Great Barrier Reef There’s more news on the Great Barrier Reef, more…bad news. I blogged on this natural wonder in OA – Part II. About the coral reefs of this once-spectacular UNESCO World Heritage site being killed by ocean acidification. …

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Many of you at St. Margaret’s Church know the energetic Samuel Enriquez. He’s a high-school-aged teen who’s being home-schooled and taking some courses at Anne Arundel Community College. Latin and calculus are among his current subjects. His environmental science course …

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Today I’m posting about what to me is some recent environmental research of the unnerving sort. Ocean Acidification – global  warming’s “equally evil twin.” I’ve lately been reading New Yorker Science writer Elizabeth Kolbert’s “The Sixth Extinction,” published last year by …

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of water from our Creator’s perspective.” This from the Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake’s Kolya Braun-Greiner, MDiv, Project Coordinator, Trees for Sacred Places. Her piece in the current bulletin is so worthy that I want you to see a good share of …

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First thing to note about the subject is that St. Margaret’s does not irrigate. No grass or plant bed sprinklering—even during summer heat waves. That decision should earn 4 LEED points for “Water Efficient Landscaping – reduce by 50% or …

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Before the proceedings began the other Wednesday afternoon, I walked up to Kim Coble in the MD Senate Office Building 1st floor hearing room and said: “I just want you to know you have another friend in the audience.” She …

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Hotelier InterContinental Hotels Group, one of the world’s largest, makes an announcement today on its green initiatives (full press release linked here).  Following is an excerpt of it from PRNewswire: ATLANTA, Feb. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®) today announces that IHG Green …

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