• You'll be sitting down with people like you, who understand that each individual has a role in minimizing human impact on the earth's climate- and are ready to do something about it!
• You'll have a copy of the user-friendly book, "The Low-Carbon Diet," which will guide the group through the process of calculating each individual's carbon footprint.
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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Lynn has been awarded MIP&L's  "Zone by Zone Award,"  after installing a new, high efficiency boiler and converting from 2-zones to an 8-zone hydronic heating system designed to match the church's patterns of use, reducing its energy use by over 30%.    "St. Stephen's has been working on educating the parish about stewardship," according to former Senior Warden Chris Trahan.  "It's not just about money- it's about being preservers and protectors of God's creation."

St. James Catholic Church in Salem was awarded MIP&L's "Faithful Retriever Award," for instituting a 'Paper Retriever' recycling program. The church gathers recyclable paper at a simple dumpster behind the church, which is then retrieved for recycling, generating income for the parish. Deacon Norman LaPointe says it's part of an ongoing effort to "take our time, talent and treasure and put it all together- saving money and saving the world."

 MIP&L president and cofounder Tom Nutt-Powell commended both churches for their actions. "God helps those who help themselves," he said. "St. James has found a way to do the right thing- and is now prompting others to do the same."  At St. Stephen's, he said, "They understand that environmental stewardship is practical and specific, and is about demonstrating that through environmental stewardship we do unto others as we would have them do unto us."