[SEMCO] GLOBAL WARMING: Local Action on Cape Cod

[Muller, Joan (DCR)]

Registration for the Energy and Faith workshop is not required but it
would really help us out to have an idea of who is coming so we can plan
food, etc. To register, for more information and a downloadable flyer,
please go to www.waquoitbayreserve.org
<http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/>  and look for energy/faith on the
front page.

 

Thanks,

Joan Muller

Education Coordinator

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Box 3092

Waquoit, MA 02536

508-457-0495 x107

 

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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 

 

Information is also available from Joan Muller, at WBNERR.
joan.muller at state.ma.us 

 

 

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