Monthly Meeting - February

By A.J. on February 22, 2009 11:20 AM | No Comments
Showed off the new website! (You are looking at it!) We have a web presence. Now we need ideas and content. Send it to the group, or if you'd like to be an author, let A.J. know.

Peter mentioned some funding meetings that are happening at Transit for Livable Communities

Dave: We currently have about $100 in our account, perhaps we could use this for gathering ideas for the Congregation. If you submit an idea, you get a $5 gift card to something green. (Bus Cards? Regift it stores, Thrift Shops, etc)

Monica works for Metro Transit, and she'd like to have a representative come to talk about the transit system. We could possibly tie into the Shelf of Hope by allowing people to donate bus passes to people who come to the food shelf.

How can we get traffic to the blog and other sites? Let's make this a worthwhile place for people to visit (in the broader english-speaking world)

Bike rack? Let's make this happen! We might not be there on the money. As the spring is coming this would be perfect timing for the visibility of our group.

Sonja: Gardens. We've seen articles recently about rooftop gardens and vertical gardens, and we've contacted a local place called Urban Farming that helps non-profits set up urban gardens. More information is coming. This also would be excellent visibility for the church and group as well. This also would be sustaining for the food shelf as we could offer fresh produce to those who are coming.

Post Holiday Green Tips

By A.J. on January 2, 2009 5:38 PM | No Comments

RECYCLE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE. Ninety-eight percent of Christmas trees were grown on farms, not in forests, so at least it's not as if you're cutting down an ancient tree. Each year, 10 million Christmas trees end up in the landfill. While your tree won't fit in the recycling bin with your newspapers and bottles, you can recycle your tree: many cities offer programs to turn your tree to mulch or wood chips. Call (800) CLEANUP or visit www.earth911.org to find the tree-recycling program near

DO A "COOL HOME" TOUR WITH OUR ENERGY-SAVING CHECKLIST. Take a pledge this New Years' to reduce your home energy use by buying energy-efficient light bulbs. Installing only 6 compact fluorescent light bulbs will save the average American family $60 per year. You can also use the Sierra Club's handy "Cool Homes" checklist to see what easy things you can do in your home to save energy. If there's a fire in your fireplace this Christmas, turn down that thermostat! Lowering the temperature even five degrees can take 10% off your energy bill.
>> Check out a complete list of energy-saving tips.

RECYCLE YOUR OLD CELLPHONE. Getting a new cell phone for Christmas? Not sure what to do with the old one? Now, you can drop off that old phone at any Staples store. Each year, 130 million cell phones are thrown out, weighing approximately 65,000 tons. Recycling your old phone prevents hazardous elements like mercury, cadmium and lead from ending up in our landfills.

BUY ENERGY-SAVING "LED" HOLIDAY LIGHTS. These money saving lights can typically be found on nice post holiday sales so you are ready for next year. LED lights that use 90 percent less energy than conventional holiday lights, and can save your family up to $50 on your energy bills during the holiday season! LED lights are available at many major retailers, including Target, CostCo, and Ace Hardware.

Meeting Notes 11/23

By A.J. on November 23, 2008 11:44 PM | No Comments

Attendees: AJ, Lara, Peter, Christopher, David

Topics Discussed:
We decided that we will set a regular time for our monthly meeting. The time that we choose was the fourth Sunday of each month after the 10am service. Lara will add our meeting to the monthly calendar that is sent out and get an announcement in the wrapper on the fourth Sunday of each month. (Can we get this on the website AJ)?
We will be selling our bags during the Advent season. Christopher will lead sales efforts during the 10am service announcements. The bags are being sold for $20 a piece.
We are all brainstorming goals for the group for 2009. Email me your ideas or bring them to our next meeting. These can be ways to make the church more "green," ideas for outreach, etc... One idea that we talked about is to eliminate the use of paper plates and plastic cups during coffee hour. In order to facilitate this, we will form a team to wash the dishes that are used after the service. We also discussed getting coffee mugs with the Green Group logo printed on them so that people could bring their own mug to coffee hour.

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