Sustainability Circle
Pot Luck and Discussion
The Sustainability Circle will meet for a potluck and discussion on Tuesday, March 4th beginning at 6:00 PM:
Are you ready for a little fun and inspiration? Got a little cabin fever? Hankering for Spring? The happy, lively, inspiring Sustainability Circle will meet on Tuesday evening at the Meeting House for our usual potluck and then you are invited to rummage about and bring a favorite poem, piece of prose, musical piece or song, piece of art, or memory or story that bespeaks something important to you about springtime. Let's have fun brightening one another's late winter lives with something that touches us in a special way. It will be fun to see what shows up! Potluck dinner at 6:00 PM program at 7:00 PM.
About the Sustainability Circle
This year we are celebrating our fifth anniversary as the First Green Sanctuary Congregation in the USA. We were the pilot congregation in 2002 for the Green Sanctuary program which has grown to over sixty congregations. This year we will take stock and recommit ourselves to promoting environmental justice and to the future of all the world’s children through our personal action and advocacy. Being a Green Sanctuary is not just the responsibility of the Environmental Sustainability Committee; it is the work of the whole congregation. With this in mind we will be working with all the committees and programs to identify how we can do better, to be greener and to work toward a target of being climate neutral.
New and expanded activities for the year include:
- ECO-TEAMS - groups of six to eight households using the “Low Carbon Diet” work book from the Empowerment Institute meet regularly to figure how they can reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by simple and inexpensive measures. These self help groups will be led by a person with training and experience with the workbook. We hope to start programs in October, January, and March.
- GREEN LIAISONS - we are looking for someone from each committee to work with us to make each area of congregational life more sustainable. Would you like to help?
- ARTS & MUSIC - we are looking for ideas for environmental plays, music events and films for a Green Movie series at the Meeting House.
- ADOPT OUR PATH - ask us about the Family Adopt the Path for a Month for families or groups of families willing to take on “Spirit in Nature Path” maintenance, including adding your favorite poems or text to the trail. This could be a fun family outing. We will provide technical help and tools where needed.
We will also continue the very successful Earth Institute discussion courses, including a rerun of the recent popular Global Warming Course and we will continue our Seasonal Walk on the Land events as well as Magazine Reuse, Tree Planting in season and Environmental Action Alerts.
For more information contact the office or visit the Green Table after Sunday services.