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Upcoming events
Healthy Food, Local Farms Conference
 "The Politics of Food" is the theme of this year's conference to be held at the University of Louisville on September 6 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Daniel Imhoff, author of Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to a Food and Farm Bill and of Farming with the Wild: Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms and Ranches is the featured speaker. Other speakers include Wendell Berry, Christopher Cook, Judy Wick and more. KIPL Director, Tim Darst, will participate in a panel discussion on food and the environment.
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PCUSA ECO-Fair
 The National Staff Association of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is sponsoring an ECO-Fair at
Presbyterian Headquarters
100 Witherspoon Street
Thursday, September 18
10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
KIPL will be participating in the fair. Please come down and see us.
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Clifton Unitarian Good Earth Awards
 Social Justice Awards for corporations and individuals will be awarded for Corporate Action, Progressive Action and Hometown Heroes.
September 10
8 a.m.
Water Tower
Come see local heroes of the environment get recognized for their actions.
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| Action Alert |
LG&E Energy and Kentucky Utilities are asking the Public Service Commission (PSC) for permission to raise their rates. Among the reasons they give is to fund the construction of more coal-fired power plants, specifically the new Trimble County Plant. They cannot raise the rates without PSC permission. We must stop the construction of these plants by stopping the funding.
Please urge the PSC to deny permission to LG&E and Kentucky Utilites to raise our rates.
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World Car Free Day
Monday, September 22
A day recognized around the world as one day to try to go without your car. Take the bus, bike or walk. Work at home or take the day off, God's creation will thank you.
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Just Creations Shopping to benefit the St. William Solar Panel Project
 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Friday, August 29, ride the trolley and shop fair trade while supporting our efforts to purchase sustainable energy of our church. Fifteen percent of that night's sales will go to the solar panel project. We buy fair trade goods because it helps to provide a fair wage for the artisans and enables them to pay for food, education, health care, and housing. With sustainable energy, we are preserving the mountains that are home to the people of Appalachia and we are preserving clean air for us all to breathe.
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Congregations in Action
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St. Agnes, Louisville
Southland Christian, Lexington
Maple Mount Ursulines
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Welcome
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
...our latest Covenant Community!
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KIPL can speak on a variety of topics related to caring for God's creation. We would love to share them with your congregation
Volunteers Needed
Please email us if you would like to help out. We have jobs to meet a variety of talents.
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Tip of the Month
Reducing your electricity during the peak period of the day (4 p.m. to 8 p.m.) can save money and the environment too.
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The Kentucky Council of Churches' Program Unit on Local Economies and the Environment is having a contest for Earth Day 2009. Kentucky school children can win $1000 by writing about what needs to be done between Earth Day 2008 and Earth Day 2009 to make the world a more stable, healthier place.
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