Greening Grace

Faith Communities involved in Climate Change Conversation

2011-12-06T10:03:00.001-05:00

Bishop Geoff Davies is at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa (COP17). He was interviewed by OneClimate.net, who are reporting live from Durban during COP17. Bishop Davies relates the need for action on climate change and the economic resistance to abolishing slavery in England and Apartheid in South Africa.

Here are some other really powerful quotes from Bishop Davies:

We believe in life before death.

Christians should worry less about getting to heaven and more about climate crisis on earth

We have been tasked by God to look after this creation and to look after one another on this creation.

Destruction of creation is a sin against God and crime against humanity.

Listen to this powerful call to action of the Faith Community by Bishop Davies.

Peace, Jon

In your mind, what is the most important thing (or lack of) coming out of the international negotiations in Durban?

Energy-upgrade work party at Shiloh Church in Medford

2011-11-17T10:37:00.001-05:00

The Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) is doing weatherization barn-raising on Saturday, Nov 19th at 9am at the Shiloh Baptist Church.

You may recall that HEET helped Grace Church do our own weatherization barnraising that was amazingly successful last year. I encourage everyone that can, regardless of skill level to join in and lend a hand. You'll definitely meet some great people and if you're not careful, you might learn something too.

Details:

Saturday, November 19, 2011

9am to 1pm

Shiloh Baptist Church in West Medford

1 Holton & Bower

West Medford, MA 02155

Please sign up so they know how many to expect. You can choose to be a normal volunteer, a team leader in training or if you really know what you are doing a team leader. They can use all skill levels.

Sign Up for Energy-Upgrade work party at Shiloh Baptist Church

Here is some snippets from the sign up form about the event:

Shiloh Baptist Church, a low income, primarily black church needs some help reducing its energy bill. We will install efficient light bulbs, low-flow water measures, reduce drafts and build interior storm windows to reduce those cold winter drafts.
Learn how to reduce your own energy bill, while helping a church reduce its bills so it can continue to deliver great community services such as its food pantry, computer lab and community space.

Please invite your friends and neighbors too, but please sign up in advance.

Peace,
Jon

Grace Church is involved in the organization of the event, but I felt it was an event of interest to our community and one worth sharing broadly.

"FLOW" Showing at Unitarian Universalist Church on Friday

2011-11-14T09:50:00.001-05:00

Given the interest in social justice and water we have at Grace, I thought everyone should be aware of this opportunity to see this film. I haven't see it myself, but based on the description I want to see it.

Peace,
Jon

Nov. 18: Film in Medford about water and the environment

The Social Justice Committees of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford and the First Parish Church of Malden will hold a screening of the award-winning documentary, "FLOW", produced by Irena Salina.

Come learn about what experts and scientists are calling the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st century: the world water crisis.

Beyond identifying the problem, "FLOW" also gives viewers a look at practical solutions to the water crisis.

The film will be followed by a discussion led by Nick Cohen, a local expert in fresh water conservation, and an Environmental Justice Coordinator. Nick is also
with Tri-City Community Action Program, Inc. (Tri-Cap) and the Mystic River Watershed Collaborative.

The event takes place Friday, November 18, at 7 p.m. in Benker Hall, Unitarian Universalist Church, 147 High St., Medford. There will be refreshments served. All are welcome.

For further information contact: Michael Glen, 781-396-6424 or Karen Lynch,
781-420-6186.

Recycling those Candy Wrappers

2011-10-30T15:01:00.000-04:00

Bring in your candy wrappers to recycle!

Happy Halloween!

Tis the season of handy out and eating candy. Be sure to save your candy wrappers (and your kids') and bring them to church so we can recycle them through TerraCycle. So far this year we have raised over $150 from TerraCycle and kept pounds of material out of the landfills.

Other things that we can TerraCycle include:

Cookie Wrappers
Drink Pouches
Candy Wrappers
Energy Bar Wrappers (including Cereal Bar Wrappers)
Chip Bags

Unfortunately NO MORE COFFEE BAGS for TerraCycle. StarBucks stopped sponsoring the program and they have discontinued their recycling program for coffee bags.

Be sure to remove all crumbs from the wrappers before bringing them in and putting them in the kitchen corner by the oven.

If you'd be interested in helping to sort and pack up the wrappers for recycling, please talk to Alicia or Jonathan Hunt.

Happy Halloween!
Jon

Upcoming Green Events In and Around Medford

2011-09-16T12:15:00.000-04:00

Malden River Festival, Sat Sept 17, 10 am - 4 pm, River's Edge
Alicia Hunt will be there representing the City of Medford and will have the Toyota Plug-In Prius on display.

Flyer - for download
and printing

Moving Planet Ride to Boston and Rally for Climate Action: Sat, Sept 24, 1-5 pm, starting at the West Medford Commuter Rail Station, directly following the Great Women of Medford Bike Tour

Harvest Your Energy Festival & First Patriots Revolutionary War Re-enactment, Sat October 1, 1-4 pm, behind the McGlynn Elementary & Middle School

Print the flyer and post
at office and elsewhere

Grace Church will have a table sharing the things we have been doing to go green. Talk to Jonathan Hunt if you would like to help out at the table. Alicia Hunt and the Medford Energy Committee (Jonathan Hunt & John Rogers also serve on it) are hosting this exciting and educational event.

Medford Farmers Market, every Thursday, 3-7 pm through mid-October, Whole Foods on Route 16.

Peace!

Two GreenUp CleanUps this weekend

2011-06-13T12:37:00.000-04:00

Join us for not one, but two GreenUp CleanUps this Saturday, June 18th:

Cummings Park - 9-11 AM led by Laura Brereton
Roberts Elementary School Grounds 1:30-3:30 PM led by 3rd grader Jaeda Hamel

Come to one or both and lend a hand picking up trash, raking leaves and generally making our green and open spaces nicer for our kids and friends.

These are the last two scheduled this spring unless some additional leaders step forward to lead another park cleanup. Don't miss your chance to make a difference.

Green Up Clean Up Events this weekend plus a Memorial Tree Planting for Richard Lee

2011-05-12T15:52:00.001-04:00

There are several Green Up Clean Up community park cleanups this weekend and we hope many of you can attend one or more of them.

On Satruday, May 14, 2011, from 9AM to Noon is the clean up at Wright's Pond. There is much to do there, including gardening, in addition to the regular cleaning up. Please bring a water bottle, work gloves and dress to work! If you'd like to contribute, but can't go we're accepting donations of perrenials to be planted in the gardens.
Immediately following the cleanup, at noon, the Medford Arts Council, Friends of Wright's Pond, Grace Episcopal Church and the City of Medford invite you to the planting of a memorial tree in honor of Richard Lee, who served the Medford Community and loved our City.
The tree planting portion of the event is sponsored in part by a grant from the Medford Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Also on Saturday, from 10AM to 2PM is the annual spruce up at the Brooks Estate. Green Up Clean Up is sending a group to help with their event. There will be both indoor and outdoor tasks. Volunteers are welcome to come all day, or just for an hour. More information about that event is at http://www.brooksestate.org/events.php

POSTPONED to Sunday May 21st, from 1-3PM is a Green Up Clean Up event at Playstead Park. This event is being led by Brownie Troop 65007 from St Raphael's School. Come help the Brownies rake, pick up litter and paint equipment on Sunday!
For more information about Green Up Clean Up, please see http://gracemedford.org/greenupcleanup
Additional scheduled cleanups include:

June 4th - 10AM-12PM Barry Park - Chris DesAutels

June 18th - 9-11 AM Cummings Park - Laura Brebreton

August 27th - Tufts Park

This entry is cross-posted from Alicia's blog on the Medford Patch.

Successful GreenUp CleanUp at Carr Park

2011-05-08T14:28:00.002-04:00

Over 20 adults and children gathered for a community cleanup at Carr Park as part of the Green Up Clean Up effort organized by Grace Church. It was a beautiful spring day and volunteers quickly spread out around the park picking up trash and recycling, raking leaves and painting benches.

Local residents Cecilia Talamantes and Joan Cyr coordinated the efforts of volunteers from the church and local residents. While many people came intentionally to help clean the park, some volunteers joined on the spot. One mother was following her young son who was picking up trash said "We came to play in the park, but he says he doesn't want to play, he wants to help out!" John Falco of the School Committee was at the baseball field with his sons for a little league game, but stopped to help pick up trash and rake leaves while his youngest climbed on the equipment.

Unfortunately after about 50 minutes of cleaning it started to rain and a light sprinkle quickly became a down pour with lighting and thunder. Many of the workers tried to wait out the rain, but eventually they realized that they had done a solid job on the park and there was no end to the rain in sight. They consolidated the bags of trash and recycling down to just a few and loaded the equipment provided by Medford's DPW back onto the DPW truck for later pickup.

It was a rewarding and fun afternoon and we look forward to several more successful community clean ups over the coming weeks:

May 14th - 9AM-12PM Wrights Pond - Rev. Noah Evans
May 14th - Brooks Estate - Allison Andrews
May 15th - 1-3 PM Playstead Park - Medford Brownie Troop 65007
June 4th - 10AM-12PM Barry Park - Chris DesAutels
June 18th - 9-11 AM Cummings Park - Laura Brebreton

For a Greener Earth - Green Faith Series - Joseph Asaya

2011-05-01T16:12:00.000-04:00

Joseph Asaya showing his home made laminate solar panels.

On Wednesday, March 26, 2011 Josephy Asaya shared his story with Grace Church about how he is making a difference in Nigeria with solar energy. His story is shared below. Enjoy!

Think about what you can do to make a difference.

More stuff for TerraCycle - Cereal Bar (aka Energy Bar) Wrappers

2011-04-08T22:30:00.003-04:00

Box of candy wrappers to send into TerraCycle

Thank you to everyone for collecting and bringing in all the would be trash for TerraCycle:

Coffee bags
Juice Pouches
Chip Bags
Cookie Wrappers
Inkjet Cartridges (though we've decided to give those to the Robert's Elementary School PTO instead)
Candy Wrappers.

Through our efforts we have raised over $100 for Grace Church and recycled thousands of items that would have otherwise wound up in a landfill.

Great Job Grace Church!

During the last big sorting I noticed that a lot of people were collecting cereal bar wrappers which at the time we were unable to TerraCycle. I checked with TerraCycle and they said they consider them energy bars and so I signed us up for that campaign as well. So, in addition to all the great stuff above, you can now bring in cereal bar and energy bar wrappers.

If anyone is interested in helping with the management of Grace's TerraCycle program and sorting the items, please let me know as I'd love the help.

Peace!
Jonathan Hunt

Grace Church Celebrated Earth Hour

2011-03-29T11:01:00.001-04:00

On Saturday, March 26th, Grace Church joined with people from 131 countries to make a statement of support for addressing climate change by turning off our lights for Earth Hour 2011.

Below are pictures from the church with the lights on and off.

Grace Church - Lights ON

Grace Church - Lights OFF

And another view from Earth Hour 2011

Grace Church - Lights ON1

Grace Church - Lights OFF

Maybe next year we should have a candle lit party at the church...

Peace!

Join us for the Screening of the Work of 1,000 with Marion Stoddart

2011-03-28T11:51:00.001-04:00

On Wednesday, March 30 beginning at 6:45pm we will be showing the 30 minute documentary The Work of 1,000 directed by Sue Edwards and featuring Marion Stoddart and her work to save the Nashua River in NH. Following the screening, we are very excited to have both Marion Stoddart and Sue Edwards for a discussion.


Nashua River, NH before The Work of 1,000

This is the third of five parts of our Green Faith Series on Environmental Stewardship at Grace Church (160 High St). A community dinner is served at 6pm. All are welcome!

Check out http://gracemedford.org/greenfaith for a complete listing of the events and further details.

Here is some more information about the movie and Marion:

Marion Stoddart, a young mother of three, lived next to one of the nation's most polluted rivers. At a low point in her own life, she took on its clean-up as a personal cause-for herself, for the community, and for future generations. She had no special skills or training, but what she did have was a vision for what was possible. And, an unwavering resolve to save the dying river. Marion's historic success in cleaning up the Nashua River-recognized by the United Nations, National Geographic, and chronicled in books and now a movie-is an inspirational lesson about the impact one person can have in the world.

http://workof1000.org/

The screening is free, though we will be taking a free will offering to help defray the costs.

Come watch a 30-minute film about her, and meet Marion Stoddart as we discover together how we might turn our vision of change into a reality.

All are welcome!

Jon

Earth Hour this Saturday!

2011-03-23T22:25:00.001-04:00

Do you turn off the lights when you leave a room?

Why do you turn them off?

Do you know what Earth Day is?
How about Earth Hour?

Earth Hour is a global initiative where individuals, businesses, governments and communities are invited to turn out their lights for one hour to show their support for environmentally sustainable action.

When? Saturday March 26, 2011 at 8:30 to 9:30 PM (local time)

What? Turn off non-essential lights

Why? To show your support for environmentally sustainable action.

What else? Register at http://www.earthhour.org/ to be counted.

Grace Church is participating by turning off our exterior lights for Earth Hour this year.

The Greening Grace team encourages all members of the Grace Church Community to turn off their lights and to sign up with the Earth Hour website to show your support for this action.

Who else? The City of Boston and the State of Massachusetts are participating. The City of Boston list includes the following local participants and more:

• MA State Buildings
• Boston Hostelling
• IBEW 103
• The Lenox Hotel
• Westin Copley Place
• Museum of Science
• Boston Children’s Museum

Other places you may have heard of that are participating in Earth Hour 2011 include:

• The Empire State Building, New York
• Times Square, New York
• Christ the Redeemer statue, Brazil
• National Monument, Indonesia
• London Eye
• Eiffel Tower, Paris

Please join us in turning off your lights for Earth Hour and let us know by leaving a comment below!

Alicia

for the Greening Grace Team

Greener Earth: Leading Green Projects Locally and Internationally

2011-03-22T11:36:00.000-04:00

Join us as we welcome Joseph Asaya from the Greener Earth campaign dedicated to the full rejuvenation of the earth’s green nature by giving opportunities to people in the third world countries to have access to Solar Energy. Our discussion will include the benefits associated with living green such as cost benefits, reduction of carbon footprints and health benefits as well as the dangers of continuing in the status quo such as the rise of water level, global warming, death to polar bears and eventually the quick end to earth.

This is part of our “Wednesdays at Grace” Lenten Green Faith Series taking place every Wednesday evening from 6:45-8pm from March 16 to April 13 at Grace Episcopal Church in Medford, MA. Dinner will be served at 6:00pm.

All are welcome!

Eco-Worship with Bishop Bud Cederholm

2011-03-16T22:04:00.000-04:00

Tonight we gathered together in the Lords name to learn and worship with a focus on the world that God created. Bishop Bud Cederholm led us through an Eco-Themed Worship Service covering the aspects of Praise, Thanksgiving, Confession, Proclamation, Offering, & Prayer with a touch on Existing and New Practices.

The evening was filled with songs and poetry, reflection and sharing.

For me the reflection and exploration of the hazelnuts was moving. I also really enjoyed the music video "Take AIM at Climate Change" and the clear message to start by doing one little thing and then another to make a difference.

The next event in the Green Faith Lenten Series is coming up on Wednesday, March 23rd featuring Joseph Asaya sharing his work in Africa providing sustainable energy to rural areas. Please join us!

Peace,
Jon

Tread Lightly for Lent - Lenten Green Calendar of Activities

2011-03-07T14:27:00.000-05:00

On Sunday, copies of the "Tread Lightly for Lent" calendar of environmentally conscience activities for each day in Lent were made available in the Parish Hall. This wonderful calendar was put together by the Presbyterian Church (USA) Environmental Ministries and is the best "green" Lenten calendar we found so the Greening Grace Team decided we should reflect on it at Grace Church.

You can pick up a copy in the Parish Hall or download it from the web:

http://www.pcusa.org/media/uploads/environment/pdf/lentcalendarnew.pdf

The activities include a good mix of reflection, action and ideas.

My favorite action is to

Collect your personal trash and recyclables throughout the day. At the end of the day, survey your waste and think of ways to reduce. On average, Americans create 4.6 pounds of waste a day.
Saturday, March 12th from Tread Lightly for Lent

Please take a look and consider these actions during Lent. The Episcopal Church has similar resources for many of the programs linked to within the Presbyterian Church. Please ask us if you need help finding local contact information or have a question about .

Genesis 2:15 (New International Version, ©2011)

¹⁵ The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

Subscribe to Greening Grace Updates via Email

2011-03-01T09:43:00.000-05:00

Did you know you can receive email with the latest Greening Grace updates? We've configured it so that you will only receive email once a day when there is a new post or multiple posts. We will have a lot of exciting updates and reports to share with the upcoming Green Faith series this Lent and the 2nd annual GreenUp CleanUp so sign up today!

Peace!

Exciting Green Faith Lenten Education Series

2011-02-28T16:06:00.001-05:00

Come join us at Grace Episcopal Church on Wednesday evenings in Lent for the Green Faith Environmental Education Series. The lectures will start at 6:45pm and go until about 8pm. Bishop Bud Cederholm (The "Green" Bishop) will get us started on March 16th.

Click Here for more details including the line up of speakers and events.

A Time to Sow: Crafting Environmental Ministries of Spirituality and Justice Conference at Boston University

2011-02-10T22:20:00.002-05:00

Joke: How many __(Insert your group of choice)__ does it take to change a light bulb?”
Answer: Change…you want me to change…

Yes, overwhelmingly the Conference “A Time to Sow: Crafting Environmental Ministries of Spirituality and Justice” on January 29, 2011 asked each of us to make a change to be better humans and environmentalists. After presenting very compelling scientific evidence on human-induced climate change by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), the time is now for us to act and educate our selves and each other. Below are some tips and tricks shared at the conference by students, professors, priests, and concerned citizens to be better humans and environmentalists:

1. Ask why? Professor Reibstein who presented at the conference, a BU professor and attorney at TURP (Toxins Use Reduction Program), is doing just that when he visits companies that employ toxic chemicals to ask why is there waste? Are there alternatives that can be used to reduce toxic usage? Asking why may just start the next green revolution…

2. Rethink and redesign processes – One new idea I learned about PACE: Property Assessed Clean Energy. Basically, it’s a way to finance solar systems or energy efficiency retrofits, where the city offers you a loan, and you pay it back through your property tax bills over 15 to 20 years. Thus, if the home is ever sold, the solar/energy system goes with it along with any tax liability. It’s amazing how one simple process improvement can yield substantial “green” benefits and new opportunities to embrace green technology.

3. Take care in the words we use – Consider always capitalizing “Earth” to reiterate how Mother Earth is entrusted to humanity and deserves the utmost respect. Consider using the term “natural goods” rather than “natural resources.” Consider using the term “creation” rather than our “environment.” Simple changes in speech can help us shift our and others’ paradigm.

4. Share ideas – Resources at Massachusetts Interfaith Power and Light are sharing lessons learned and process improvements for church buildings across MA. Engage these resources to evaluate your church building…you may not only identify energy (and cost!) saving ideas for your church, but for your home and the Earth as well.

5. Consider your food sources – Educate yourself about the food you consume, where it comes from, and the amount of natural goods that are required to grow this food to compare with alternatives. For example, I learned meat is very natural goods dependent…do I really need to eat as much meat as I do today? Could I obtain my food at local producers?

6. Measure results – Just as we’d measure our current weight and on-going weight to ensure we are losing weight, we must be held to the same to accountable to results. ENERGY STAR (among others) offer a host of resources to measure your as-is and future-state, but also to reward your results.

7. Notice how good you may have it today – Have you ever realized you don’t live near the city dump or the city’s trash incinerator? Do you ever think about the people who do? Why is this? Think about eco-justice. Count your blessings and then go do something to provide equitable eco-justice services to improve their quality of life, our carbon footprint.

8. Take time to recharge – Being a passionate environmentalist may tap into your energy resources, so take time to recharge to keep your passion alive.

I feel blessed that we live in the progressive state of MA and that our church and our congregation are taking such an active role to better humans and environments. Thank you Boston University School of Theology for hosting this event and Greening Grace for sharing this opportunity!

Recommended reading/viewing:
· Book: Deceit and Denial
· HoneyBee Network: http://www.sristi.org/cms/en/our_network
· ENERGY STAR: http://www.energystar.gov/congregations
· Film: “Is God Green?”

More TerraCycling - Ceral Bar Wrappers

2011-02-07T14:52:00.000-05:00

Boxes of stuff packed up
to send to TerraCycle

Three more boxes of stuff (Chip Bags, Juice Pouches and Coffee Bags) has been shipped to TerraCycle for recycling. So far Grace Church has collected and recycled over 31 lbs of trash.

Washing it all

Going forward, please separate your Juice Pouches from other TerraCycle items as the juice pouches can make other things sticky.

Given how many cereal bars were turned in with candy wrappers, I have signed us up to collect "Energy Bar" wrappers. "Any foil lined energy and granola bar wrapper" can be collected.

Box of Candy Wrappers


Box of Chip Bags

Greening Grace Team Formed

2011-01-21T20:37:00.000-05:00

Oops, this should have been posted a month or so ago when it was originally written.

The Greening Grace Team is an active committee focused on our mission to enable Grace Church and parishioners to reduce our energy consumption and cost, reuse our God-given resources, and recycle. Thanks to the leadership of Jonathan and Alicia Hunt, the team now has 7 core team members and launched a 2011 planning meeting at the end of October. We meet monthly on Tuesday evenings at 8pm and are currently pursuing the following education, “greening”, and community service opportunities:

Submitting environmentally focused grant applications for Grace Church
Identifying topics and facilitators for the 2011 Lenten Education series
Identifying workshops and attendees (e.g. Sustainable House of Worship (SHOW) workshop and Green Grant Gathering) to share ideas
Posting volunteer and education opportunities on our blog: http://gracemedford.org/greeninggrace

The team submitted our first grant application for a small rain water harvesting system thanks to Catherine Smith. We also partnered with Green Medford on Halloween to participate in “Reverse Trick or Treat” to distribute energy efficient light bulbs to Medford residents.

For more information or to join the team, please speak to Jonathan or contact the team at greeninggrace@gracemedford.org or consult this blog. We welcome your ideas!
Written by Kim Jackson
Peace!

Joyous Event Last Night with Some Green Touches

2011-01-20T10:11:00.000-05:00

Last night we celebrated the Institution of The Reverend Noah Evans as the 18th Rector of Grace Church. The evening was a combination of serious calls to action and fun. As part of the planning for the celebration, the Vestry made several green choices to be better stewards of our environment that we mentioned at the end of the bulletin.

Here are the choices we made to make this wonderful celebration greener:

Used reusable cloth table clothes instead of disposable plastic ones
Instead of buying one time use stemware we rented glass wine glasses and champagne flutes
The plates were made from bio-degradable and compostable sugar can fiber and held up well through out the event
The napkins were made from 100% recycled paper
We used our reusable metal silverware and washed it instead of disposing of box after box plasticware

For our normal Wednesdays at Grace Community Dinner we use our ceramic plates and silverware, but the size and tight timing of the event made us find alternatives that did not involve washing lots of dishes between dinner, the server and dessert. Some of these choices made the event even more classy. Toasting with glass flutes was much better than the alternatives.

We hope you will consider the choices you make when throwing your next event and how you can make the party greener.

Here is a short clip from the ceremony to share the fun had by all.

 Peace

Peace!

Christmas Light Trade-in at Home Depot

2010-11-04T11:46:00.000-04:00

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Home Depot is offering a 10 day program to trade in those old incandescent energy hog Christmas lights for $3 off new high efficiency LED Christmas lights. The offer is good through November 14, 2010 so be sure to act on it now. Home Depot will even be recycling the old lights.

Read more at Jon & Alicia's blog:

Green Lifestyle Consulting: Holiday Light Trade-in and Recycling Program at Home Depot
Do you have strings of old incandescent holiday lights around your house? Do they even work? Even if they don't you can trade them in for a discount on energy efficient LED holiday lights at Home Depot from now until November 14, 2010.

Reverse Trick or Treat in Medford

2010-10-27T10:49:00.000-04:00

What do Candy and compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) have in common this Halloween (Sunday)? Both will be given out during trick or treating in Medford, but with a twist.

While residents will be giving out candy to the kids of all ages that come in costume, a group of environmentally minded Medford residents be reversing the custom and distributing CFLs to home owners.

In addition to the energy efficient light bulbs, volunteers will also be distributing information on saving energy and appropriate disposal of the CFLs and other mercury containing devices. The goal is to give out about 200 CFLs in two hours in the region of South Medford.

If you are interested in helping out either before hand or during the event, you can speak to Catherine Smith or contact the organizers directly:

Susan Altman, Green Medford, susan.altman@comcast.net, 781-395-4664
J.R. Siegel, Fletcher Green, j.r.siegel@gmail.com

Now Collecting Ink Jet Printer Cartridges for TerraCycle

2010-10-26T12:20:00.000-04:00

In addition to the candy wrappers, coffee bags, juice pouches, etc., Grace Church is now also collecting ink jet printer cartridges for recycling through TerraCycle. We'll earn a quarter ($0.25) for each cartridge we recycle, so bring in those used up ink jet cartridges and help Grace Church recycle.

We'll have a small box next to the other TerraCycle stuff in the kitchen behind the recycling so as not to mix the sometimes sticky juice pouches or chip bags with the ink jet printer cartridges.