[SEMCO] GLOBAL WARMING: Local Action on Cape Cod

[Murphydalzell at aol.com]

GRASSROOTS RESPONSES TO THE GLOBAL WARMING PROBLEM
 
Communities like Woods Hole are worried about their future.
 
Community and religious groups on the coast of Massachusetts are VERY  
concerned about the threat of global warming.    One of the big  questions is,  
"How do we move from talking about the problem to developing  some local 
problem-solving activities?"     What's needed  and what's possible?
 
Several  grassroots programs are planned for October.   The  first will 
take place in Falmouth.
 
 
 
OCTOBER 4th  (Sunday afternoon):   The Cape Cod Council of  Churches is 
co-sponsoring an interfaith
gathering that will look at three basic questions.....    FIRST:  How can 
religious organizations set a good
example by reducing their energy use?    SECOND:  How  can religious 
organizations support the production of clean and renewable  energy?    THIRD:  In 
the midst of a recession, how can  religious organizations help people to 
obtain the transportation and home energy  services that they need?    (This 
is an energy justice
concern that involves questions about fuel assistance, weatherization for  
low-income families, etc.)
 
There will be presentations by the Massachusetts Interfaith Power and  
Light; Cape Light Compact; local human services agencies, and others...   The 
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research  Reserve  and the local  Sierra Club 
have been active in developing the Oct. 4th program.... The  program will 
take place at the Unitarian Universalist church in  Falmouth....   The 
Unitarian Universalist church is located at 840  Sandwich Road, in east 
Falmouth.....   It is wheelchair  accessible.
 
It's all free!    There will be a check-in starting at 1:00  pm, followed 
by a program that will continue "until around 5:00  pm."      Afterwards, 
there will be a light dinner with  conversation....  Although the program is 
designed, primarily, for  religious groups that are concerned about coastal 
environmental issues and  energy use, the program may interest a variety of  
environmentalists.....   For additional information and early  registration, 
contact the Unitarian Universalist church in Falmouth.    _admin at uuffm.org_ 
(mailto:admin at uuffm.org)  
 
Information is also available from Joan Muller, at WBNERR.  
_joan.muller at state.ma.us_ (mailto:joan.muller at state.ma.us)  
 
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