HAMILTON BURLINGTON KAIROS EVENT

Saturday February 21st 2009
Our volunteer Richard Reble was a guess speaker at the
HAMILTON BURLINGTON KAIROS EVENT "TOWARDS AN ECONOMY OF LIFE: ADVOCATING FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE”
He spoke to an audience of 60 people.

Truec City Conference Break Out

Sat February 21st 2009
I attended the True City Conference Breakout session-Digging into Environmental Concern:Exploring stories of how churches have tangibly worked to decrease their collective environmental footprint as a broader witness within our culture.
I was impressed by the attendance- most of the room was filled with young men in their early 20s. The focus seemed to be around food, conserving farm land,but also the need for commitment and support in sustainability ventures at church. One lady expressed frustration and getting congregation members to simply recycle! The suggestion was that children out to get involved since they have grown up with this drummed into their psyche!
100 energy saving kits were distributed at the conference.

Screening Updates

Screenings:
Feb 11th -Environment Hamilton Volunteer, Richard Reble screened A crude Awakening for the Baha’i youth committee (30 Renata Court in Dundas). He also did a screening at Holy Sacrament School to an audience of mostly parents. Richard gave away close to 40 kits at this event.
Richard will be offering another screening at Church of the Ascension,
64 Forest Avenue in Hamilton on March 2nd at 7pm.

Energy Workshop

Sunday February, 15th at Meadowlands Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Ancaster.
We had a great turn out thanks to Denise Neutel who worked really hard to get members of her congregation out. A good 35 people showed up to learn about energy conservation, and we are hopeful that from this event a working group might emerge,that will focus on sustainability.
We look forward to Denise's talk on the 28th which will be about her experience retrofitting her 1950s bungalow to super energy efficient standards. She will also be giving a tour of the church which is the only geo thermally heated and cooled church of its kind in North America!

Jan 31st-Eco House Tour

Eco House Eco House tour:

EcoHouse is a place where healthy living principles are upheld and demonstrated to encourage, inspire, and support people in their efforts to reduce their impact on the environment by adopting sustainable living practices and retrofitting their homes.
Tour:http://ecohouse.greenventure.ca/