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After 175 years, Monroe IHMs going strong and teaching green
… several acres of their Motherhouse campus to DTE Energy. The utility installed a $2.6 million solar energy panel system, capable of generating power for 70 homes. At the upcoming Lake Erie …
How does coronavirus connect to climate change?
… Interestingly enough, China is also a major global supplier of clean energy technology like solar panels and wind turbines. Production and shipments are both down because of the …
Climate Change Technologies Workshop
… some of the technologies that aim to assuage climatic effects – e.g., carbon dioxide removal, solar radiation management technologies – raise myriad social and political issues. This two-day …
Francis issues 'urgent call' with plans for fifth anniversary of Laudato Si'
… the Catholic world. Parishes and dioceses have started creation care teams and installed solar panels on their grounds, and in a few cases, helped resettle communities as their homes are …
Catholic Worker confronts new era
… On the second floor of Our Lady of the Road, a simple chapel's windows look out onto not only solar panels installed on the roof, but also the jail in the distance. Praying there — Mass is …
Excommunicated hermits — and their cats — finally find peace
… in a pair of run-down homes with no running water. They have just enough electricity from solar power to run their blog and help them manage during the half of the year when sunlight is …
What is the relationship between the military and the environment?
… behavior in the climate change arena. "The mere fact that the Department of Defense is using solar panels has the potential to drive individuals to want to use solar panels – at least, that's the hypothesis," she said. Along those lines, by asserting the …
Greening the parish (at cheaper rates)
… contract to purchase power generated only by clean, renewable sources such as wind and solar technologies. The center signed that contract and, by joining with other non-profits to buy …
Laudato Si' five years on: a continued call for courage
… their energy efficiency. The program has begun the construction of Washington D.C.’s largest solar array, built for the Archdiocese of Washington. Our brothers and sisters of all faith …
EarthBeat Weekly: The planet as patient
… Question from readers, NCR’s Jesse Remedios offers a resource guide for parishes considering solar panels or other energy-saving initiatives. EarthBeat’s Interfaith ClimateTracker provides …
Copy Desk Daily, Jan. 17, 2020
… in EarthBeat's latest "Burning Questions" entry: … What are some ways parishes can acquire solar panels? … The three-part series on Matthew Kelly and his enterprises concludes with a look …
Bangladesh says once-submerged island ready for Rohingya
… roadside tea stalls. Some were selling fish and vegetables," he said. "All is set there with a solar power system and water supply lines." Bangladesh is a low-lying delta nation. The island, … multifamily concrete homes, hospitals, mosques, schools, playgrounds and roads. There are solar power facilities, a water supply system. We constructed raised concrete buildings that …
What are some ways parishes can acquire solar panels?
… Anne Searer, whose local community in Derry Township, PA, is participating in a rent-to-buy solar panels program. She's wondering how churches can also take advantage of that big ball of fire in the sky: Are there programs available for parishes or church organizations to rent solar panels? The short answer: Yes. Absolutely. … How do I determine if solar is even right for …
Catholic agencies intervene in Zimbabwe climate change crisis
… are being promoted to improve access to safe water through the use of renewables like solar, reducing diseases, walking distances, and (the) burden on women and children, promoting …
Your thoughts on synod listening sessions, Trump's deadly sins, elusive unity in Portland parish
… Resurrection Parish, a parish in the Diocese of Helena, is in the process of installing solar panels on its church. They would have been the first church in Bozeman to do, but the …
Africans call for more action on climate at Religions for Peace summit
… fossil fuel. "Instead of using petroleum, they should move towards alternative [sources] like solar energy, like they're doing in many countries now," he said. When asked if the church in … people are not using firewood in boarding houses anymore. We look for substitutes like solar energy or cooking with the husk. We take it very seriously." "Pope Francis' Laudato Si' is …
Greta Thunberg, a prophet for Advent
… life for climate justice. And on a smaller scale, just last week outside my window I watched solar panels being delivered for the roofs at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C. …
'You've got to call out evil,' says pastor of church with Nativity scene separated in cages
… Canada, a similar Nativity emerged in Toronto this week, showing a baby Jesus wrapped in a solar blanket in a cage. Erecting Nativity scenes to declare public statements on social issues …
2020 DuPage Environmental Summit
… rivers and streams, impacts of climate change on birds and migratory species, and community solar and other renewable energy initiatives. …
The 25 best prayers of the decade
… we prayed for the intercession of saint after saint, made me so glad to be Catholic. … 15. The solar halo that appeared over Oscar Romero's beatification ceremony in El Salvador in 2015 … I … with the weather to express pleasure or displeasure. But when this chill-inducing, rare "solar halo" appeared over the beatification of now-St. Oscar Romero in El Salvador, I thought of …