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… Report: … Greening the motherhouse requires big investments and changing habits … Using solar energy in sub-Saharan Africa: … If only progress moved faster … Column: … Do not fear to …
Using solar energy in sub-Saharan Africa: If only progress moved faster
… of a project I started in November 2016 to research how sisters in sub-Saharan Africa use solar energy. I was motivated to continue it when sisters at the Association of Consecrated Women … Association of Sisterhoods to distribute a questionnaire to the membership on their use of solar power. …
Catholic organizations, groups actively working on Puerto Rico's recovery
… a totally new and diversified power grid that would bring back hydroelectric systems and add solar power components. Traditionally a Catholic people, Puerto Ricans feel the church tends to …
Morning Briefing
… niqab to check their identity. Two environmental stories from Global Sisters Report: … Using solar energy in sub-Saharan Africa: If only progress moved faster … Greening the motherhouse …
Hurricane Maria offers a chance for moral clarity and action
… Provision of microgrids that can contribute to the grid or operate independently (solar panels plus batteries to store that power for all churches, schools, hospitals and … talking with the governor of Puerto Rico about how the island may rebuild its power grid with solar power and battery storage . I would be happy to talk. Hopefully, Tesla can be helpful. — …
There is a justice issue at the heart of these hurricanes
… from future storms. All of the islands in question have ample supplies of sun and wind, yet solar and wind power make up a small fraction of their energy production. This must change. The directors of the reconstruction would be well-advised to consult with solar companies and wind companies not only about large-scale installations, but also about … Our friends at New Vision , a ministry in West Virginia, use old campaign signs to make small solar panels that provide electricity for a single home for an evening. I wrote about their …
Morning Briefing, International
… was the mission of a lifetime. Now she must say goodbye. Cassini's voyage helped make the solar system smaller. May the cosmic curiosity it whetted live on "Shape-Shifting" Bacteria …
Campus Notebook: Green schools ranked; viewing eclipse; supporting transgender students
… score in the sustainable water usage category. The university features 90,000 square feet of solar panels, an irrigation system that uses reclaimed water, and a university-led recycling …
Eclipse thrills, inspires viewers to admire the precision of creation
… News Service … Science teacher Jane Irwin isn't often left without words, but the total solar eclipse left her in a quiet reflective mood. "Awesome. God's amazing" was the best she …
Morning Briefing
… oppose Bolivian law stripping protection for native lands … NCR reflects on, celebrates solar eclipse … Global Sisters Report: … Disabled youth find a home and visibility with Chinese …
NCR reflects on, celebrates solar eclipse
… City, Missouri, where NCR headquarters are located, was very near the path of totality for the solar eclipse Aug. 21. To mark this historic (and really cool) event, we had a staff party with …
Eclipse a way to appreciate creation, Vatican astronomer tells audience
… Dennis Sadowski … Catholic News Service … A total solar eclipse is a rare event, something to appreciate and enjoy in the mind of Jesuit Br. Guy … the Creator by seeing the things of his creation." He said the by understanding the cycle of solar eclipses -- occurring about every 18 months and 11 days -- people can see the rhythms of … only planet around the only star whose moon is at the right distance and size to give a total solar eclipse," the priest said. He introduced Consolmagno by reading from Psalm 19: "The heavens …
Morning Briefing
… Beijing, … abandoned babies with severe disabilities started showing up on the doorstep … . Solar Eclipse Day. Kansas City, Missouri, world HQ for NCR, is on the edge of the line of … thunderstorms. Hoping it ain't so: … US Catholic parishes, schools happy to be in path of solar eclipse … Is the eclipse a sign of end times? Hardly so, Wisconsin priest says … Back to …
US Catholic parishes, schools happy to be in path of solar eclipse
… Service … U.S. Catholic parishes and schools located in the 70-mile-wide path of the total solar eclipse Aug. 21 plan to take part in this rare event with everything from providing parking … beginning at 1:18 p.m. CDT. Crowds already will be across the street during the weekend for solar eclipse festivities including food and games at a picnic area owned by St. Vincent de Paul … the total eclipse, but will take guests to and from the airport and to a town an hour away for solar viewing at 1:03 CDT. The retreat center also is providing box lunches for viewers and will …
Morning Briefing, International
… Neutrinos Spotted Bouncing Off Nuclei for the First Time Photographers gear up for August solar eclipse … From Italy with love: … Italy Has a Controversial New Plan to Stop Migrants …
Upcoming eclipse a sign of end times? Hardly so, Wisconsin priest says
… Dennis Sadowski … Catholic News Service … The word from some quarters is that the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse is a harbinger of the end times, but one Wisconsin priest hardly thinks so. Fr. … creation and build stronger bonds with God while enjoying a rare astronomical event. The total solar eclipse is the first to be seen from coast to coast since 1918. The 70-mile-wide eclipse …
In world awash with weapons, there's a better way
… kits, water pumps and filtering kits, modern latrines, farm tools, wind turbines, solar panels, mass transit trains, affordable electric cars and mobile hospitals. For those who …
Morning Briefing
… has eyes on becoming one of the first homeless centers in the country to run solely on solar power . … Elsewhere on the newsstands: … In the early hours Friday, the Senate failed …
Homeless center goes solar, adds to 'faith bottom line'
… James Dearie … The Catholic Action Center here will soon adopt solar power as its sole source of energy, perhaps becoming one of the first homeless centers in … Center and has served as its director since, said that she began to envision the switch to solar power when she got approval to buy the previously city-owned building earlier this year. As … also based in Lexington, to help put together a plan. The firm has previous experience as a solar energy leader, helping a local coal mining company open a solar farm on an old mine strip, …
There goes the neighborhood
… depend on ocean waters for food, climate control and transport. We can talk all we want about solar panels and rain barrels, but the fact is that most of the developed world is doing little …