This page is dedicated to educating our members, visitors and anyone who comes to our church's website. Educating as to ways to conserve energy, reuse things rather than fill landfills, recycle when feasible and information on our natural world and how people, companies, countries and groups are helping our world be more green, healthy and flourishing.
We discussed these issues for quite some time in the Adult Discussion Sunday School class that meets in the church library every Sunday morning at 9-9:45 am. This series was just finished in late August. During these many sessions we became more aware of the issues confronting all humans on Planet Earth as to keeping our environment healthy and trying to waste less resources as well as use more sustaining resources. Small changes we can make that will help our planet and that we can encourage others to do to enlarge our impact on these issues.
Things like using compostable cups and plates rather than foam ones. Like paper towels made of bamboo or using Swedish dishcloths or fabric dish towels rather than the typical paper towels which consume many trees every year. We think more about the impact of human activities on our world and we want others here to think about these issues and maybe make some small changes in purchase choices and how we deal with stuff we don't want anymore. We can make a positive impact as a church through the efforts of everyone who attends here and maybe visitors to this website.
Anyone who has ideas or resources, please contact Angela Drake.
Hi folks, here is a great article on how five US cities are working to a greener world. Good uplifting reading! https://www.newsweek.com/2023/10/06/how-these-five-cities-are-leading-way-greener-world-1829866.html
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Let’s start the new year off with a resolution to live more sustainably and to add less to landfill sites. If you need ideas, there are places to explore to move you in the right direction: think sustainability and be more helpful to our planet. If you find great ideas share them on social media with your friends, peeps and family. We all need to work together to have a real impact on these environmental issues that should concern is all as passengers on “spaceship“ Earth!
Social media is a good starting point. On facebook I found several sustainable living groups to follow, chock full of awesome ideas to do things in a more sustainable manner. Five or six different groups just called “sustainable living”. Check a few out and see if you like what you see/read. On BlueSky query “sustainable living” and a number of posts pop up. Look on your favorite social media sites and you might well find some interesting content on living a more sustainable lifestyle. Podcasts are another place to explore sustainability; here is a link to an article on top podcasts about environmental concerns: 23 Best Environmental Podcasts of 2024 | Earth.Org.
If you haven’t already found this site I suggest “Recycle, Reuse and Repurpose on facebook. It is full of suggestions by other social media users on how to avoid adding to landfills by throwing out everything you possibly could. Plus, there facebook groups for sharing or swapping: this one comes up for our location: Buy Nothing Hellertown/Lower Saucon Township, PA | Facebook. Another group is “Planet Warriors” which has inspiring posts on projects folks have done in a sustainable manner. I bet there are even more groups; look around!
And, if you want more information on sustainability, I suggest One5C.com which will send out messages on ways to under consume or to live a more sustainable life style.
According to swnsdigital, 51% of Americans say that their partner or roommate has made them ore sustainable in their everyday lives! Do just a little bit of exploring and you will find many ideas for how you can reduce your negative environmental impact. Just imagine if 20% more Americans did this! The impact would be substantial. Do your little bit and be part of the important movement to live more sustainably!
A mini lesson on plug and play solar panels: AC solar panels (also known as AC modules), sometimes called “plug and play” modules, are solar panels that already have an integrated inverter. Manufacturers and distributors ship these solar panels with a microinverter already attached to the back of the panel.
Inverters are critical components of solar panel systems because they convert direct current (DC) electricity produced by solar panels into usable AC electricity for your home’s use. AC modules convert the electricity to AC at each panel rather than traveling from the meetings to a central inverter. This conversion also happens at the panel site when you buy and install solar panels and microinverters as separate components. Still, many installers prefer AC modules because they’re easier to store, transport, and install on rooftops.