Green Activities at First Church
- Intitiated energy audit of the church by our local utility company
- Changed lights to CFLs around the church and encouraged their use with the congregation
- Encouraged the church to recycle paper, cans, plastic bottles, print cartridges and batteries
- Changed copy paper to 35% post consumer
- Added Environmental Stewardship information to the church website
- Initiated Earth Day Sunday Worship services
- Movie night at church and showed An Inconvenient Truth
- Environmental articles in the church newsletter
- Created a list of earth-friendly Christmas ideas
- Lenten focus on treading lightly on God's creation
- Reduced paper by offering an email option instead of the printed weekly newsletter
- Created a list of where to donate re-useable items
- Switched to organic, fair-trade coffee in the parlor on Sunday mornings
- Initiated a weekly Caring for Creation time during the 5th grade Sunday School class (15 minutes)
- Sold canvas reusable bags with church logo and going green slogan
Green Activities at First Church
- Intitiated energy audit of the church by our local utility company
- Changed lights to CFLs around the church and encouraged their use with the congregation
- Encouraged the church to recycle paper, cans, plastic bottles, print cartridges and batteries
- Changed copy paper to 35% post consumer
- Added Environmental Stewardship information to the church website
- Initiated Earth Day Sunday Worship services
- Movie night at church and showed An Inconvenient Truth
- Environmental articles in the church newsletter
- Created a list of earth-friendly Christmas ideas
- Lenten focus on treading lightly on God's creation
- Reduced paper by offering an email option instead of the printed weekly newsletter
- Created a list of where to donate re-useable items
- Switched to organic, fair-trade coffee in the parlor on Sunday mornings
- Initiated a weekly Caring for Creation time during the 5th grade Sunday School class (15 minutes)
- Sold canvas reusable bags with church logo and going green slogan