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Best Practices

• Join the Green Leaders listserv: If you have a Google account sign up directly through Google. If not, email us to be subscribed.

Through this list serve, you will be able to:
- ask other green leaders for advice for your greening projects,
- share green events that are happening in your faith community,
- share your green success stories,
- post sermons given by your clergy and liturgies used in services.

• View the 2008 GWIPL Award Recipients

Ideas for Your Community
* Success Stories - Read about activities of local congregations.
* Local Congregation's Earth Day Activities: for Earth Day and all year round.
* Read Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church's steps towards becoming a "Green" Congregation (PDF).
* With the Leadership create a green vision for Your Congregation - For example see Capital Hill UMC and Mt. Olivet UMC.
* Add a "Green Corner" to your congregation's web site: All Soul's Green Committee.
* Host a screening of the documentary Renewal - and make it a community event by inviting other congregations.
* Host a Green Fair in your congregation - or make it a community effort and involve several local congregations.

Earth Day Expo at River Road Unitarian Checking Tire Pressure
Practical advice on gardening, checking your tire pressure, solar cooking and more was available at the 2008 Earth Day Expo at River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation.

 

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Getting Started in Your Community

Starting a Creation Care Effort in your Community

Getting Started: Projects

Greening Guides


Great Resources From URJ

Visit urj.org/green to:
- Become a sustainable congregant at a sustainable synagogue
- Educate yourself on the issues then learn how to take action
- Keep up with environmental news
- Engage with other environmental activists in the Jewish community
- Learn how to save money and protect the planet

You’ll find:
- Comprehensive greening guides for your home and synagogue
- Environmental program bank
- Jewish texts and holiday celebration guides
- Advocacy resources on legislation and green investing
- Environmental glossary, backgrounders, and frequently asked questions



 
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