Green Team

  Evergreen is now a Green Sanctuary

Evergreen UU Fellowship has been approved as a Green Sanctuary! Congratulations to us!  We are now an accredited Green Sanctuary Program through the UUA Committee on Stewardship. We achieved this honor thanks to our sustainable thinking fellowship.  (View details of our Application)

The goal of the Green Team was to have “what is our affordable sustainable choice” be the question to be answered by various committees, administration and projects within the fellowship when addressing our needs and interests.

The UUA Committee was impressed that two sustainable activities came from the Fellowship without initiation by the Green Team: The Community Lunch and Trashbusters roadside clean up. 

Thanks to all for staying the green course.  It takes effort and thoughtful planning.  Planet Earth is all the better for it!  To maintain our status, we are required to keep the projects going, especially in the areas of Ethical Eating and Environmental Justice. Any and all ideas are welcome.

Green Team News ~ February 2012

Barb Morrow, Chair

 
Interested in what just one person can do to make an impact on climate change, or at least feel better about doing something? Take a look below. If you have more suggestions,
send them along to the Green Team.

WHAT WE CAN DO TO HEAL THE PLANET AND OURSELVES

~ from the Northwest Earth Institute’s A World of Health: Connecting People, Place and Planet discussion course:

THINGS TO BEGIN RIGHT AWAY
- Know where your products come from and value products originating closer to you.
- Eat lower on the food chain.
- Turn off lights when you leave a room.
- Unplug and reconnect with Earth.
- Lower your thermostat in the winter and raise it in the summer.
- Reduce and reuse.  THEN recycle.

RESEARCH AND APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE
- Know where your waste goes. Google “solid waste management” followed by your location.
- Learn what climate change means for your region. Go to:  EPA Climate Change-Where You Live
- Learn what restoration projects are happening in your community and lend a hand.
- Fly less: consider vacations closer to home or taking the train.
- Learn what teleconferencing options you can use.
- Calculate your carbon footprint to identify your biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions and set
   individual or family goals to reduce them. Go to  Calculate Emissions Indicator Site,


     The Green Team and Clean Eating Project Team are working on identifying projects to educate and promote clean eating, and we welcome your ideas.  We meet the first Sunday of the month at 9:30 am in the Library before the service.  Or contact Barb Morrow.  All are welcome to join us.  For more information about our Green Team, go to evergreen.org [Green Team]

Keeping it green...the Green Team:  Barb Morrow, chair, Pam Gerke, Christine McCullough, Doug McCullough, Jennie Lindberg, Dean Smith, and Michelle Valentine.

Stay in touch with local green events through the Transition Port Gardner e-newsletter at transitionportgardner.org. It’s a treasure trove of news and ideas for sustainable living.

Questions? Comments? Concerns?

Contact Barb Morrow at greenteam@evergreenuu.org.

Evergreen Power Update

     As part of our effort to become a Green Sanctuary, we reviewed our energy use for our structure. Read more about this.