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November Newsletter Article
Green Sanctuary News
November 2026
UU Ministry for Earth
The latest community read from UUMFE is RADICALLY REFRAMING CLIMATE CHANGE, A Guide to Saving Ourselves by Will Hackman
He writes about how we can change the way we talk about Climate Change with people who agree with us, and especially people who don’t agree with us. He also reminds us that saving the Earth is misleading because the earth will survive in some way, but Humanity is what we need to save. It’s Humanity that is threatened by more severe storms, by air pollution, by unsafe water, by wildfires, flooding, drought, and all those other things that threaten our existence.
He reminds us that we may need to change at the personal level and how we talk about climate with people who don’t agree that it’s important. We need to talk with parents who worry about the future their children are facing, and those grandparents who want the world for their grandchildren to be better than it is now, and especially young people who want to know if they have a future.
Learn more about the Community Read program, which continues for several more months, at the UUMFE website: uumfe.org.
If you’re interested in the book, it is available from Bookshop.org or Barnes & Noble if you don’t want to order it from Amazon. Or check your library.
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Do you have small appliances or other items that need to be repaired? We now have The Fixery at the Work Space on Main Street. Signups are required. https://www.manchesterct.gov/Government/Sustainable-Manchester/Resident-Resources/The-Fixery-WORK_SPACE The next one will be Saturday, December 12. Volunteer “FIXERS” are needed too. Attendees may have to pay for parts.
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If you still have jack-o-lanterns or pumpkins left from Halloween, there’s a farm here in Manchester that would love to have them, and you don’t have to throw them in the trash! Here’s their info:
Aussakita Acres Farm, 555 Lydall Street, Manchester, 860-646-5151
For more info on any of these items, contact Anne Vaughan at uuseoffice@uuse.org
Don’t forget, the Sustainable Living Committee sells Equal Exchange products on the 2nd Sunday of the month. Help support small farmers who grow sustainable products!