October 1 is World Vegetarian Day. It was first established by the North American Vegetarian Society on October 1, 1977. According to their website, “World Vegetarian Day is designed to promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of veganism.” In fact, the whole month of October is World Vegetarian Month, followed by November 1, which […]
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Kermit’s Korner: Climate Action
CITY ELECTIONS ARE COMING!Climate Action Forum: Framingham Mayor and City Council Candidates You might wonder what elections have to do with Kermit’s Corner. As with most elections, our values and dreams are on the ballot. In this case, our Green Team considers a sustainable environment an important part of creating an ecologically healthy place to […]
Seeking farm-to-food pantry volunteers
Local food is fresher, lower in its carbon footprint, and changes in concert with the seasons. About fourteen years ago those of us at Grace Church thought it would be a good idea to get a share of food from Stearns Farm to share the joy of local food with members of our congregation and […]
Solar Clothes Dryer?
Join in the Green Team Rainbow Laundry Challenge! During the month of May, the Green Team invites you to cut down on your use of your electric or gas clothes dryer and let the sun and air dry your clothes. The clothes dryer is one of the biggest “energy hogs” in most homes and you […]
March Kermit’s Korner
Coming this spring—the Green Team Line-Drying ChallengeHow often do you use a “solar clothes dryer”—that is, a line outside or a rack by a sunny window? Have you ever calculated how much energy you could save by line-drying just one load of laundry a week? Or all your laundry? The Green Team challenges you to […]
Kermit’s Korner: Sweetgrass
The Green Team invites you to join us in reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, available at the Framingham Public Library and many online booksellers. Dr. Kimmerer has a unique perspective on our relationships with plants and other fellow beings, as a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and a professor of plant ecology […]
Kermit’s Korner: Vegan Christmas
A Vegan Christmas, by Peggy Harrison First, why am I a vegan? All my life I have been an animal lover (cats especially) and so when, about eleven years ago, my daughter Ann and I watched the movie Food, Inc. our vegan journey began. It was not an immediate switch from meat eating to vegan. […]
Kermit’s Korner
Saturday afternoon in Wellesley was warm and humid with dark skies threatening rain which never arrived. At the top of the hill in front of Town Hall, ten mysterious figures, cloaked entirely in blood red, appeared like a line of avenging angels in stark relief against the brownstone, green grass and trees. Their monk-like togas […]
Seeds of Grace November
Seeds of Grace: “A Time for Community Prayers: Unity, Healing and Hope”Sunday, November 15, Virtual Soup Supper at 5:00pm; Worship at 5:30pmhttps://zoom.us/j/94465801606? or by phone at 1-929-205-6099In the wake of a divisive election and a time of fear and uncertainty, our connection in community is more important than ever. We will gather for music and meditation, […]
Kermit’s Korner September
Kermit always votes! It’s easy to remember that there is an election coming up this November, but sometimes local elections, primaries, etc. don’t get the attention they deserve. Now is a great time to make the pledge to be a “Creation Care” voter. The Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ is […]