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March 2006 Newsletter |
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What do Unitarians do for fun?
Well, on Game Night, we bring our blocks and, with nerves of steel, steady hands, and fierce concentration
build teetering towers to record- breaking heights ! ! ! !
We’re All Ears Did you know there is a UU Radio station on the internet?
Called UUpLink, the broadcaster describes it as "Offering an exciting, eclectic mix of music, poetry, sermons, interviews and
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General Assembly coverage,
we're here for the religious liberal 24/7/365! Sermons are recorded from
all parts of North America. Rev Chuck Freeman's Soul Talk from Austin, TX,
is heard LIVE Thursdays at 5 p.m. ET. Media watchers enjoy CounterSpin
Fridays at noon and 11 p.m. ET. Our newest feature is Converging Streams
from Muncie, Indiana. We're helping to define tomorrow's liberal faith.
Join our exciting journey!" UUpLink can be found on the Live365 site or by going to http://www.swuuc.org and clicking on the "UU Radio" link. If you are willing to pay for radio, this site offers myriad opportunities for listening.
The Greenbelt Movement Wangari Maathai Deforestation in Kenya was Wangari Maathai, born in Kenya, listened to rural women identify needs
for firewood, clean water, balanced diets, shelter and income. In 1977 she
helped found the grassroots Greenbelt Movement to increase "awareness of
the relationship between environmental degradation, poverty,
Wangari is the first African woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace. Educated, strong and stubborn, she challenged the top-down politics with grassroots energy. Her work connects sustainable development, democracy and peace to make a difference for Kenya, and all of Africa. Megalocarpus are used medicinally. It makes a good live fence, and the leaves are used for mulch and green manure. Finally, it is highly regarded as firewood.
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culturally and environmentally devastating.
Cut down the trees and the downward spiral begins - the soil erodes, the
water goes deep, the children starve, the women persevere and the men and
boys go off and fight over scarce resources ... loss of beauty and life
cripple the people, especially impacting the women and children.
unemployment,
malnutrition, mismanagement of natural resources, and the political and
economic impact of these throughout Africa." Relying on village women to
plant trees put power in the hands of the stakeholders - a radical thought
in theories of development. Hiring them put cash into the local economy,
and improved their social position.