Letitia Naigles, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Her avocation has involved environmental activism for over 25 years; she is especially interested in community-centered organic vegetable gardening and facilitating the ‘greening’ of congregations of all faiths. She is an active member of both Jewish (Beth El congregation of Storrs-Mansfield) and Christian (St. John’s Episcopal Church, Vernon) faith communities. She has led the Environmental Ministry at St. John’s for over 10 years, and was one of the founding members of the Tolland Energy Task Force.