COMMUNITY BUILDING/3 BIG WISHES WORKSHOP-Part 2

February 27, 2005

 

 

 

VISION STATEMENT

From our community we receive,

to our community we give.

By sharing we care

and thus we all live.

 

EMBRACING THE 7^TH PRINCIPLE

·        Getting everybody on-board

·        Reach into every aspect of congregational life

·        Green Sermons

·        Integrate environmental courses into RE (all ages)

·        Environmental education

·        Educate about connection between health and environmental issues

·        Enhance environmental library

·        Development of landscape – 5 yr project

·        Fulfill recommendations of energy audit

·        First step annual environmental audit

·        Congregation needs to vote to become green sanctuary

              Yr 1 – become GS certified

              Yr 2 – outreach

·        External outreach – to other faiths, support other outside projects

·        Reach out and inform other groups about our 7^th Principle program

·        Annual Earth Day educational events

·        Environmental Fair – 6 months from Earth Day

·        Build web site

·        Develop a template

·        Social Justice~Environmental Justice