Meeting: Monday, October 5, 2009 at 6:00 PM

Main Public Library on Monroe St. upstairs on the 2nd floor

Agenda: TBD

Event: Energy Forum - October 13-14th - Register and promote to your networks

Energy Forum 2009: Challenges and Possibilities for Alabama. October 13-14 2009, at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens Sign up now! And send the attached Energy Forum 2009 flyer and schedule, along with a personal note, to your colleagues, friends, and work and faith communities.

Consider becoming an exhibitor or sponsor, and invite others to contribute as well. Energy Forum 2009 is hosted by the Interfaith Environmental Initiative of Alabama“Engaging faith and science to sustain and enhance the life of Earth” www.interfaithenvironmental.org

Please consider how you would like to help make Energy Forum 2009 be the success we all hope it will be. Thanks for all you are doing for Care of Creation. See you at Energy Forum 2009! Ginny and Eleanor Virginia N. Brown, M.S.E.M., Co-Convener, Interfaith Environmental Initiative of Alabama browngnbrown@charter.net Eleanor McKenzie DelBene, D.Min., Co-Convener, Interfaith Environmental Initiative of Alabama Liaison, Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Task Force for The Stewardship of Creation eleanor@presence.org

Event: Saturday, Sept.12 2009 - Interfaith Mission Services Volunteer Day

Just a reminder that Saturday Sept.12 is the Interfaith Mission Services Volunteer Day and one of the environmental projects is clearing trails at Hayes Nature Perserve. Please register and get all information at http://www.interfaithmissionservice.org/unity2009.html

The Day is designed for those who want to improve our community through opportunities to connect through service. There are projects for all ages and abilities - some are local agencies, others global - all can be completed in just a few hours. As we work we do that most human thing- we talk, we dialogue, we recognize one another as people who care about this world we share. The physical work will be completed that day but the experience of working with others who have differences but believe that together we can create a better world will be long-lasting.

Citizens will arrive between 7:30 and 8:00, gathering for breakfast and fellowship. From 8:00 to 8:30 there will be a unity celebration, creative dialogue, and a time of matching of people with diverse teams that will then leave to work at their site locations. The day will end at each site mid-day. The score of service sites located across Madison County with a variety of great projects will allow people to connect and serve working through diverse teams “side by side” with other members of your community.

Article: One Man’s Trash ...

Great example of reuse!!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/garden/03recycle.html

Indeed, city officials worked closely with Mr. Phillips in 2004 to set up a recycled building materials warehouse where builders, demolition crews and building product manufacturers can drop off items rather than throwing them in a landfill. There’s no dumping fee and donations are tax deductible because the materials are used exclusively by charitable groups or for low-income housing.

Meeting: Monday, August 31, 2009 at 6:00 PM

Please come to our next meeting this Monday, August 31, 2009 at 6:00 at the Main Public Library 2nd floor lounge to help finalize our plans for the Green U on Sat. Sept. 26th. This may be the most important environmental event of this year. Our positive presence linking with the public will help our organization, become better known so we can have more of an influence with the body politic. We appreciate all the hard work that has gone into this organization thus far.

Please continue helping us make the Green Coalition a household name in our community.

See you Monday! Have a good week, Lynn

Event: Flint Riverkeeper: Cookout, Campout, and Canoe to help Protect the Flint

Join the Georgia Conservancy and the Flint Riverkeeper on the banks of the Flint River at the Gerald I. Lawhorn Scouting Base (about an hour south of Atlanta) on Thursday September 24th for a cookout and a bluegrass concert featuring the world famous Packway Handle Band.

The evening will also feature leading experts on protecting the Flint River including Georgia Conservancy President Pierre Howard and Flint Riverkeeper board chair Paul Deloach. There will be the opportunity to campout (tents and air mattresses provided) and take a canoe trip the next morning on the Flint River (canoe, paddle and safety equipment provided).

• Who: Friends and members of the Flint Riverkeeper and the Georgia Conservancy
• Cost: $25 for cookout ($40 for two tickets), $50 for cookout, campout, paddle, $150 family cookout, campout, canoe
• Where: Gerald I. Lawhorn Scouting Base, Molena, Ga (south of Pine Mountain and north of Sprewell Bluff)
• Description: A fun evening on the Flint River - guests have the option to camp out and paddle the next day

Event: National Public Lands Day Clean up on the Flint River - September 19, 2009

National Public Lands Day Clean up on the Flint River - Flint River Conservation Association
Plan to attend. Details coming soon!

Questions contact: flintriverconservation@gmail.com

Save the date: September 19, 2009