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Homage to the Fairy Spud and Other Spring Beauties
By Yetta Jager, Green Sanctuary Committee It is the perfect season for hiking; cool enough to avoid overheating, no leaves to block the...
Mar 15
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Green Sanctuary Celebration & Update!
By Yetta Jager, Green Sanctuary Committee The UUA sponsored a UUA Green Sanctuary Celebration webinar to give congregations an...
Feb 18
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Green Sanctuary: Fall and Winter Days
By Yetta Jager, Green Sanctuary Committee The Green Sanctuary team has been busy in the past few months. Several of our activities have...
Dec 13, 2024
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The Right to Repair
By Yetta Jager, Green Sanctuary Committee Key principles to reduce our environmental impact include the 5 R’s, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse,...
Nov 19, 2024
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Electric Vehicles Can Reduce Climate Warning
By Charlie Dudney, with Yetta Jager, of the Green Sanctuary Team Recently, the Southeast has experienced unprecedented hurricanes...
Oct 14, 2024
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Getting Real About Plastic
By Yetta Jager, Green Sanctuary Committee We are all addicted to plastics. Plastics have lowered the cost and increased the practicality...
Sep 17, 2024
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A Sense of Place and Environmental Justice
By Yetta Jager, Green Sanctuary Committee Located in an affluent and fast-growing suburb of Knoxville, we are not far from the...
Aug 21, 2024
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Westside's Homegrown Flowers
By Yetta Jager, Green Sanctuary Committee Delivering a bouquet of Dutch roses requires 27 kg of CO2-equivalents. A Valentine’s Day...
Jul 17, 2024
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Eco-Anxiety
By Yetta Jager, Green Sanctuary Committee Green Sanctuary Blog (6-15-24) Eco-anxiety We’re headed into a hot summer. This week, heat...
Jun 26, 2024
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Turn! Turn! Turn!
By Yetta Jager, Green Sanctuary Committee For everything, turn, turn, turn. There is a season, turn, turn, turn. And a time for every...
Apr 18, 2024
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Baby Steps Toward Reducing Our Carbon Footprint
By Yetta Jager, Green Sanctuary Committee Baby steps toward reducing our carbon footprint Our climate is changing faster than expected....
Mar 20, 2024
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A Dream for a Greener World
Yetta Jager, Green Sanctuary Committee Perhaps one of the most famous speeches in popular memory is one delivered by Dr. Martin Luther...
Feb 21, 2024
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees
By Yetta Jager, Green Sanctuary Committee Trees are good for us, locally and globally. Forest restoration is a promising strategy for...
Jan 17, 2024
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Green Sanctuary Test Post
By The Green Sanctuary Committee This is a post as a test.
Oct 26, 2023
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