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Jackie Ebner
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Is your old fridge or freezer an energy hog?
Many freezers and refrigerators can last 15-20 years or longer but replacing them may make the most sense for you and the environment...
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Jackie Ebner
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Programmable thermostats 10% on heating and cooling
You can save money on your heating and cooling bills by simply resetting your thermostat when you are asleep or away from home. You can...
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Ruth Marchetti
Dec 1, 20202 min read
A World Without Fear
Early this fall, as details emerged about the death of Daniel Prude and tensions grew between Black Lives Matter protestors and city...
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Jackie Ebner
Nov 23, 20204 min read
This Thanksgiving Love Food- Hate Food Waste
Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful, yet unfortunately it’s often the most wasteful time of the year. Last year, according to the NRDC,...
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Sarah Singal
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Have You Ridden an Electric RTS Bus Yet?
A bus pulled up next to our car recently. I glanced out the window at it and saw the words ELECTRIC BUS and did a double take. What's...
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Deborah Kornfeld
Oct 29, 20202 min read
Noah's Neighbors: World's First Climate Change Deniers
Noah’s Neighbors: World’s First Climate Change Deniers (The Story of Noah is read in Jewish Houses of Worship on Saturday October...
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Sarah Singal
Oct 17, 20202 min read
Watch It! Movie Review: Kiss the Ground.
written by Bill Bross At the beginning of this Netflix documentary, the famous actor Woody Harrelson makes the following statement...
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Sarah Singal
Oct 2, 20202 min read
Community Solar Campaign Update
Community Solar push, submitted by Jim Tappon – RAICA has been working with Ampion Energy since we started the Community Solar Campaign....
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Ruth Marchetti
Sep 23, 20202 min read
Trees and Elders
In Jewish folk lore a man encounters a grandfather planting fruit trees. The man is disdainful, since the elderly man clearly won’t live...
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Ruth Marchetti
Sep 23, 20203 min read
No More Deaths: Black Lives Matter
Supporting Daniel Prude I was privileged that my career allowed me to live out my belief that Catholics are called by our faith to work...
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Ruth Marchetti
Sep 23, 20204 min read
Environmental Justice in Light of Black Lives Matter
Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, producers of goods and energy have assumed the right to dispose of the toxic byproducts of...
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Sarah Singal
Sep 12, 20201 min read
Global Climate Strike Trees, One Year Later
One year ago, we held a tree planting walk in support of the Student Global Climate Strike. Broccolo Tree and Lawn company helped choose...
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Sarah Singal
Aug 27, 20202 min read
Challenge for your House of Worship -- Take the "Righteous Voter Pledge"
A voting pledge sponsored by the global interfaith climate justice organization, GreenFaith, and endorsed by RAICA: Because the Earth and...
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Sarah Singal
Jul 22, 20201 min read
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
One monarch caterpillar on a common milkweed plant. Please keep planting and encouraging those milkweeds. Unlike Brian Wildsmith's...
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Sarah Singal
Jul 22, 20203 min read
Newsbytes from July Steering Committee meeting
Resources: Color Penfield Green. This relatively new organization is committed to ensuring Penfield is a sustainable green community....
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Ruth Marchetti
Jul 20, 20201 min read
Breathing in a Time of Crisis
The Catholic Climate Covenant recently offered a thought-provoking webinar reflecting on the intersection of many current threats to the...
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Ruth Marchetti
Jul 20, 20202 min read
A Plague of Caterpillars
Written for Color Penfield Green's newsletter Penfield residents who are already feeling overwhelmed by Covid restrictions might now be...
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Sarah Singal
Jul 13, 20201 min read
Fast Fashion, a message from and for RAICA Youth
What is it? Fast fashion is inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass-market retailers in response to the latest trends. The...
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Sarah Singal
Jun 23, 20201 min read
Reclaim Our Vote
This project has been going on since late 2017 and comes from the Center for Common Ground of Virginia, a non-partisan, non-profit...
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