Carmel Green Initiative Newsletter

Greetings!

Here are some green updates and programs…

Green Gift Shop this Thursday!
Are you looking for ways to make your holiday shopping a little greener and earth–friendly? Check out the Green Gift Shop this Thurs. Dec. 4, 1:30-7pm at the Carmel Library.  Local businesses will showcase green gifts that are local, organic, natural, recycled, reused or repurposed. Please stop by the CGI table to say “hello”. Read more.

Extreme Weather Trends
Huge thanks to IU Environmental Resilience Institute for sharing science on how climate change is affecting Indiana communities and state interests.  If you missed the webinar or want to see it again, click here.  Click here to see other upcoming events.

Katharine Hayhoe
Huge thanks to IU Spirit and Place Festival for bringing in an amazing keynote speaker. Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy, evangelical Christian, and author of Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World. Click here to see Hayhoe’s inspiring insights starting at 14 minutes.

Easy Ways to Go Green
Make sustainability your top priority. Everything we do impacts our earth in some way. Change habits that will lessen your impact on our shared home. We can do this together!  Here’s how to calculate your household carbon footprint and some easy ways to go green.  In general, the big sources of carbon emissions for the typical household and business are electricity, transportation and CAFO beef.

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Sincerely,
Leslie Webb
President
Carmel Green Initiative
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