Report of 11/12/06 Green Sanctuary Committee
A. GREEN SANCTUARY
1. "Choices for Sustainable Living" Northwest Earth Institute Discussion Course starting January 18, 2007.
- Location - We are still investigating several possibilities.
- Publicity - Announcement has been sent to: Sierra Club, Audubon, Sequoia Riverlands Trust
- Sign-ups - 7 so far; Harold will order first set of Workbooks
2. Action Project - CFL Project -- compact fluorescent light bulbs for low-income families in the community of London. Don will continue to make phone calls to see if P G & E will help fund the project. There are about 400 to 500 households in London.
3. Progress on Action Plan -
a. Carbonfund.org - Now paid for year and logo on website - still need to:
- Develop questionnaire & newsletter article to encourage members to also participate. Harold will work on this.
- Market program to other congregations in our area.
b. Energy Star Refrigerator - Our Rummage Sale last month raised $874! Katherine has talked to Southeern California Edison who will remove and disable old inefficient refrigerator when we buy the new one, and give a $35 payment to take the old one off the grid, and a $50 rebate for purchase of an Energy Star model.
c. Compact Flourescent program for the congregation – Harold has begun preparing
d. Recycled Paper and green cleaning - Janet, Katherine, and April will work further on encouraging the Friends Meeting House to use non-toxic cleaning supplies.
e. Library - Environmental and Sustainability books - see list from Green Sanctuary Listserv.
f. Religious Education - Adult Ed ison track, what about for kids? April will continue to be on the lookout for appropriate things to do.
4. Upcoming (of minimum of 6 required) Presentations to do this coming church year:
a. "An Inconvenient Truth" - First Sunday Forum – October 1, 2006 – Completed
b. Service on "Living Lightly: UU's Take on Global Warming" (scheduled for 12/10/06)
c. Compact Flourescents Presentation - efi.org (in progress - Harold)
d. Water justice (April Hill)
e. Book: Asphalt Nation - in the Spring (Katherine)
f. Earth Day 2007 - Will probably use UU Ministry for Earth or Earthday.net materials.
B. GLOBAL WARMING
1. 11/9/06 - Christian Science Monitor reports that Evangelicals are accepting the reality of Global Warming as a real moral responsibility – citing Alanis Morisette film, The Great Warming. Even the new President of Christian Coalition says global warming must be addressed! So it appears a sea-change of attitudes is coming over to our concerns.
C. NEW BUSINESS
1. Jerry suggested we re-instate composting at the Friends Meeting House. We can add this as a new project.
2. An article on UU environmental projects is in the UU World, including a quote from Harold.
1. "Choices for Sustainable Living" Northwest Earth Institute Discussion Course starting January 18, 2007.
- Location - We are still investigating several possibilities.
- Publicity - Announcement has been sent to: Sierra Club, Audubon, Sequoia Riverlands Trust
- Sign-ups - 7 so far; Harold will order first set of Workbooks
2. Action Project - CFL Project -- compact fluorescent light bulbs for low-income families in the community of London. Don will continue to make phone calls to see if P G & E will help fund the project. There are about 400 to 500 households in London.
3. Progress on Action Plan -
a. Carbonfund.org - Now paid for year and logo on website - still need to:
- Develop questionnaire & newsletter article to encourage members to also participate. Harold will work on this.
- Market program to other congregations in our area.
b. Energy Star Refrigerator - Our Rummage Sale last month raised $874! Katherine has talked to Southeern California Edison who will remove and disable old inefficient refrigerator when we buy the new one, and give a $35 payment to take the old one off the grid, and a $50 rebate for purchase of an Energy Star model.
c. Compact Flourescent program for the congregation – Harold has begun preparing
d. Recycled Paper and green cleaning - Janet, Katherine, and April will work further on encouraging the Friends Meeting House to use non-toxic cleaning supplies.
e. Library - Environmental and Sustainability books - see list from Green Sanctuary Listserv.
f. Religious Education - Adult Ed ison track, what about for kids? April will continue to be on the lookout for appropriate things to do.
4. Upcoming (of minimum of 6 required) Presentations to do this coming church year:
a. "An Inconvenient Truth" - First Sunday Forum – October 1, 2006 – Completed
b. Service on "Living Lightly: UU's Take on Global Warming" (scheduled for 12/10/06)
c. Compact Flourescents Presentation - efi.org (in progress - Harold)
d. Water justice (April Hill)
e. Book: Asphalt Nation - in the Spring (Katherine)
f. Earth Day 2007 - Will probably use UU Ministry for Earth or Earthday.net materials.
B. GLOBAL WARMING
1. 11/9/06 - Christian Science Monitor reports that Evangelicals are accepting the reality of Global Warming as a real moral responsibility – citing Alanis Morisette film, The Great Warming. Even the new President of Christian Coalition says global warming must be addressed! So it appears a sea-change of attitudes is coming over to our concerns.
C. NEW BUSINESS
1. Jerry suggested we re-instate composting at the Friends Meeting House. We can add this as a new project.
2. An article on UU environmental projects is in the UU World, including a quote from Harold.
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