CELEBRATING SOLAR PANELS

from Sharon Lux

Jan Booher, a representative from Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth will be speaking at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brevard on Sunday June 21st,  2185 Meadow Lane Melbourne Florida at 1:00, helping us celebrate the installation of our solar panels. She is a leading Progressive in the Boca Raton/ Miami area and we are honored to have be with us on this happy day.

Jan Booher is a Board Member of The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton (UUFBR), where she chairs the Climate Change Working Group. Last year, this group formed a community effort to promote citizen support for the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP).

This year her efforts have been focused on building an advocacy network of both UU and other groups in Southeast Florida, that is cooperating to support the local, state, and federal agendas articulated by the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact.

( http://www.southeastfloridaclimatecompact.org/ )

Jan is cooperating with others to organize actions and community outreach efforts that help residents of Southeast Florida make the connection between climate change and the increased flooding, beach erosion, and saltwater intrusion into our water supply. She is also working with others to create Florida Earth Festival ( http://www.floridaearthfestival.com/ ) a celebration of the people, products, policies, and services that are moving us toward sustainability. The absence of love is fear. My hope is that by reaching out in love, and sharing a fun and exciting view of a sustainable world that includes arts that inspire, delicious food, and exciting technology; people will move out of fear and embrace love of Earth. We must see what we might become, so we may chart a course.

From Jan: Love life… it’s far more fragile than we think. Breathe! Hold each other. All efforts to heal ourselves, and all efforts to heal the world, are one and the same. We must reach inward to connect with our life's purpose, and when we are thereby connected to the healing life force, we have the strength and the hope to work outward to create connections between people, among the peoples of the world, and between people and Earth.

MORAL MONDAYS FLORIDA

from Sharon Lux

ALL FLORIDIANS ARE CALLED TO JOIN THEIR SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE OF TRUE DEMOCRACY

Fall 2015 rallies will be being organized by a coalition of activist organizations. Initial rallies will be held in the following cities:

Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale

Large statewide convergent rallies will then be held in Tallahassee in 2016

The Unifying Rally Themes are:

VOTER SUPPRESSION/VOTER TURNOUT/POLITICAL CORRUPTION

LIVING WAGE/POVERTY/JOBS

THE MEDICAID GAP

DEMILITARIZATION OF THE POLICE/IMPROVE POLICE and COMMUNITY INTERACTION

LAND and WATER PROTECTION/BAN FRACKING/AMENDMENT ONE

Great speakers will discuss these and local issues. Next step action booths will provide experts on each Unifying Theme. Great music, food trucks, more!

******RIGHT VERSUS WRONG! NOT RIGHT VERSUS LEFT!******

The rallies are very inclusive with the goal of elevating the popular agenda in Florida. These rallies will demonstrate, beyond question that Democracy is a right that Florida will stand up for. The real impediments, and impeders, to American democracy will be exposed. By 2016, candidates will have a platform to stand on and a statewide movement to support them.

******DEMOCRACY IS OUR RIGHT!******

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 head cauliflower
1½ cups plain Greek yogurt
1 lime, zested and juiced
2 tablespoons chile powder
1 tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon curry powder
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon black pepper

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400° and lightly grease a small baking sheet with vegetable oil. Set aside.

2. Trim the base of the cauliflower to remove any green leaves and the woody stem.

3. In a medium bowl, combine the yogurt with the lime zest and juice, chile powder, cumin, garlic powder, curry powder, salt and pepper.

4. Dunk the cauliflower into the bowl and use a brush or your hands to smear the marinade evenly over its surface. (Excess marinade can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to three days and used with meat, fish or other veggies.)

5. Place the cauliflower on the prepared baking sheet and roast until the surface is dry and lightly browned, 30 to 40 minutes. The marinade will make a crust on the surface of the cauliflower.

6. Let the cauliflower cool for 10 minutes before cutting it into wedges and serving alongside a big green salad.

Thank you to PureWow for this wonderful photo http://www.purewow.com/entry_detail/recipe/8821/Forget-florets--roast-the-whole-damn-cauliflower.htm?utm_source=synd&utm_medium=ASKDRNANDI&utm_campaign=NOVEMBER14

#‎namaste #‎nomnomnom #‎yummyveggies #‎detroitdoc

We ask that all labor, social and civil justice, education, economic, and environmental activists commit to suspend their worthy work for two fun hours and join their sisters and brothers in the streets in a show of True Democracy. Organizers and volunteers are needed. Please email: moralmondaysflorida@gmail.com Please visit: www.moralmondaysflorida.com Spicy Whole Roasted Cauliflower

CONGRATULATIONS TO SELF

from Sharon Lux

SELF Secures Another Quarter Million Dollars

 St. Lucie County, FL, June 1, 2015 –

 The Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF) is pleased to announce that the non-profit community lending organization has secured $250,000 in loan capital from another faith-based organization. The latest Community Development Investment was provided by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, which is an international congregation of Catholic Women who are dedicated to the full development of the human person through education, social justice, contemplation, and the arts. The Sisters of the Holy Names have also made climate change a top priority.

 SELF provides building science expertise, project management, and favorable financing to help local residents identify and complete cost-effective home improvements. Typical projects include weatherization, high-efficiency air conditioners, windows, doors, roofs, solar water heaters, solar PV panels, and more. To date, SELF has completed 1,002 energy assessments and closed 394 loans totaling more than $3.2 million, with nearly 70% of the lending activity in low and moderate income census tracts and 40% of the loans to women. SELF clients have cut their energy use by 23% per household, improved comfort and livability, enhanced air quality and health benefits, increased home equity, and created jobs for skilled craftsmen in the process.

 SELF’s Chief Financial Strategist, Duanne Andrade, said, “We are very excited to be working with the Sisters of the Holy Names to produce more triple bottom line impacts in underserved communities.” SELF has now raised $6.5 million in grants and loan capital since its inception, including partnerships with banks, faith-based investors, impact investors, and an international crowdfunding platform via Kiva.org. SELF also raised the first $1 million in loan capital for St. Lucie County’s new Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program.

 Property owners interested in making assorted improvements to their property can reach SELF by telephone at # (772) 468-1818 or by visiting www.solarenergyloanfund.org.