First Unitarian Church - Social Justice

The Social Justice Committee

To learn more about the work of our Social Justice Committee, please visit our blogs:

Social Justice Committee
Green Sanctuary Committee

The Green Sanctuary Project

The Green Sanctuary Committee has completed and submitted its Green Sanctuary Action Plan. In the coming months, the Committee will be publicizing the ways you can become involved. Please review our complete Action Plan in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, learn more about the national Green Sanctuary Program, and visit our Green Sanctuary Committee's blog.

Green Sanctuary/Environment News & Notes

• GREEN SANCTUARY IN WORLD-HERALD!
In a July 12 article, First UU's own Green Sanctuary effort led the story, and the story included a quote from our own Helen Deffenbacher.
Read the story here! http://tinyurl.com/5b2eoq

Green Tip of the Week:

Train travel is greener than air travel! The U.S. Department of Energy has estimated that Amtrak is 18 percent more energy-efficient than commercial airlines, on a per-passenger-mile basis.

• WHATEVER YOU HAVE, GREEN IT
A great website out there is http://www.greenyour.com, "Your guide to green anything." Check it out at http://www.greenyour.com.

● Fair Trade Coffee - On Sale Every Sunday!
The Green Sanctuary program has teamed up with A Hill of Beans, a local coffee roaster, to make the coffee we enjoy during coffee hour available for home consumption in 1 lb. and 1/2 lb. ground or whole bean, regular or decaf bags. 1 lb. bags are $10, and 1/2 lb. are $5, with 30% of the proceeds benefiting the Green Sanctuary program. Also for sale are 1 lb. or 1/2 lb. whole coffee beans from Timor, Peru, and Ethiopia, each reflecting a different roast. These make a fine coffee and a fine gift, and support your local church, business, and planet with one purchase! On sale during coffee hour - for more information, contact Shawna Thompson.

● If you have a Green Tip you would like to share, please email it to Shawna Thompson, editor of Green Tip of the Week. For more information about the environment and the work of our Green Sanctuary Committee, check out our blog.

Habitat House Dedicated

Members and friends of First Unitarian regularly volunteer for Habitat For Humanity builds as a part of the Multi-Faith Coalition. These dedication pictures show the results of last year's work.

Updated Jul 18, 2008 gae