Celebrate Eco Sunday on April 19! We will welcome K Ruth, Executive Director of PA Interfaith Power and Light as our guest that day. PA IPL is an organization that works to cultivate a religious response to climate change. K will speak about the work of PA IPL during worship and lead an education hour program at 9:45. Special education programming for our Sunday School students will also be held that day. All are welcome!
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April Eco Tip
by Christine Corson and Jamie Anderson
Have you ever heard of Conservation Landscaping? According to GrowingGreenerCommunities.org, conservation landscaping is the practice of replacing turf grasses or hard surfaces with local native plants, shrubs, and/or trees.
Now that spring has arrived, you might consider rethinking how you manage turf grasses in an eco-friendly way that reduces fertilizer and pesticide use. This will involve removing some of your lawn area that doesn’t support wildlife. Pollinators, which are also good for birds and other species, are struggling with our non-native habitat, and sadly the lack of native plants reduces a habitat.
Starting a conservation landscape is not difficult and can be as easy as planting a few native plants in pots around the outside of your home or extensive as removing large areas of sod from your lawn and planting more native plants to create a meadow.
If you’re interested in learning more about conservation landscaping, visit these websites: growinggreenercommunities.org/conservation-landscaping or Homegrownnationalpark.org.
National Faith and Climate Forum
Reformation will be hosting a National Faith and Climate Forum on Saturday, April 25 from 12 noon to 5:30 pm in the ROCK Room. For more info, please reach out to Marilyn Berberich or visit NationalFaithandClimateForum.org.