GREEN MOUNTAINS, BLUE WATER:
Creation Care News from
Vermont Interfaith Power & Light
April 2010
Vermont Interfaith Power & Light (VTIPL) works to educate
Vermont’s faith communities about the climate crisis and the
threat it presents to our planet. VTIPL’s goal is to move faith
communities toward responsible stewardship of Creation by
reducing greenhouse gas emissions through personal and
community action. VTIPL helps people take action in their
houses of worship, homes, and workplaces to conserve energy,
use it efficiently, and increase the use of renewable energy.
To submit items and give updates, email info@vtipl.org mailto:info@vtipl.org.
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF VERMONT WINS EPA AWARD
Vermont’s Episcopal Diocese was awarded an Environmental
Merit Award on Earth Day at Faneuil Hall in Boston for its
“exceptional work and commitment to the environment” for
2009. Read about this honor at: www.vtipl.org/node/158 http://www.vtipl.org/node/158
The Rev. Dr. Anita Schell-Lambert was Chair of the Earth
Stewards Committee of the Episcopal Diocese, and she served
on VT Interfaith Power and Light’s Board of Directors. She
has completed her service as pastor of St. Peter’s Church in
Bennington, and will begin serving a church in Newport, R.I.
She will be missed! We’re grateful for all her wonderful work.
NATIONAL INTERFAITH POWER AND LIGHT OFFERS
Carbon Covenant is the national Interfaith Power and Light
(IPL) program that links faith communities in the Global North
and South in a common commitment to curb global warming.
It offers to faith communities and to individuals an opportunity
to make a donation to one of four projects to help address the
problem of deforestation. To find out more, go to:
http://interfaithpowerandlight.org/2009/12/carbon-covenant/
The national IPL office has a special offer on its website, at
this time around Earth Day, to purchase any of these three
DVDs for $5 or $6 each: “A Sea Change” - on the problems of
the world’s oceans; “Dirty Business” - on the true costs of coal
power and the innovators who are leading us toward alternative
energy; and “Dirt” - on soil and its environmental, economic,
social and political impact.
VTIPL SEEKS MEMBERS FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
If you are interested in joining VTIPL’s Board or know of
someone who you think might be interested, please contact us
at info@vtipl.org mailto:info@vtipl.org. Read about VTIPL – our mission, goals,
programs, and more on our website: www.vtipl.org http://www.vtipl.org
NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERFAITH POWER AND LIGHT:
We Welcome Our Neighbor!
With the recent formation of NH Interfaith Power and Light
(NHIPL), all six New England States now have IPL organiza-
tions. Please encourage any faith communities you know in
NH to be in touch with NHIPL. Learn more at: www.nhipl.org http://www.nhipl.org
Wes Sanders from VTIPL led a workshop for New Hampshire
IPL’s Board of Directors on using the “Low Carbon Diet”
workbook, and they formed an EcoTeam to complete the work-
book together. NHIPL will help faith community members in
NH start EcoTeams to reduce their household CO2 emissions.
EARTH DAY FAIR IN MIDDLEBURY
Addison County will celebrate Earth Day with a music-and-
food-filled fair on Middlebury’s Town Green on Sunday,
April 25th from 1 – 4 pm. The fair will honor the commitment
of local people and groups to make the Middlebury area a
leader in renewable energy, local food, and conservation. The
fair will include much music, free food and other samples, a
seed/seedling exchange, lawnmower exchange and more. In
case of rain, it will be held in St. Stephen’s Church basement.
Contact: Laura Asermily, lasermily@yahoo.com mailto:lasermily@yahoo.com, 388-9478.
AWAKENING THE DREAMER- Changing the Dream
This symposium will be held on Saturday, May 15th; at Green
Mountain Monastery in Greensboro, from 10 am – 5 pm with
registration starting at 9:30 am. The suggested donation is $15.
The event is “a profound inquiry into a bold vision: to bring
forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and
socially just human presence on Earth.” Pre-register online at:
http://awakeningthedreamer.org/component/option,com_events/task,map/#/se...
or contact Sr. Gail Worcelo at 802-533-7056 or email
greenmountainmonastery@together.net mailto:greenmountainmonastery@together.net
WAY TO GO COMMUTER CHALLENGE – 2010
This year’s Way To Go Challenge will be held during the week
of May 17 – 21. The event encourages commuting to work or
school by alternative means – instead of driving solo. Schools,
communities, and businesses that have the largest number of
people participating will be recognized. The School Challenge
will last three weeks; it begins on May 1st. Schools compete
for cash prizes. Businesses in six different size categories will
compete for awards. Find out more at http://www.waytogovt.org/
SYMPOSIUM ON SUSTAINABILITY: Retrofitting Historic
Buildings to Save Energy
This symposium will be held at Vermont Technical College,
Randolph, on Friday, June 4th from 9:30 – 5:30; registration
begins at 8:30 am. There will be three keynote speakers in
the morning, case studies/presentations in the afternoon, and
it will end with a question and answer time and a reception.
Cost: $35/person To find out more and to register, go to:
http://www.gifttool.com/registrar/ShowEventDetails?ID=198&EID=6888
OPPORTUNITY TO LEASE SOLAR INSTALLATION
Many firms in Vermont will install solar energy systems to
generate electricity, but the purchase cost can be high. All Sun
Trackers in Williston will lease solar installations, for an initial
payment, to faith communities (and others) for a seven-year
term. If you know of other VT solar installation firms with
affordable programs that faith communities may be interested
in, please contact VTIPL to let us know. This All Sun program
will only be available for a short time. For details, contact
Will King: wking@allearthrenewables.com mailto:wking@allearthrenewables.com or go to:
www.allsuntrackers.com http://www.allsuntrackers.com
RENEWABLE ENERGY VERMONT CONFERENCE
Equinox Resort in Manchester on 5/19 www.REVermont.org http://www.REVermont.org
Vermont Interfaith Power & Light
1 East Village Drive, Burlington, VT 05401
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