by Jon Reese | Sep 29, 2022
Two Octobers ago, Leonie A. Venhoeven, Jan Willem Bolderdijk, and Linda Steg published their study “Why Going Green Feels Good” in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. The researchers recognized from the outset that the effort required to “go green” could be... 
by Jon Reese | Sep 15, 2022
How do you know if you’re ready to join UUCA’s Climate Action Team? You’re already busy enough and not really itching to add anything to your plate, right? Of course you care about the planet. You make a legitimate effort to recycle. You read a few paragraphs past the... 
by Pat Russell | Sep 8, 2022
We are the Earth Mamas, a small group of women who came together out of shared concerns for our world and our families. Each day brings more news of the devastation to our planet and people, caused by all of us, especially in our consumerist country. The problems are... 
by Jon Reese | Sep 1, 2022
Want to ride the reality seesaw with me? It’s the one that lifts us up with sensory experiences of beauty and sweetness, with gratitude for connection and sufficiency, and with delight in novelty and adventure. It’s also the one that drops us into anger about racial... 
by Nicole Haines | Aug 24, 2022
First and foremost, let’s establish that there is, in fact, no such thing as “away.” Everything that we dispose of goes somewhere. The very concept of throwing things away attempts to alleviate us from thinking about the ultimate outcome of our disposables (which is,... 
by Jon Reese | Aug 18, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act that President Biden signed on Tuesday “invests $370 billion in spending and tax credits in low-emission forms of energy to fight climate change,” according to the New York Times. “It extends federal health-insurance subsidies, allows the...