A guest post by PA IPL friend Rabbi Arthur Waskow of the Shalom Center and Interfaith Action on Climate. This reflection was originally published in the Shalom Center’s e-newsletter.
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An award worth celebrating
PA IPL past president (and current co-secretary Sylvia Neely) was honored on April 25 as the Volunteer of the Year for Interfaith Human Services, where she also sits on the board. Not our usual blog entry, but her citation deserves sharing. We hope it may inspire others to create similar avenues for outreach, compassion, and emissions reduction in their cities and towns.
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
View the PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly episode Religion and the Environment, aired April 19, 2013 (featuring the cyclists both on their bicycles and cleaned up in the halls of Congress).
Want to see Interfaith Power & Light founder Rev. Canon Sally Bingham’s extended interview? It’s online over at PBS, too, as is the extended interviews with Sarah Jawaid, and Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb.
Before you head out to the wider ‘net, scroll down to see the elevation change pictures from the cyclists, thanks to Dave Hunter’s nifty GPS watch. The first-day ride was a little longer than it appears — he forgot to start the watch until the end of the community ride.
A Renewable Energy Future

Bill Sharp is founder of Transition Centre, cofounder of Transition Town State College, and member of the Board of Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light. He has been involved in environmental issues since youth and has four decades of experience in project planning and management and community development. He has worked in government, higher education and private business. He is currently working on developing a New School of Living based on the educational principles of Ralph Borsodi. He was a member of the Public Information Forum task force that developed the Marcellus Shale Forum in April 2012. This article is a product of that project. Bill is also a member of the Board of PA IPL, and is an active member of the Baha’i community.
Religious Response to Global Warming

Bike blog 2013.6: Hill Visits
Bike blog 2013.6 – final installment
