Creating Climate SmART Communities

Today’s post comes to you from Peter Handler, a member of the leadership group of Philly PA IPL.  Join Philly PA IPL for a Prayerful Protest on April 10. For over three years,  I have been working with two partners, one in New York, and one in Washington DC on a...

Embracing discomfort, choosing action.

On Sunday, March 22, PA IPL board member Rev. Doug Hunt was the invited guest preacher at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Pottstown.   Overheard after the service “You know, I’ve heard all that before, but he’s the only one that has gotten...

Rider Profile: Molly Hunter

Today, meet Molly Hunter, the second in our get-to-know-the-riders series.  The 2014 PA-to-DC ride  will take place May 2-6.   Have you ever been on a long bike-ride before? When I was 9 (I’m now 15) I went on a 3 day bike ride with my mom, but our daily rides...

Rider Profile: Jason Whitney

We thought you might like to get to know the riders for the 2014 PA to DC ride while they’re busy getting winter legs (and gears) in shape for the May 2-6 ride.  Watch this space for introductions.  Today, meet Jason Whitney: Even before I became aware of...

We are capable of attention.

This poem crossed my desk as a forward of a forward.  It offers hope in beauty, in nature, in growth, which persist through the ugliness on which we sometimes dwell.  It seemed right for the first day of Spring when it’s so easy to be overwhelmed by the miracle...

Feeding the Global Addiction

3 active members of PA IPL stand with Nathan Sooy of Clean Water Action at the Baltimore War Memorial Plaza.  They were there on Feb. 20, 2014, outside of the buildings on where Dominion Energy Solutions was meeting with the Maryland Public Service Commission about...