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Group encourages U.P. churches to conserve energy

Published 1:54 am, Friday, January 18, 2013

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) An interfaith organization

in the Upper Peninsula is planning a two-year

campaign encouraging houses of worship to conserve

energy.

Leaders are announcing the EarthKeepers II initiative

during a Friday news conference in Marquette.

It's sponsored by 10 faith communities that previously

collected tons of electronic and pharmaceutical waste

across the U.P.

The new program will perform energy audits at 40 churches or temples and provide grants of up

to $1,000 toward the costs of upgrades such as installing more efficient lighting and

heating systems.

Organizers also want to plant two community gardens in each of the peninsula's 15 counties.

They will grow native plants and vegetables for distribution to food pantries.

Religious community leaders signed a covenant in 2004 pledging to work with other faiths on

U.P. environmental protection projects.

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