By Carl Sigel In the spring issue of High Performing Building magazine, local mechanical engineer John Roberts contributed an article, Decarbonization of Building Energy Systems that contains fundamental information needed by congregations and other organizations on how to make their new or existing buildings more …
Carl Sigel Global declines in honey and wild bees have been linked to pathogens, climate change, habitat fragmentation, and pesticide use.1 With bee populations in decline, a recent study showed that by feeding sunflower pollen to bumble and European honey bees, they were protected from infection by certain …
A Year of Climate Action for Your Faith Community But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to make this freewill offering? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. 1 Chronicles 29:14 …
A Year of Climate Action for Your Faith Community Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good. You will surely wearyourself out, both you and these people with you. For the task is too heavy for you; youcannot do it alone. Now listen …
Carl Sigel An alarming story appeared in the Washington Post last week.1 Scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology reported that North America’s bird population has declined by almost 3 billion birds in the last 50 years. Agricultural practices and habitat destruction are primary causes; …
Carl Sigel The latest report from the U. N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate and Land released on August 8, 2019 “warns that climate change is exacerbating pressures on the global food supply, threatening millions more with hunger, and potentially raising food prices for …