JPIC EARTH DAY FAIR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. 2023 JPIC Earth Day Fair Announcement (Updated)
II. 2023 JPIC Earth Day Fair Thank You w/ Video Highlights
III. JPIC Care for Creation Information and Advocacy PDFs
IV. The Assisi Preserve
V. Bike Durham and Vision Zero Durham Update
I. 2023 JPIC Earth Day Fair Announcement (Updated)
II. 2023 JPIC Earth Day Fair Thank You w/ Video Highlights
III. JPIC Care for Creation Information and Advocacy PDFs
IV. The Assisi Preserve
V. Bike Durham and Vision Zero Durham Update
2023 JPIC DAY FAIR ANNOUNCEMENT (UPDATED)
Our Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) Care for Creation Green Team once again will sponsor our annual Earth Day Fair! Did you know that we have a Care for Creation Green Team at Immaculate Conception? Established in 2008, our JPIC Care for Creation Green Team works to increase people's awareness of how we can pursue a God-centered response to countless environmental challenges. Parishioners like you help our church care for creation through numerous initiatives, including education, formation, and advocacy efforts on environmental issues, along with direct actions to reduce the environmental footprint of the IC campus and Durham community.
On the weekend of April 22-23, our JPIC Care for Creation Green Team will be hosting our Earth Day Fair. Please plan to stay after the Masses that weekend to view the displays and learn more about what you can do to protect our environment. If you are interested in learning more about our JPIC Care for Creation Green Team, please click on the link below.
On the weekend of April 22-23, our JPIC Care for Creation Green Team will be hosting our Earth Day Fair. Please plan to stay after the Masses that weekend to view the displays and learn more about what you can do to protect our environment. If you are interested in learning more about our JPIC Care for Creation Green Team, please click on the link below.
JPIC EARTH DAY FAIR - THANK YOU!
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Thank you to everyone for your participation in our JPIC Earth Day Fair! It was wonderful to see so many adults and children stop by the display tables to learn and gather information on how they can care for our common home. Special thanks to the JPIC Care for Creation “Green Team” for organizing the Earth Day Fair this year, particularly our organizing team Sue Concannon, Kim Krzywy, Margie Burton, and Jeanne Bernacki. Many of the children stopped by the pledge table to care for the earth.
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The children really enjoyed the green activity passports! They also enjoyed the earth day celebration in the playground. We were glad that many adults signed up to get more information about our Care of Creation Team. If you are interested in joining the efforts of our parish to safeguard the earth, our common home, please visit our JPIC Care for Creation webpage and consider joining our team!
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JPIC CARE FOR CREATION INFORMATION AND ADVOCACY PDFs
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THE ASSISI PRESERVE
Over the past two years, Immaculata School and Immaculate Conception have embarked on an ambitious, Care for Creation-centered project to lessen the impact of urban runoff from our campus into the local watershed. Our goal has been to address water runoff from our parking lots and hard surfaces in ways that slow down the flow to prevent erosion and clean the water via plant-based retention ponds. To this end, each plant, rock, mound, or indention we have constructed has been purposefully thought-out and placed by our partners Tributary Land Design and Build.
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Over Spring Break, Tributary reinforced our dry creek bed, which is the main artery for directing water flow, cleaned out the main rain garden at the bridge, and installed gorgeous birch trees and other plantings around two new retention lowlands. We will continue to assess areas for improvement and are grateful to everyone who is supportive of this project. We hope you are enjoying Assisi Preserve... our urban oasis here in downtown Durham. You can see more about the overall design at the link below.
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BIKE DURHAM AND VISION ZERO DURHAM UPDATE
Our Care for Creation team also wanted to thank you for your efforts and ask for your continued support on behalf of one of the advocacy items highlighted at the Earth Day Fair: Bike Durham and Vision Zero Durham. City Manager Wanda Page released her proposed budget and Capital Improvements Program for the upcoming year, which included possible funding for many important initiatives, such as a Vision Zero Coordinator position; sidewalk repair ($10 million); new sidewalks, new bike facilities, and neighborhood bike routes ($22.5 million); improved street crossings at schools and trails ($1 million); multi-modal improvements in street resurfacing projects ($600,000); and the continuation of fare-free transit service on GoDurham and GoDurham ACCESS.