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Recycling Compact Flourescent Bulbs
 Home Depot announced that it will provide recycling of compact flourescent lightbulbs (CFLs) at all of its stores. The increased use of CFLs has brought concern about the mercury used in the bulbs. While the mercury is not released into the atmosphere when the bulb is used, it would be if the bulb was broken or crushed when thrown in the trash. Eventhough the amount of mercury is 1/1000th the amount of mercury that is in many home thermostats, many people are still concerned about what to do with the bulbs once they burn out. Now they have an alternative to disposing of them with other hazardous materials.
Now, anyone can simply bring in any burned out, unbroken CFLs, and give them to the store associate behind the returns desk. The bulbs will then be "managed responsibly by an environmental management company who will coordinate CFL packaging, transportation and recycling to maximize safety and ensure environmental compliance." This according to a Home Depot press release. Click here to view the entire statement.
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Community-Wide Computer Recycling Event
St. Paul United Methodist Church will be hosting a community wide computer recycling event on Saturday, August 23rd from 9-3 at 2000 Douglass Boulevard.
Bring your old and obsolete computers and electronics to St. Paul on that day and they will be "recycled according to all state, federal and EPA requirements and that nothing will be shipped to overseas markets that misuse these materials." Commonwealth Computer Recycling, LLC (www.recyclelouisville.com) will provide the recycling service. Items that will be recycled that day are: computers, monitors, printers, copiers, faxes, keyboards, mice and any other computer peripherals. You may even bring your old cell phones, PDA?s and pagers and donate them to help support the United Methodist Children?s Homes.
There will be a fee of $2 per carload.
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This is an urgent request because America's clean energy incentive program is about to expire.
These programs have allowed us to make important strides forward in developing technological solutions to the problems of global warming and dependence on dirty  fossil fuels.
Unfortunately, these critical tax incentives are about to expire at the end of the year.
In May, the House of Representatives extended the tax incentives, so now it's up to the Senate to vote for on S. 3335, which includes an eight-year extension of the commercial and residential solar tax incentive.
As a friend of Interfaith Power and Light and person of faith, please urge your senators to act immediately to support legislation that includes a long-term extension of these critical clean energy and energy efficiency tax incentives.
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They are having a PARTI
Presbytery's Annual Resource and Training Institute
Our Call to Green the  Faith
Saturday, August 23
9:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
featuring
Rev. Carol F. Johnton,
Associate Professor of Theology and Culture, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis.
Eco-Justice 101 in the Bible
The event his being held at Beulah Presbyterian Church on the corner of Bardstown & Beulah Church Roads. KIPL Director, Tim Darst, will be facilitating a workshop on Stewardship of Energy.
Register online at www.midkentuckypresbytery.org.
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Congregations in Action
See what's going on at Clifton Universalist Unitarian Church, The Center for Interfaith Relations and Thomas Jefferson Universalist Unitarian Church at KIPL's Congregations in Action page.
Tell us what your community is doing and/or send photos and we will add a page for your community.
New Member
Welcome to St. Matthew's Episcopal Church our latest Covenant Community!
Programmable Thermostat
Just as it doesn't make sense to let your car engine run all night long on the belief that this will use less fuel than turning it off at night and on in the morning, it doesn't make sense to let your home's heating or cooling system run continuously when no one is there. During the heating season, for instance, lowering your thermostat by ten degrees for eight hours at night can reduce your energy costs by as much as seven percent, with no sacrifice in comfort. A programmable themostat will ensure that your heating/cooling system runs less often during the day when the house is unoccupied, and less at night after everyone has gone to bed. They will also turn your heating or cooling system back on before you wake up or come home, so you may never notice a change (except when you get lower heating or cooling bills).
Tip of the Month
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