Seventh main point (only 3 “slides” left)
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1. UU Links
- UU Church of Charlotte, North Carolina
- UU Church of Reading, MA environmental blog
- UU Green Sanctuary Action Plan
- UU Green Sanctuary email listserv signup
- UU Justice and Diversity
- UU Ministry for Earth
- UU Perspectives: Ecology, Justice, Compassion
- UU World article on Greening UU
- UUA Environmental Justice Page
- UUA Resolution on Environmental Justice (1994)
- UUA Statement on Global Warming
2. Great ideas
3. Member weblinks
4. Resources
- “Free rice” site (from Roger)
- A consideration of Darwin and ethics
- Carolinas Clean Air Coalition (June Blotnick)
- Catawba Lands Conservancy
- Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation (Donna Lisenby)
- Charlotte Arborist/Tree Commission
- Charlotte Tree Advisory Commission
- Clean Air Works!
- CO2 increase health risks
- Ecology Society of America: Env. Justice and Ecology
- Environment North Carolina
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County State of the Environment
- North Carolina Air Quality
- North Carolina Conservation Network
- North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- Southern Alliance for Clean Energy North Carolina page
- UC Davis: The environmental justice movement
- UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
- Web of Creation (UUs, Lutherans, Presbyterians)
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3 responses so far ↓
number9writer // February 14, 2008 at 12:28 am |
#8 –
(The second and third bullet points on Kym’s Slide #8; I don’t think the first bullet point belongs there)
A: Speaking: I think is where I think we can show specific connections between the environmental issues we might engage in our church and the other social action activities we are already engaged in. This is a strong selling point, particularly for members who might be concerned that pet projects (RITI, MAP, Habitat, etc.) might be discontinued. Assuming we’re correct that these programs aren’t going away, the idea would be to show how GS can help us tackle those initiatives anew through an environmental lens. Why not use fresh organic food grown in a UUCC community garden or obtained via a local produce fair in preparing RITI and MAP meals? Why not seek better alternatives for delivering MAP meals (i.e., no styrofoam containers)? Why not integrate Green Building practices into Habitat projects? etc.
B: Visual/Other: TBD
Roger Coates // February 14, 2008 at 6:37 pm |
Really like the cross-fertilization concept here. Great food opportunities for tie-ins with St Andrews Gleaning Network (harvest free local food) and partnerships with selected local farmers. On a different note, Bull Run UU has a (summer?) nature hike for disadvantaged kids—we could partner with C-M Hsg Ptnship (Fred Dodson) to take a selected group of interested subsidized housing kids on a real outdoor camping adventure in the Blue Ridge (RITI on the Ridge!), a possible prelude to a deeper partnership (gleaning, community garden, scholarships to Raptor Ctr camp) with a credible institution in that (N Graham Street) community.
Pete // February 15, 2008 at 9:38 pm |
See, this is why Roger is the Social Justice Team’s MVL – Most Valuable Liaison! Great idea to tie in Fred’s organization this way.
In fact, I think the more we imagine realistic and inspiring possibilities to tie our study group’s topic with the other two, the greater our chances of convincing the congregation how powerful and broadly engaging ours really is. It really will be an eye-opener if we go beyond presenting the obvious environmental steps (not that we shouldn’t include those, too) and introduce creative ideas like this. When we transform our thinking about what “the environment” encompasses, we also begin to transform our behaviors.