Montgomery County, MD Green Party Blog

It will be at 7PM at Savory Cafe in Takoma Park, MD on Wednesday, the 21st.

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Here’s yet another example of why Instant Runoff Voting should be permitted. This guy won less than 50% of the votes, and yet he’s declared the winner. (And pundits wonder why most people are apathetic to politics….)

After a week of uncertainty, Ferrer edged just past the 40 percent mark as elections workers worked through the weekend to count absentee and other uncounted votes cast in the Sept. 13 primary. The Board of Elections was to announce the results Monday afternoon, and certify Ferrer as the nominee Tuesday.

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Most adult Sunday school classes don’t raise eyebrows, but my church is planning to hold one that’s sure to. It’s called “Evolution for Christians,” and it will be taught this winter by David Bush, a member of the church I lead, Fairfax Presbyterian. David is an articulate government retiree who has been interested in this topic for nearly two decades, teaches a class on theories of the origins of life every five years or so, and once again has really done his homework. His view is that science and religion answer two different sets of questions about creation, with science answering the “how” questions, and religion answering the “why” ones. “With a little bit of wisdom and tolerance on each side,” he tells me, “I think they can complement rather than contradict each other.”

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But I’m not insecure about preaching Christianity and standing up to any belief system that challenges it, as long as the conversation remains grounded in religion, and not some religious-scientific hybrid. I believe that my faith, like any faith, is strongest when it answers the questions it is prepared to answer, and when it avoids the questions it cannot address. For me, and for many of my parishioners, a core religious conviction is that God is the creator of life and the one who gives it meaning and purpose. Any questions about the mechanics of life are best left to science.

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As though service isn’t bad enough…..

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The Chesapeake Climate Action Network will once again open to the public Maryland’s only 95-percent renewable energy household on SaturdayOctober 1st, 11:00am–5:00 pm. The home, owned by the Tidwell-Varchaver family of Takoma Park, is equipped with energy-efficient appliances and light bulbs, and is powered by photovoltaic solar panels, a solar hot-water system, and a corn-burning home-heating stove.

This month, the home is being featured as part of a regional tour of solar homes and buildings. Come learn how you, too, can affordably reduce your home fossil fuel use by 50-90 percent and so help fight global warming. As a special feature, we’ll also have two hybrid cars and an electric truck for you to view and learn about their affordable, climate-protecting features. And as a new feature, we’ll show you how to landscape your yard with native plants and water them with rain barrels that catch rooftop runoff.

Plus, there will be a solar food cooker on display (free solar-bakedcookies) and we’ll be selling energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs for a big discount. We’ll also have lots of free literature on the rising threat of global warming and steps you can take to help save the planet.

Mike Tidwell, Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Also, check out our new updates website at: www.chesapeakeclimate.org

WHAT: A tour of the first home in Maryland/Virginia/DC powered almost entirely by renewable energy and landscaped with native plants.

WHEN: SaturdayOct. 1st, 11:00 am – 5:00pm

WHERE: 7125 Willow Ave, Takoma Park, MD

DIRECTIONS:

By Metro: Take the red-line train to Takoma Station and walk east along Carroll Ave. toward downtown Takoma Park. After three blocks, turn left on Willow Ave. We’re the fourth house on the right. Five-minute walk from the Metro.

By bike or car from DC: Take 16th Street north to Aspen. Turn right on Aspen and follow under the Metro Bridge. Take your second left after the bridge onto Willow Street. At the first light, turn right on Carroll Ave and take an immediate left onto Willow Ave.

By bike or car from the Beltway: Exit at New Hampshire Ave heading south. Take a right on Piney Branch and a left on Carroll Ave. Follow Carroll till you’re almost in downtown Takoma Park and take a right on Tulip Ave. Take your next left onto Willow Ave and we’re the third house on the left.

PARKING:
Please park in the parking lot at the corner of Willow Ave. and Carroll Ave., just four houses down from the expo.

For more information call 301-891-6726 or 301-270-3722.