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Hillsdale School food gardens, 2022
From Hello West Chester by Cara Corridoni, 4/4/22 Last weekend a group of Hillsdale parents, students and community members erected eight garden beds on the backside of the elementary school’s property. Once the build and mulching is complete, the beds will be filled with plants provided by the Chester County Food Bank. Students across all classrooms…
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US Energy production: not going well
by Bill Haaf Political leaders are talking about climate but unfortunately, America and the world are still on a path to hit a 2.5 C increase in average temperatures. Terrible impacts will occur: billions of human deaths, wars, drops in crop yields, collapse of ocean and lake fisheries due to heating and lack of oxygen…
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2022: Are we at the climate crossroad?
by Paula Kline, Ready For 100 and West Chester Green Team Many of us in the West Chester area have come a long way in the last year in our understanding of climate change. The extreme weather in June of 2021 and the devastating flooding from Hurricane Ida this past September gave us all a…
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Light Pollution: Why it’s a problem and what we can do about it
Most of us are familiar with air, water, and land pollution, but did you know that light can also be a pollutant? Since Thomas Edison’s patent of the tungsten light bulb in 1906, artificial electric lighting has transformed our lives. But in the process, we have lost an important part of our human heritage: the…
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West Chester Green Team Bylaws
(Our officers as of fall 2021 are Margaret Hudgings, President; Christi Supple, Vice-President; Rani Norley, Secretary; David Wickard, Treasurer.) 1. The West Chester Green Team is a civic organization in Chester Chester PA that works to educate the local public and to establish and nourish green initiatives in the local community in harmony with nature…
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