Creation Care update:
Save the Date:
The next Woods Workday will be Thursday, February 16th. We will meet around 9:30am in the woods for cleanup, to pick up tree limbs and make a brush pile. We’ll stay until around 11am. Please let the office (office@indyfriends.org) know if you would like to help keep our Woods looking good. (Cancelled due to weather.)
The First Friends Creation Care Team is hosting a Composting 101 Workshop, Saturday, March 18, from 1-2:30 PM at the meetinghouse. We will learn about building an effective compost mixture as well as worm composting. Our special guest is Brooke Alford, from the Purdue University Extension.
From our colleagues in Carmel Green:
Legislative Update
Join Carmel Green this Thurs. Feb, 9, 6 p.m. to learn about environmental, climate and energy bills, and how you can make a positive impact! The guest speaker, Tim Maloney, Senior Policy Director of the Hoosier Environmental Council will provide an update on what’s happening at the statehouse. Learn more and RSVP
Support SB335 Climate Solutions Task Force Bill
With this bill, our young people are advocating for climate protection, and we should help them! Senate Bill 335 would create a task force to study a range of climate solutions for Indiana. The bill will be heard in committee on Mon. Feb 13 and the chair needs to ask for a vote to get it out of committee. Kudos to Carmel High School student Ashlyn Walker for raising her voice at the statehouse climate rally! The best way to support the young people working on this bill (and ALL young people) is to contact YOUR STATE SENATOR to VOTE YES on SB335 - learn more (easier to see this on a computer).
Indiana Sustainability & Resilience Conference (If anyone is interested from First Friends, contact Mary Blackburn)
On Fri. Feb. 17, 8:30 a.m. join the IU Environmental Resilience Institute and IUPUI Office of Sustainability for an all day conference aimed at accelerating climate action in Indiana. Keynote speaker: Janet McCabe, US EPA Deputy Administrator! Learn more and Register
Electric Vehicles 101
On Tues, Feb 21, 6:30 p.m., learn the basics about Electric Vehicles from a panel of speakers from Tesco, Greater Indiana Clean Cities, Electron Charger and the City of Carmel Transportation Development. Learn more and register.
Electrify Everything & IRA
The big climate solution is to electrify our homes and cars with clean energy. On Wednesday. Feb. 22, 5:30 p.m. our friends at Citizens Climate Lobby Indy are hosting guest speaker Brock Benefiel with Rewiring America to share his expertise on how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) can help us save on electrification. Learn more and RSVP.
The Marion County Soil & Water District 2022 Annual Report is out and has lots of helpful information, including a soil report and reports on their annual activities. https://marionswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022-SWCD-Annual-Report.pdf