Father Sam Fuller, IREJN Board member, calls for the city of Concord and its residents to show some “Yankee ingenuity” to create clean, renewable energy for the city.
Patrick Cage, a former intern for the Massachusettes United Church of Christ Conference, attended the Paris Conference this past year. He is currently traveling on a speaking tour, sharing his thoughts on how we can implement the Paris agreement.
Artificial crumb rubber turf is commonly used on public school fields, as well as municipal parks. However, there is growing concern over the chemicals in crumb rubber and the danger they present to the children who play sports and other activities on them.
On July 1, 2015, the CT State Legislature passed groundbreaking legislation to completely phase out plastic microbeads from cosmetic products within three years. Read what toxics organizer Susan Eastwood had to say in the CT Mirror.
On May 31, IREJN presented the CT Climate March with our friends at 350CT, the Sierra Club, and the CT Coalition for Environmental Justice. Over 600 people came out to march for climate justice! The March ended at the Hartford Earth Festival, where people listened to great music, ate tasty local food, and got involved with some of the greatest environmental organizations in CT!
It’s January and it’s freezing out. We totally get it. Time to through a bunch of ingredients in the slow cooker and experience some seriously warming deliciousness! Enjoy this healthy Vegetable and Chickpea Curry.
Need a lesson plan for the Preach-In on Global Warming? Here is one developed by Terri Eickel, IREJN’s Executive Director. It was hugely successful in October and appropriate for all ages!
We just can’t handle the deliciousness and climate-friendliness of these five new recipes. Make sure to check out the rest of our fantastic recipes in our Climate Kitchen!
The next time someone asks you for an appetizer, don’t run to the grocery store to get chips and dip. Instead, impress them with this delicious (and nutritious) snack!
I know what you are thinking. IREJN is posting a recipe for grilled vegetables? Who doesn’t know how to grill some vegetables? Answer: YOU, because you don’t have the recipe for my awesome marinade. But now you do. YOU’RE WELCOME.