| Mission Green Advocacy As a Cool Congregation recipient, the Good Shepherd Carbon Neutral Initiative has received much attention. The project is currently featured on the Interfaith Power and Light national website: https://interfaithpowerandlight.org/coolcongregations/good-shepherd-lutheran-church/ as well as the Iowa Interfaith Power and Light website: https://iowaipl.org/2023/09/28/moving-the-needle-how-one-rural-congregation-electrified-its-building-and-secured-its-future/ |
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| Mission Green has also presented the Good Shepherd Church Carbon Neutral Project at multiple events. Here is what we’ve been doing! 8/15/23 Winneshiek Energy District presentation and Good Shepherd tour 9/1/23 Benji Nichols/Inspired podcast – Rhymes with Decorah: https://benjinichols.podbean.com/e/mg/ 10/7/23 Interfaith Power and Light tour of Good Shepherd Church 10/25/23 Interfaith Power and Light/UCC Church National Webinar – Holy Heat Pumps! webinar: https://youtu.be/PAPGpKA4xWo?feature=shared 10/31/23 email correspondence w/John Wilkerson re: Holladay UCC, Holladay, Utah re: efforts to install heat pumps/solar 11/2/23 Zoom meeting with Eli Sadow-Hasenberg re: Oberlin UCC church heat pumps 11/4/23 Citizens Climate Lobby National Meeting Webinar – Presentation and Good Shepherd tour 11/6/23 interview with David Mitchel of KKFI radio in Kansas City, MO https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/a-spark-of-hope-on-the-climate-crisis-from-the-heartland/ 11/8/23 Iowa Energy Summit: building innovation presentation for 50 energy industry attendees – sponsored by Iowa Economic Development Authority 11/9/23 Robert Wollenburg, building committee, Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran, NYC, reaching out for help with heat pumps 11/13/23 Zoom presentation & video of Good Shepherd Carbon Initiative project for NEIowa Citizen’s Climate Lobby |
| Jim’s KKFI Radio interview will be broadcast live on Tuesday, November 14, at 6 pm. You may listen to it online via a computer or smartphone at https://kkfi.org/, then hit the red “Listen Live” button. It’s a streaming service and will be archived at some time following the live broadcast. |
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