Blog Posts
Bob Rebuck’s Trees
Bob Rebuck is a congregant at the Himmel’s Church in Northumberland County in Central PA and a member of the Sierra Club. Over the years, he has planted over 100 trees and shrubs on his property, as well as helped maintain and replace trees at an Alliance for the...
Restoration Landcare
Samuel Mohnkern on Landscaping, Trees, and Spirituality by Ty Fowler As a young man Samuel Mohnkern worked on farms and nurseries in Huntingdon County, PA. After graduating with a degree in psychology and religion, he quickly returned to plant work at his alma mater,...
Wisdom of Joanna Macy, Active Hope, and the Spiral
Session 4 of PA IPL Interfaith Spiritual Care 2024 “Gathering Wisdom from the Wise Ones” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyNzCcBgfhQ&list=PLg2TLXRsr8I8IO0fMEk8VUdIdu_5GuExX December 16, 2024: “The Wisdom of Joanna Macy, Active Hope, and the Spiral” This meeting,...
The Woman Behind the Native Tree Meadow at Colonial Park United Church of Christ
An Interview with Cynthia Hogeman by Ty Fowler Cynthia Hogeman has always loved the natural world. She became a gardener at 20, and in retirement, a master gardener. She is a member of Wild Ones, a volunteer with PA IPL and does plantings for the Capital Area...
Watersheds and Their Protection
Video Available from Wandering Waters Seminar Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqAlQNRt_fo&list=PLg2TLXRsr8I93l4Z598LDIEiPyH1n-HpF December 10, 2024 Wandering Waters Seminar Series:Join PA IPL for a series that invites you to wander through Pennsylvania’s...
KTA Meditative Hike Reflection
by Vincent Pham For reasons you can imagine, throughout October, I had been returning often to a passage from Kelly McMasters’ memoir “The Leaving Season”, where she writes about the freeze response to danger. Her therapist diagnosed her with “the gene that once saved...
Civic Engagement Reflections
by Vincent Pham An advocacy day with Church World Service in Harrisburg introduced me to Lok Darjee, founder of a nonprofit called Refugee Civic Action (RCA). After connecting over our common training in economics, we were pleasantly surprised to learn that both of us...
Watersheds and Their Problems
Video Available from Wandering Waters Seminar Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no56kh4La6E&list=PLg2TLXRsr8I93l4Z598LDIEiPyH1n-HpF November 19, 2024 Wandering Waters Seminar Series:Join PA IPL for a series that invites you to wander through Pennsylvania’s...
Beth Israel & Whole Kids Foundation
by Rabbi Nathan MartinIn August, 2023, Congregation Beth Israel of Media was awarded a Whole Kids Foundation Garden Grant of $3,000. The purpose of these grants is to help schools and non-profits “turn outdoor spaces into powerful hands-on learning gardens that...