Earth Day Wrap-up at 1U – EV’s, The Garden, and Goodfills

1U’s Electric Vehicle Show – Sun, April 28, 2024 and Helping our Planet

To wrap up Earth Month 2024, the Green Team hosted an electric vehicle (EV) show with eight owners/vehicles and Goodfills, a refillery store, during coffee hour after worship in 1U’s garden.

The 1U Hospitality Team provided refreshments and the Garden Team provided garden tours and fresh vegetables to take home.

To learn more about the owners and their EVs, read their comments below.

To learn more about Goodfills, go to https://goodfills.co/ See their portable store that came to 1U to share their vision and offer their products.

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Electric Vehicles at 1U-Hearing from the Owners

1..Why did you decide to buy or lease an EV? For environmental reasons.

2. Why did you buy/lease this particular model? Good size and excellent reviews.

Debbie Reinhart, Owner of Hyundai Ionic 5

3.Did you buy or lease – which one did you choose and why? We bought because we never lease cars.4. What is your EV’s range? 330 miles
5. EV charging – where do you do it? How long does it take? Level 2 takes about 7 hours to go from 20 to 80 %, level 3 takes 18 minutes.6.What challenges have you faced? None so far, but we’ve only had it a month.

7. What are the benefits of your EV? Charge at home, no gas stations. Smooth ride. Nice car. Great for in town driving.8.Will your next car be an EV? I think so. So far, so good. What else? Thanks!

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Beyond the Binary April 27, 2024

Beyond the Binary
To register go here: https://www.uua.org/southern/calendar/region/beyond-binary
Registration closes April 20th.

Join us for a day of creating community with transgender, nonbinary folx, and our allies.

Who is this for:

  • LGBTQ+ Friends and Family, Straight and cis-gender
  • Religious and non-religious community, who would like to learn more.

Programming Plans for Saturday, April 27th
(subject to change)
All the following as well as digital content recordings and materials from the other locations will be emailed to registered participants after the event.

Keynote Program will be:

  • The Making of a King: Drag Workshop 101 – Streamed Live from Syracuse
    with Buck Wylde
  • Discussion Groups live on premises.
  • Lunch On The Premises
  • Gender Education 101- Gender Identity, Language and Building Community
  • Facilitated Discussions for the Trans and Queer Community: The Intersection of Gender, Sexuality and Spirituality
  • Update on Legislation in our State
    Information Session on Our Whole Lives Education.

Beyond the Binary April 2024