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July 2010 eNewsletter                     www.kentuckyipl.org

In this issue...
Greetings from KIPL
Louisville Gathering
Lexington Gathering
2010 Green Sparks Awards
Climate Change Presentation
Inconvenient Youth
Thomas Merton Ecology Conference
KIPL Blog

Dear ,
     This past month Rosetta Fackler and I continued to work on the Greening West Louisville program by performing our third energy audit. Our advocacy efforts with the Kentucky Sustainable Energy Alliance took me to Lexington and for outreach efforts to Pewee Valley. John Patterson and I both went to presenter training in Nashville with The Climate Project. We are excited about the KIPL Gatherings that we have coming up and hope that many of you can attend.

                        Many blessings,


                        Tim Darst
Louisville Gathering
Come join us for our Louisville Gathering on Saturday, July 24 at Highland Baptist Church from 11am - 1 pm. Lunch will be provided. Please join us for a facilitated discussion of "People of Faith Responding to Environmental Disaster." For more details and to register click here.
Lexington GatheringGathering
Come join us for for our Lexington Gathering on Sunday, August 1 from 1 to 3 p.m at Twin Pines Christian Church. The speaker will be Randy Wilson who will have just returned from a Witness for Peace trip to Columbia, South America having toured coal mining communities there. Randy lives and works in Appalachain where works tirelessly to save the mountains. Click here to register and for more details.
2010 Green Spark Awards
Project Warm is accepting nominations for its 2010 Green Spark Awards up until July 11. The awards honor members of our community who have made a real difference in reducing energy use through innovation, community service, and public education. Click here for more information on how to nominate your congregation.
A Day Conference on Thomas Merton and Ecology
Saturday, October 16th Hilary's at Bellarmine University will hold a day conference entitled "Letters to a Green Liberal: Thomas Merton's Call to Ecological Responsibility" from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.   Click here for more information.

 Congregations In Action 

Click on the congregation name to see what's going on with:

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth

St. James Episcopal Church, Pewee Valley


Tell us what your community is doing and/or send photos and we will add a page for your community.

Send information to info@kentuckyipl.org

KIPLog

KIPL's blog is featured on courier-journal.com

What do we do about the Gulf Oil Disaster- June 8, 2010

It's like a heatwave burning in my heart - June 18, 2010

Eight Presidents on Solving the Energy Crisis - June 25, 2010


Climate Change Presentation

The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Monroe, Michigan have put together a self-running Power Point presentation on Climate Change titled "This is Your Home."  It is available for download from their website.


Are the youth in your community looking to get involved?  Tell them about www.inconvenientyouth.org


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