Practicing what you preach

At their annual meeting last Saturday, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton approved a proposal to go solar. This is in keeping with the Seventh Principle of the Unitarian Universalist Association, "Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part."

This is the quintissental example of practicing what you preach. Woo-hoo! They join the Church of St. Helena in Edison, Holy Trinity in Brant Beach, and the Unitarian Society in East Brunswick, among others in Central NJ and across Our Fair State, in using the sun for energy.

If you don't know much about UU, here's a primer from the Colbert Report (disable pop-up blocker first. It's about halfway into the clip.) It's essentially accurate, and illustrates the dilema in explaining the faith. Here's how the Unitarians explain.