Native Nations
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A Big City Voice on Climate Change
A Big City Voice on Climate Change
Mayor Hidalgo of Paris on cars, pollution and the impact of women.
Women’s Crucial Role in Combating Climate Change
The link between climate change and women’s rights may seem baffling to some.
But for Zandile Gumede, the first female mayor of Durban, South Africa, they are inextricably woven together. She was elected last year in part on a promise to address environmental problems in the region, and engaging more women in the effort is crucial to finding solutions, she said.
Read more at: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/us/womens-crucial-role-in-combating-climate-change.html
People's Climate Movement Week of Action
Opportunities
Live Climate Monday 4/24
1:00pm — Earth Week Climate Education Teach-InJoin ACE for a livestream teach-in on climate science and solutions. We’ll be playing trivia, watching videos from Our Climate Our Future, and taking Q&A with renowned climate scientist Scott Denning of Colorado State University and youth climate leader Maxine Jimenez of UC Santa Cruz. Click here to sign up
8:00pm — Chernobyl +31: From Nuclear Disaster to Renewable Energy Revolution
(This is a telebriefing event.) April 26 is the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster — one of the worst environmental catastrophes in world history, and one that is not and will not be over for many generations to come. But Chernobyl’s legacy is not only one of tragedy. The impact of Chernobyl convinced millions of the need to power the world with renewable energy, inspiring Germany’s Energy Transition, the foundation for the clean energy revolution we are building toward today. Join us for this live national briefing, to learn about Chernobyl, its legacy, and its relevance to the climate justice movement. Call: 712-770-4160. Passcode: 723281#. Click here to learn more
(This is a telebriefing event.) April 26 is the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster — one of the worst environmental catastrophes in world history, and one that is not and will not be over for many generations to come. But Chernobyl’s legacy is not only one of tragedy. The impact of Chernobyl convinced millions of the need to power the world with renewable energy, inspiring Germany’s Energy Transition, the foundation for the clean energy revolution we are building toward today. Join us for this live national briefing, to learn about Chernobyl, its legacy, and its relevance to the climate justice movement. Call: 712-770-4160. Passcode: 723281#. Click here to learn more
May Day 5/1
- May Day New Haven: General Strike, Solidarity and ResistanceMay 01, 2017 • 12:00 PMNew Haven GreenTemple StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
Eco-Justice Notes: Science, not Silence
Good read on March for Science and the issues.
Principles and Goals:
How the Active Many Can Overcome the Ruthless Few | The Nation
How the Active Many Can Overcome the Ruthless Few- the key to saving the earth in the 21st century
Nonviolent direct action was the 20th century’s greatest invention—and it is the key to saving the earth in the 21st century.
42 tips on leading a zero-waste lifestyle.
Taking what he learned from his experiment, No Impact Man Colin Beavan offers 42 tips to move toward a zero-waste lifestyle.
The religious case for caring about climate change
A great interview with Rev. Brooks Berndt, UCC Environmental Justice Minister, on the religious case for caring about climate change.
So glad to have been interviewed by Vox about the contributions and roles faith communities can play in addressing climate change.
http://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/4/19/15271166/climate-change-religious-arguments
http://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/4/19/15271166/climate-change-religious-arguments
UCC Environmental Justice Center at SLCC
UCC Environmental Justice Center at SLCC
Environmental justice is the movement against environmental racism, which places our most polluting industries and sites disproportionately in low income and communities of color. This page serves as a way to activate and bear witness, to keep updated on all of the initiatives and happenings at Silver Lake as part of our efforts to be a model of sustainable living, and to educate about and advocate for major environmental issues and solutions. The CTUCC Environmental Ministries Team is hard at work on these issues, and we will be using this page to post updates and meeting notices too. We want YOU to be a witness too, and offer this page as a way to support your work as a responsible citizen of this earth! Thanks for all that you do!
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EnvironmentalJusticeatSLCC/
Website: http://www.ctucc.org/environmentaljustice/
Environmental justice is the movement against environmental racism, which places our most polluting industries and sites disproportionately in low income and communities of color. This page serves as a way to activate and bear witness, to keep updated on all of the initiatives and happenings at Silver Lake as part of our efforts to be a model of sustainable living, and to educate about and advocate for major environmental issues and solutions. The CTUCC Environmental Ministries Team is hard at work on these issues, and we will be using this page to post updates and meeting notices too. We want YOU to be a witness too, and offer this page as a way to support your work as a responsible citizen of this earth! Thanks for all that you do!
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