On Saturday, November 9, 109 registered participants took part in a Community Unity Dinner at the Refectory at United Lutheran Seminary sponsored by Pathways to Racial Justice, a coalition of church and community organizations dedicated to raising ”awareness about racial injustice while focusing on developing solutions and fostering community collaboration for positive change.” The featured
What in the world is—or was—the Inflation Reduction Act and what does it have to do with creating a better, cleaner energy and economic future for Pennsylvania? On Monday, Adrian Deveny, former Director of Energy and Environmental Policy for Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer took on those questions in Mara Auditorium in Masters Hall at
Democratic candidates for US Congress and the Pennsylvania State Senate appeared Wednesday evening in the community room at the Gettysburg YWCA. They included Beth Farnham, a candidate for the 13th Congressional District currently occupied by Republican John Joyce and Cameron Schroy who is running to replace State Senator Doug Mastriano in the 33rd District. The
Do vouchers for tuition in private schools improve educational outcomes here in Pennsylvania? Do they empower parents to make better choices for their children? What’s driving the rapid expansion of the voucher system in Pennsylvania? Susan Spicka, Executive Director of Education Voters of Pennsylvania, addressed these and other questions on Wednesday evening, March 6 in
How do we account for the “crazy” these days, both in our politics and in our society at large? Most of us can see it and feel it. Many of us call it out saying, “Wow, that’s just crazy.” But where did it come from? What’s driving the divisiveness, the anger, the steady rise of
One of the quickest ways to disappear a thing—a problem or an opportunity—is to take away the words we need to describe it. And, if you can’t just cancel it entirely, the second best way to get rid of a troublesome word is to change its meaning. Back in 1987, for example, British Prime Minister
What are young activists thinking about these days in places like Gettysburg? What are they passionate about? What issues are they working on? What community organizations are they collaborating with? What are their hopes for the future, for themselves, and for our country? In search of answers to questions like these, Gettysburg Democracy for America
Climate change is getting expensive, and not addressing it has begun to cost us in significant ways. Climate change denialists, including many of our own local elected representatives, continue to repeat their talking points about jobs and freedom and so forth, but the bill for climate negligence is coming due, not only at some point
As the Green Gettysburg Book Club advances into its third year online, we’ve kept on with our study of “the little things that run the world.” Entomologist E.O. Wilson in his book Half Earth, which we read in 2021, uses that phrase to describe the work of insects in maintaining the biosphere. For us in
Climate change and its economic and human impacts were the subjects of a panel discussion on Tuesday evening in Joseph Theater at Gettysburg College. Panelists included Dr. Sarah Principato from the college’s Environmental Studies Department and Drs. Rimvydas Baltaduonis and James O’Brien from the Department of Economics. The program was hosted by students Carter Hanson,
Next Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2023, the Green Gettysburg Book Club will begin its third year, meeting weekly online to discuss books on environmental issues and explore solutions to both local and global environmental problems. From the beginning, the club has focused on the specifics of climate change, plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, water quality, land
Climate change denial comes in many flavors these days and Bob Stilwell’s opinion piece, “Climate Change Gut Check,” published in the Gettysburg Times on Thursday, December 19 draws on almost all of them. If you care about environmental issues and haven’t seen the article, you really need to check it out. And respond with a
The Gettysburg Green Gathering welcomed entomologist and native species advocate Doug Tallamy to the Charlie Sterner Building at the Gettysburg Rec Park last night for a presentation on “nature’s best hope,” the re-wilding of the spaces and places where we live and work. Dr. Tallamy is a professor of entomology at the University of Delaware
Editor’s Note: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, a 2013 nonfiction book that explores reciprocal relationships between humans and the land, with a focus on the role of plants and botany in both Native American and Western traditions, will be speaking in Gettysburg on Monday,
How could a book written more than seventy years ago sound like it was written yesterday? Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold is just such a book. It was a great hit with the Green Gettysburg Book Club, and if you are looking for something to read this summer, it could be just the thing.
The Green Gettysburg Book Club first met on Valentine’s Day in 2020. When the pandemic hit, we went online and have been riding high on Zoom once a week ever since. Along with attempting to become a little better informed about the practical things we can do to protect the environment, we have also been
Decoloniality, anyone? This big-chewy-cookie of a word is the theme for the Sixth Annual Peace and Justice Week being held from March 21-26 on the Gettysburg College campus. On Monday, Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Lecturer of American Indian Studies at California State University San Marcos, provided the keynote for the week with a lecture on “Decolonizing and Indigenizing