Faiths Connect for Climate Action

My work lends hands-on kits to teachers to use teaching their students about energy. But of course, with everything thoroughly handled by kids, sometimes damage happens! So I got out my soldering iron and repaired three or four alligator clips where the wire had gotten detached from the clip on the end, and then I added on a new wire to a mini...

I just got back from a local meeting about my city's work rewriting our zoning code. I was really glad to see that they were considering factors like housing density, mixed-use commercial and residential, better pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and EV chargers. Still, I was glad I was there to remind everyone that (barring natural...

Inside we focus more on immediate concerns - ourselves, work, and our immediate family and friends - while outside we are often moved to a more all encompassing view where we can appreciate nature and the people in our communities and world.

The largest area for me currently is housing, though the area where I have the most ability to reduce my footprint is likely transportation. Some changes I could make include reducing dairy, walking rather than driving, and shopping second hand.

Well, obviously one can use the power of the sun through solar panels. But you can also "passively" use the sun by opening curtains on windows facing the sun when you need more light and heat, and drying clothes and hair in the sun, instead of using electric power to do so. In developing countries people sometimes use solar ovens or...

Unfortunately a lot of electricity in Wisconsin is still generated by coal and natural gas. The good news is that they have been steadily closing coal plants in the last 5 years, and steadily adding lots of new utility-scale solar. The bad news is that they're delaying one coal plant closing, and perhaps even building a new natural gas plant,...

I just watched a webinar about Project Drawdown's new Explorer feature, and it looks awesome! https://drawdown.org/explorer They have dozens of climate solutions listed, with information about how much of an impact they could have and a bunch of additional resources to learn about the solution and how to get involved no matter what level of...

I got a video about belly dancing out from the library and tried it out! Very fun, but my hips are definitely not practiced at moving like that!

One big thing was adding a heat pump - because they're moving heat, not creating it, they're a lot more efficient than pretty much any other method of heating your home. So I've now done that! Now I want to swap out the other heating appliances in my home for heat pumps - my water heater and dryer. But it's also just fascinating seeing what...

It was a very difficult decision - it was the first time we've canceled a trip in our lives. We had been invited to a conference put on by an NGO in Kathmandu, Nepal, and we planned to go to promote clean energy and environmental action in the Himalayas. But then, due to civil unrest in Nepal, the conference was canceled. So the question for us...