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...
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Ruth Marchetti
May 282 min
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...
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Sarah Singal
Mar 212 min
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...
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Sarah Singal
Feb 142 min
"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...
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Sarah Singal
Dec 17, 20234 min
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...
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Sarah Singal
Oct 31, 20237 min
A Dutch Impression, Part II: Agriculture
Photo: animals return; buckwheat and huttentut ("canola" family). Photos courtesy of LandvonOns. Agriculture organizations In the last 70...
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Sarah Singal
Sep 5, 20236 min
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...
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Ruth Marchetti
Aug 11, 20232 min
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...
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Sarah Singal
Jun 16, 20233 min
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...
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Sarah Singal
Apr 26, 20232 min
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...
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Ruth Marchetti
Apr 10, 20232 min
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...
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Ruth Marchetti
Apr 8, 20232 min
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...
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Ruth Marchetti
Feb 14, 20231 min
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...
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Ruth Marchetti
Feb 13, 20231 min
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...
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Sarah Singal
Nov 30, 20222 min
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...
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Sarah Singal
Nov 20, 20222 min
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...
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Sarah Singal
Aug 20, 20222 min
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!)...
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Sarah Singal
Jul 18, 20222 min
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...
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Ruth Marchetti
Jul 6, 20222 min
A Place of Respite
Take a drive through Rochester neighborhoods and you’re likely to see small shrines scattered along the sidewalks. They can be found in...
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Sarah Singal
Apr 28, 20222 min
Hey Kids, Make Your Own Carbon Catcher
Hey, Kids— The First Universalist Ecojustice Group wants to share a secret with you. We’ll show you how to make your very own Carbon...
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