2008 GWIPL Awards
Featuring a sacred eco-building tour of Adat Shalom led by two local environmental champions, Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb and Mike Tidwell.
Follwed by a chocolate reception.
The GWIPL Awards honor faith communities and individuals for their commitment and good work to be good stewards of the planet.
ABOUT OUR TOUR GUIDES:
Adat Shalom is the 2002 winner of the EPA Energy Star for Congregations award and features passive solar heating, solar ner tamid (eternal light), sustainable wood and much more. Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb has served as Adat Shalom's rabbi for a decade, is on the national board of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, and is the chair of GWIPL's Steering Committee.
Mike Tidwell is founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Also an author, his latest book, focusing on hurricane Katrina and global warming, is titled The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities.
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