2008 GWIPL Awards

The GWIPL Awards honor faith communities and individuals for their commitment and good work to be good stewards of the planet. We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008 GWIPL Awards:

* DC Congregation of the Year: All Souls Church, Unitarian
* Maryland Congregation of the Year: Congregation Har Shalom
* Northern Virginia Congregation of the Year: Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill (pictured on the right)
* Hope Award: Marisa Vertrees

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Read about the night on Rev. Sarah Scherschligt's blog

Our thanks to Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation for hosting the awards reception and building tour. Our thanks to tour guides Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb and Mike Tidwell.

ABOUT THE TOUR & 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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