We had our very first Green Team meeting last week! It was great to hear the awesome ideas people had to help "Green-ify" our Ecclesia community. Below is a very simple list of some ideas we discussed, the ones in bold are those we've decided to try and get moving on first.
Take a look, and if you have more ideas, or if you are interested in jumping on board with one that's already here, let us know!
- Look for ways to help make the Ecclesia office more environmentally friendly.
- Research recycling services for the office and theater.
- Look for ways to help various ministries (kids, hospitality, etc.) become more green by first speaking to them about what they use, purchase, need etc., then by offering to help them shop and/or make purchasing decisions.
- Set up a Green Team blog so that people know what we're about and can see simple opportunities to help out.
- List study resources on the blog about the importance of environmental stewardship.
- List resources on green tips and various green lifestyle changes.
- Find a bike rack for theater.
- Help folks organize carpools and/or try the metro if they haven't yet.
- Replace the Styrofoam coffee cups with at least paper ones, if not recycled paper ones and hopefully (someday!) ceramics.
- Encourage use of the Farmers' Market.
- Offer home "audits" to help people make their homes more environmentally friendly.
- Offer a Bible study for Home Groups or a Fuller Morning on environmental stewardship.
- Team with Cineminklings for a green movie night.
- Team with the Justice League for a night on the connection between social justice and environmental stewardship.
- Offer a list of simple volunteer tasks around the church that people can do to help out on a one time or recurring basis.
1 comment:
I'm not sure if it's feasible, given the logistics of setting up/tearing down every Sunday, but the ceramic mug idea reminded me of a coffee shop I patronized in college where people had their own coffee mugs there (they brought and left them, just to be clear), and you could use your own or another one. Just a thought.
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