[Green] Earth month service and adult RE

[Rebecca Phillips]

I can do April 9 if the group is okay with that topic.


Rebecca


"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."?? Cicero


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From: Green <green-bounces at fuusm.org> on behalf of Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 10:40 PM
To: Green Sanctuary List for Environment Issues
Cc: Dawn Hewitt
Subject: [Green] Earth month service and adult RE

Dear Green friends,

According to the Confluence, Rev Kat is planning a sermon related to April Fool’s Day for April 2. So, I propose we claim Gene Berry’s presentation on water on April 23 as our service. Perhaps we can offer to assist the worship assistant in planning the other elements of the service. Dave Ballantyne is willing to give a presentation on solar power for the service, but would prefer to do so during the summer, downstairs, when AV is more feasible. That makes sense.

So, the four RE sessions we need to fill are April 2, 9, 23, and 30. Dave also said he’d be willing to present at two of them: one on working with local government (a presentation I found interesting, informative, and inspiring at a MOVCA meeting); and the other on the science of climate change—which seems like a topic based on FACTS we all might find useful to understand. I hope you agree with me that these are worthy topics. Dave said he’d like to claim back-to-back weeks, and had a slight preference for the 23 and 30.

So, George Banziger has offered to present a hands-on workshop on early-season sowing using old milk jugs. (I, too, learned this technique from Cindy Brown, and had great success with it last year.).  If George were to present this on April 2, it would be great timing for starting warm-weather crops such as tomatoes, peppers, and maybe beans. (Lettuces and other greens can be planted directly in the ground in March.)  George, would you be willing to do this on April 2?

That leaves April 9, and Rebecca Phillips has offered to present on gardening for pollinators, which she taught for a learning-in-retirement course. That, too, sounds like a worthy topic to me. Would you be willing to do that on April 9, Rebecca?

Other ideas or inputs or suggestions are welcome, but I think we have a plan here. So, here’s a different way of looking at it:

April 2: George on early-season sowing
April 9: Rebecca on gardening for pollinators
April 16: Easter, so no RE
April 23: Dave on climate science
April 30: Dave on working with local governments

Feedback and input, please! Questions and criticism are very welcome!

Thanks.

—dawn
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