An Evening of Chocolate
Please join us as we honor this year’s GWIPL Award Recipients:
- Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, MD
- All Souls Church, Unitarian in Washington, DC
- Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill in Alexandria, VA
- Marisa Vertrees, Social Justice Coordinator at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Arlington, VA

The evening will also feature:
* A sacred eco-building tour of Adat Shalom led by two local environmental champions, Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb and Mike Tidwell
* And a yummy Chocolate Reception

When: Monday, December 15 from 7pm-9pm
Where: Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane in Bethesda, MD
RSVP: RSVP online or call Allison at 202-885-8684

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GreenLight: A Sustainable Hanukah Celebration
Join Shomrei Adamah of Greater Washington for an evening of locally grown potato latkes and applesauce along with other local treats, fair-trade chocolate gelt, and beeswax candles. Activities for all ages will include a fair-trade chocolate display, an environmental and social justice booth, music and more. Co-sponsors include: Jews United for Justice, Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light, Teva Learning Center, Moishe House Silver Spring, Moishe House DC, and AVODAH-AJWS Partnership.

When: Monday, December 22, 6:30-8:30pm
Where: Josephine Butler Parks Center, 2437 15th Street NW
RSVP: Please send an email to to Shomrei Adamah

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How about a New Dishwasher to go with your CFLs?
For the past year and a half you have enjoyed access to discounted energy efficient items for your congregation and home through shopIPL.org. Now through a new partnership with Sears you will be able to enjoy discounts on select large Energy Star appliances like dishwashers and refrigerators. Click here to browse through the catalogue (PDF) and please let your congregation know about this new opportunity!

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Congregation in the Spotlight

Remembering Ginny Spevak
We join family, friends and the community in mourning the loss of Ginny and Michael Spevak. One of our beloved congregational green leaders, Ginny was one of the founders of the Earth Stewards Task Force at Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church. Through her efforts she helped to improve the recycling program, increase the energy efficiency of the building, and provide zero-trash dinners for the youth. She lived her commitment to being a good steward of creation and even opened her solar home to members. In testimony before the DC City Council in 2007, in support of the Clean Cars Act, Ginny said, "Now is the time to start to make a more just society and a better future for the children of today and tomorrow. The climate crisis cannot be solved by voluntary actions alone."

We give thanks to God for the lives of Ginny and Michael Spevak, and we express our deepest condolences to their family, friends and Ginny’s church community, Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church. The picture above, from the Green Jobs event in September, shows Ginny listening to Alison Mize of the Alice Ferguson Foundation discuss what happens to waste after we throw it "away".

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