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Arrests in the Capitol
December 9,10,11 2024 The Climate Superfund Act was passed by the NY State Senate and Assembly in the summer of 2024, but the Governor...
elizbeutler
Feb 142 min read
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Finding Hope and Joy in the Advent Season
Many of us are struggling with hope right now. The world’s painful problems appear increasingly unresolvable and the always-imperfect...
Ruth Marchetti
Dec 4, 20243 min read
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The Red Line: A "Climate Chain" Along the Dutch Coastline, by Tonny Willenborg
July 2024: At 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, June 23, 2024, many tens of thousands of people dressed in red joined hands along the Dutch...
Sarah Singal
Jul 23, 20242 min read
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Collaboration Makes a Garden Grow
Since planting a tree in memory of Daniel Prude in 2020, RAICA has deepened its relationship with the very gracious leadership at...
Ruth Marchetti
May 28, 20242 min read
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A Palm Sunday Message from Mother Earth by Marilyn Catherine, St. Monica's Church
My Dear People, You might say for as long as I’ve been around, I’ve been God’s storyteller revealing how the Divine moves through death...
Sarah Singal
Mar 21, 20242 min read
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"One Week. Together."
"To make sense of the defining crisis of our time. To get ready for the defining adventure of our time." These are the words that greet...
Sarah Singal
Feb 14, 20242 min read
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Language and Hope, December 2023
Noon near the winter solstice. At the December meeting of the RAICA Steering Committee we were in a somber mood. People described...
Sarah Singal
Dec 17, 20234 min read
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A Dutch Impression, Part II: Agriculture
Photo: animals return; buckwheat and huttentut ("canola" family). Photos courtesy of LandvonOns. Agriculture organizations In the last 70...
Sarah Singal
Oct 31, 20237 min read
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The Climate Crisis: A Dutch Impression, Part I, by Tonny Willenborg
How it used to be. I grew up in the Netherlands, in a beautiful village surrounded by a few farms with small fields, meadows with...
Sarah Singal
Sep 5, 20236 min read
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A New Season
There’s a new garden next to St. Joseph School in Penfield, filled with native plants that feed our native pollinators, an effort to help...
Ruth Marchetti
Aug 11, 20232 min read
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An Invitation to Faith Communities by Dave Inglis
In the face of our global climate emergency, how can faith communities make environmental stewardship a meaningful, uniting faith...
Sarah Singal
Jun 16, 20233 min read
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Creation Collaborative Film and Conversation
by Rev Jen Lessard Greetings fellow lovers of Creation, I am the pastor of two wonderful and progressive fellowship communities in the...
Sarah Singal
Apr 26, 20232 min read
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The Best Way to Spend a Sunday in May
It may be hard to give up a Sunday afternoon in May, but people of faith who care about the well-being of our earth and all who live...
Ruth Marchetti
Apr 10, 20232 min read
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Inspired by Faith
Nearly all religious traditions have a deep respect for the earth, its plant life, its creatures, and the humans who inhabit it. They...
Ruth Marchetti
Apr 8, 20232 min read
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Time to Gather
It's been a rough few years. Even now, many people with heightened risk factors avoid crowded in-person gatherings. But we miss the human...
Ruth Marchetti
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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Time in the Desert
Many Christians observe Lent, a period of prayer, fasting and almsgiving in the 40 days leading up to Easter. The writers of the Gospels...
Ruth Marchetti
Feb 13, 20231 min read
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Ten Principles of Climate Justice from Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development
To support, challenge and inspire discussions during COP 27, ICSD* partnered with the Peace Department and the Elijah Interfaith...
Sarah Singal
Nov 30, 20222 min read
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Time to Move the Climate Act Forward, by John Keevert
CLIMATE, JOBS & JUSTICE PACKAGE A CLIMATE JUSTICE ROADMAP FOR NEW YORK STATE vidiani maps Priorities: 1. Fully Fund and Implement New...
Sarah Singal
Nov 20, 20222 min read
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Where is the Intersection of Faith and Climate Action? In the garden, for one.
September is the time of year when the garden is winding down. We look at what has worked well—what vegetables have thrived (radishes!)...
Sarah Singal
Aug 20, 20222 min read
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Happy Independence Day! Happy Interdependence Day! by Moshe Kornfeld
Dear friends, My wedding anniversary is today, July 5th. Each year, I joke with my spouse that July 4th is Independence Day and July 5th...
Sarah Singal
Jul 18, 20222 min read
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