Dominican Sister wins ‘Climate Hero Award’
Posted on May 24, 2024, by Loretto Community
Published May 22, 2024 by The Record
Eleven individuals and organizations, including Dominican Sister of Peace Claire McGowan and Jessie Rathburn, were honored with the first Isaac Wolfe Bernheim Climate Hero Award.
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— Jessie Rathburn helped to establish the Carbon Reduction Fund and encouraged renewable energy practices at the Sisters of Loretto Motherhouse in Loretto, Ky. Rathburn was the primary organizer of the movement to place more than 600 acres of the Motherhouse land into a conservation easement and assisted in establishing the Nature Preserve Cemetery, the release said.
Read the entire news release here.
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