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United Methodists Need To Go 'Deep Green' 

Recycling alone won't get job done
by Kathy Gilbert

(UMNS) — Before you pick up that iPhone, have you thought about what quality-of-life consequences it might have for one of your “neighbors” on another continent? Read complete article here.
 
(Photo:  The Rev. Charlie West (center), pastor of Grace United Methodist Church in Marquette, Mich., collects electronic discards during the 2006 Earth Keeper Clean Sweep. (UMNS file photo by Greg Peterson)

Bishops' Letter Pledges to Protect God's Creation

A Pastoral Letter from the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church, November 3, 2009, pledges to protect God's creation by focusing on three interconnected global threats:
  • pandemic poverty and disease;
  • environmental degradation, and
  • the proliferation of weapons and violence.
 
Visit the website God's Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action for more information.
 
The Conference Board of Church & Society's GREEN web page is a positive response to the second concern raised above.


Projects:
Martinez United Methodist Church
In local news, the Martinez UMC parsonage renovation project is just about complete on the inside. The new solar panels on the roof are just about ready to be put into service.  California Interfaith Power & Light, (with whom both the Martinez UMC and the CA-NV Annual Conference both have covenants) and SolarRichmond along with DC Solar Solutions MFG, Inc a full service retailer and installer of renewable energy systems provided information, analysis and guidance in helping Martinez UMC determine whether solar power would be a worthwhile investment. The installation on solar panels for the church campus should begin by the end of March 2010.  Fifty percent of the purchase and installation of the panels comes from a Federal stimulus subsidy.


 Disclaimer

The following websites are not official websites of The United Methodist Church nor the California-Nevada Annual Conference, and do not necessarily reflect their views and policies.
 
Is "Clean Coal" an Oxymoron?
  • A Tough Week for Coal by Tom Zeller Jr. (February 4, 2009) http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/a-tough-week-for-coal/
  • A Bruising Month for Big Coal by Keith Goetzman (February 26, 2009)
    http://www.utne.com/Environment/A-Bruising-Month-for-Big-Coal.aspx
  • Coal is Dirty (web site)
    http://www.coal-is-dirty.com/the-coal-hard-facts

Travel Green with Amtrak  (click title for more information about Amtrak)
Recognized as an environmentally friendly mode of transportation, Amtrak strives for a greener passenger rail with practices and tactics for improved fuel and energy efficiency. Amtrak makes traveling to National Parks easy and environmentally friendly. 

At Amtrak the earth matters, so travel green!
 
(Click on the logo to learn more about 'Parks in your backyard.')
 
 

Green page webservant
Doug Sibley, dpsibley@gmail.com or (925) 229-4377